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22-летний житель Новороссийска попытался заработать на криптовалюте, но в итоге потерял более 4 млн рублей. Деньги он переводил на счет, который мошенники выдавали за брокерский, сообщили в МВД Краснодарского края.

По данным полиции, молодой человек познакомился в соцсети с человеком, который предложил ему «инвестировать» в криптовалюту. Новороссиец установил рекомендованные приложения для торговли и начал переводить деньги на указанный счет.

Когда он попытался вывести средства с инвестиционной площадки, злоумышленники стали под разными предлогами требовать новые переводы — якобы для оплаты комиссии, закрытия сделки и удержания процентов. В результате мужчина лишился не только собственных накоплений, но и денег, взятых у родственников.

Полиция возбудила уголовное дело о мошенничестве и устанавливает причастных к преступлению.
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Bitcoin posted a return of 10.1% in July 2026 and became the most profitable instrument among all assets included in a new review by the Bank of Russia. The cryptocurrency outperformed both Russian sectors and foreign securities—the closest competitor lagged by more than two percentage points.
The regulator has published data on total ruble yield, taking into account changes in prices, dividends, and coupons. For instruments in foreign currencies, the calculation also factors in the exchange rate of the rouble against the respective foreign currency, so the final figures reflect the outcome for a Russian investor.

Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright, who previously called himself the creator of Bitcoin under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, has criticized a new fork of the first cryptocurrency. The fork appeared after the majority of miners did not support the BIP-110 proposal aimed at combating spam on the network.

In the Lipetsk Region, through arbitration court proceedings, the company “Hash Maker” was deprived of government support and ordered to pay fines due to violations of the conditions for operating in a special economic zone. The court ruled to terminate the residency agreement in the SEZ and collect 159 million rubles from the company.

Initially, the fine for failing to meet the agreement conditions was 5% of the failed investments, but due to restrictions it was reduced to 5 million rubles. Then an additional 154 million rubles were added to this amount—the VAT debt that arose after using customs benefits.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the law «On digital currency and digital rights,» which introduces state control over the circulation of cryptocurrencies. New rules for investors, exchanges, exchange brokers, and digital depositories are set to take effect on September 1.

People will be able to trade cryptocurrency as well, even ordinary, non-professional investors, but only after special testing and within a limit — no more than 300,000 rubles per year through a single intermediary. Legal transactions will take place only on stock exchanges with a license from the Bank of Russia, and accounting and safekeeping of assets will be assigned to digital depositories.

The previous US non-farm employment report triggered a rally in Bitcoin. The report due out on Friday could be less favorable for traders.
In June, labor market data strongly disappointed analysts. In the US economy, only 57,000 jobs were added versus an expected figure of about 115,000. On the day the statistics were released, July 2, Bitcoin rose by 4% and moved closer to $62,000. Over the weekend, the coin continued to climb and reached $64,000. Market participants were counting on a dovish policy from the regulator. A weak report fueled hopes that the Federal Reserve would refrain from raising rates.

The Russian government has imposed a ban on cryptocurrency mining starting on August 15 in Moscow, the Moscow Region, and eight districts of Kursk Oblast. The restriction is formally in effect until December 31, 2032, but it may be extended. The ban also applies to residents of these territories participating in mining pools.

Starting March 15, in Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai, cryptocurrency mining is again permitted, as reported by RIA “Novosti” based on new regulatory legal acts. The ban that was in effect from November 15, 2025, to March 15, 2026, covered most of the Republic of Buryatia, including the capital—Ulan-Ude—and also 18 districts: Bichursky, Dzhidinsky, Eravninsky, Zabaykalsky, Zabaykalsky, Zakamensky, Ivolginsky, Kabansky, Kizhinginsky, Kyakhtinsky, Mukhorshibirsky, Okinsky, Pribaykalsky, Selenginsky, Targabataysky, Tunkinsky, and Khorinsky.

In Brazil, a farmer for the first time used tokenized dairy cows as collateral for a loan. The deal was arranged by the B3 stock exchange, and the investment fund Target FIDC issued a credit of 100,000 reais. The value of the collateral was appraised at approximately 120,000 reais.

The collateral consisted of ten cows, each of which was assigned a unique digital token linked to an encrypted identification of the animal. The herd is monitored with electronic collars that transmit health data and reduce the need for constant inspections.

The Government of Kazakhstan has approved rules for “strategic digital mining” and offered miners preferential access to electricity in exchange for transferring part of the mined coins to the state crypto reserve. The new regulations will take effect on August 1, and electricity quotas have been calculated for 10 years.

A serial crypto scammer, Ronnie Maghrebi, who previously preyed on sick children and hacked other people’s crypto addresses, apparently became a victim of a theft himself. He claims that two drunk girls stole from him cryptocurrency SOL worth about $14,000.

Maghrebi posted a video on X in which he drinks with two Australian women he met at a beach club in Bali. According to him, he gave one of them his unlocked smartphone so she could find her Instagram and follow herself from his account. After the girl returned the phone, the man noticed that the conversation cooled off sharply, and then both women went to the restroom and disappeared.

Investment director of the crypto assets management company Bitwise, Matt Hougan, said that the U.S.-Israel military operation against Iran will accelerate the shift of traditional finance to blockchain. The company’s top executive noted that the Hyperliquid crypto exchange turned out to be the hub for trading assets—oil and tokenized gold—over the past weekend, while American, European, and Asian stock exchanges remained closed. Trading volume on Hyperliquid over the last few days exceeded $11.5 billion. In reporting on the reaction of the hydrocarbons market to strikes on Iran, Bloomberg cited an oil contract on Hyperliquid as the most up-to-date price benchmark—something that, the Bitwise investment director said, would have been hard to imagine a year ago. Trading volume in tokenized gold increased substantially: the company’s product, Tether Gold, a stablecoin, recorded a daily volume of more than $300 million. Prediction markets on Kalshi and Polymarket also showed a noticeable rise in user activity. Hougan admitted that he revised his forecast for the shift of traditional finance to blockchain—one he personally expected no sooner than in five to ten years.

American spot bitcoin ETFs attracted $75.7 million over the past week. Inflows have been recorded for the second week in a row. On Monday, the price of the leading cryptocurrency rose above $65,000 again. This was driven by expectations of renewed negotiations between the United States and Iran.
The current recovery looks impressive only at first glance. In reality, the results remain quite modest. Over the past few weeks, funds have managed to regain only $273.1 million. The amount is just 3.3% of the $8.2 billion investors withdrew over the previous two months.

Three men who posed as police officers stole cryptocurrency worth more than £4 million ($5.4 million) from eight people. A London court handed down the sentence: the mastermind of the scheme, 29-year-old Anthony Ikenwe, received six years for conspiracy to commit fraud and another five for money laundering—11 years in total, since sentences in the UK are served consecutively. The same total term was imposed on 25-year-old Kevin Nwamma. 23-year-old Hamza Bashir was sentenced to six years and nine months.

Quantum computers threaten the security of cryptocurrencies, forcing L1 blockchains to transition to stronger encryption standards without losing network throughput.
Can the industry adapt to the new realities, and what will happen to Satoshi Nakamoto’s coins—“Deconstruction” discussed this with cryptographer and Ethereum Foundation researcher Dmitry Khovratovich.

Over the past week, bitcoin has practically not changed in price. The first cryptocurrency traded in the range of $61–64 thousand. At the time of writing, the coin’s price is fluctuating around $62.5 thousand.
Experts said that today there are no reasons for growth or triggers for a drop in the crypto market, but there are restraining factors. Analysts commented on how the new round of escalation in the Middle East conflict affects cryptocurrency prices and named the levels that the price of bitcoin could reach in the coming days.

The market capitalization of companies with bitcoin treasuries lost more than $100 billion since October 2025. According to CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost, their value fell from $396 billion to $272 billion, while the amount of coins they held over that time increased.
According to the expert, over the same period the number of bitcoins at such companies increased from 953,000 to 1.14 million. Thus, there were more coins, but their total valuation fell markedly following the market. telegram

A Kazakh bank has launched the option to pay for purchases with cryptocurrency via the Binance Pay service in Alatau City Bank cash terminals. Customers can pay for goods using a QR code at the checkout without using prepaid cards or third-party apps. Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao said that in Kazakhstan, around five thousand cash registers supporting Binance Pay are already in operation.