🚓 Illegal crypto mining is on the rise in Tajikistan and Kazakhstan.

🇹🇯 In Tajikistan, damages to the power grid reached $3.52 million in the first half of 2025, with dozens of mining setups uncovered and several criminal cases opened.

🇰🇿 In Kazakhstan, power company employees illegally supplied mining farms for two years, causing $16.5 million in damages; the organizer’s property was confiscated.

Mining is legal in both countries but tightly regulated due to its strain on the energy system.

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🇹🇭 On August 18, Thailand will launch TouristDigiPay, a service allowing foreign visitors to convert cryptocurrency into Thai baht and pay online via QR code.

To use it, tourists must have an account with a licensed provider and complete KYC. The initiative will be introduced by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Pichai Chunhavajira.

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🐃 Bitcoin has been in a bull market for about three years straight. Since November 2022, when its price hit a low of $15.7K, it has kept climbing.

Investor sentiment has stayed mostly positive, and this is now the longest bull run in Bitcoin’s history.

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🇯🇵 Metaplanet buys another 775 Bitcoin worth $90 million.

They now hold 18 888 BTC worth $2.2 billion.

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📈 Ethereum ETFs recorded a historic weekly inflow — from August 11 to 15, the funds attracted $2.85 billion.

For comparison, over the same period, spot Bitcoin ETFs brought in $548 million.

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⛩ The Japanese financial regulator has approved the first yen-denominated stablecoin.

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🍀 Another solo miner has mined a Bitcoin block and earned 3.17 BTC ($371 000).

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🇪🇸 In Spain, a crypto trader has been hit with a €9 000 000 tax bill for a standard DeFi operation — locking assets as collateral for a loan.

In essence, it was a technical transaction with no realized profit, but three years later the tax authority (AEAT) reclassified the asset transfer as 'realization of economic gain.'

Lawyers consider the situation utterly absurd.

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🇺🇸 The state of Wyoming has launched Frontier Stable Token (FRNT) — the first U.S. stablecoin issued by a public entity.

The token is already available on several networks, backed by U.S. dollars and short-term Treasuries with 2% overcollateralization.

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