Daily Summary, July 17

Daily Summary, July 17

🇺🇸 The U.S. Marshals Service reported that the government now holds only 28,988 BTC ($3.4 billion), not the previously estimated 200,000 BTC.

🏦 Sberbank plans to begin offering cryptocurrency asset custody services.

🪙 Last night, Ethereum reached a multi-month price high of $3,400 and now ranks 26th in the global asset ranking with a market capitalization of $400 billion.

🇪🇺 The European Union has launched a new anti-money laundering agency—AMLA. Starting this month, it is introducing strict rules for all crypto companies.

🇷🇺 Analysts estimate that in 2024, Russian miners produced about 40,000 BTC—over $4.5 billion at the current exchange rate.

🇫🇷 France has introduced a bill to launch a 5-year pilot project for Bitcoin mining using excess energy from nuclear power plants.

🤖 OpenAI is preparing to monetize purchases directly within ChatGPT—the company is already testing an in-chat ordering feature with partners like Shopify.

🇹🇭 Thai authorities plan to launch a nationwide “crypto sandbox” to allow tourists to freely pay with cryptocurrency across the country.

🇰🇷 South Korea’s largest crypto exchange, Upbit, could face a record fine of up to $131 billion for over 9.5 million KYC violations.

🇮🇳 The Indian government has invested in the startup QpiAI, which specializes in integrating quantum computing and AI.

🪙 Since 2020, the number of USDT users has grown 160-fold—from 2.8 million to 450 million people.

🪙 American company Bit Origin is raising $500,000,000 to add Dogecoin to its reserves.

🪙 BlackRock has filed an application to add staking to its Ethereum ETF.