Russia has already banned Facebook, Instagram and X. Max is a homegrown messenger that Russia is pre-installing on all new devices as part of a broader push to replace foreign platforms.
Russia has confirmed that it has blocked instant messaging app WhatsApp in the country, instead directing Russian citizens to use its state-backed Max app.
The news comes days after it emerged that Russian authorities were restricting access to Telegram, another instant messaging app that is used by millions of people in Russia, including the military, top-level public officials, state media services and government bodies, such as the Kremlin and Roskomnadzor, the communications regulator.
On Tuesday, the Russian government said it was restricting access to Telegram for the “protection of Russian citizens,” accusing the app of refusing to block content authorities consider “criminal and terrorist.”
The app’s Russian-born founder Pavel Durov said in a statement that day that Russia’s attempts to restrict Telegram would fail, writing that “Telegram stands for freedom of speech and privacy, no matter the pressure.” https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/12/tech/russia-whatsapp-social-media-clampdown-intl
“Incognito Market” Owner Sentenced To 30 Years For Operating One Of The World’s Largest Online Narcotics Marketplaces. Rui-Siang Lin Used the Identity of “Pharaoh” to Operate Incognito Market, Which Sold More Than $105 Million of Illegal Narcotics to Customers Around the World.After logging in with a unique username and password, users were able to search thousands of listings for narcotics of their choice. Incognito Market sold illegal narcotics and misbranded prescription medication, including heroin, cocaine, LSD, MDMA, oxycodone, methamphetamines, ketamine, and alprazolam.
In the past 24 hours, 586,763 traders were liquidated, the total liquidations comes in at $2.69 billion. The largest single liquidation order happened on Binance-BTC value $12.02M. $BTC
According to CoinPedia Market Crash Alert: $6.5 Trillion Erased Across Crypto, Metals and Equities. Global markets were hit by a sudden and violent sell-off, with more than $6.5 trillion erased across metals, equities, and cryptocurrencies in just 24 hours, triggering one of the most chaotic trading sessions in recent years.
Precious metals led to the collapse. Gold plunged nearly 11%, wiping out about
4USDT .1 trillion in value, while silver crashed more than 21%, erasing 1 1USDT .4 trillion. Other industrial and precious metals were also hit hard, with copper, palladium, and platinum suffering double-digit losses as prices fell sharply within hours.
U.S. stock markets did not escape the turmoil. The S&P 500, Nasdaq, and Russell 2000 all turned lower, collectively losing hundreds of billions of dollars in market value. Technology stocks were under particular pressure after Microsoft shares sank around 11% in a single day, dragging major indices lower and shaking investor confidence.
Crypto markets followed the broader risk-off move. Bitcoin fell about 6–7%, erasing more than $100 billion, while Ethereum dropped over 7%, as forced liquidations hit leveraged traders. Analysts noted that once prices started falling, automatic sell orders and margin calls accelerated the decline.
Experts say the crash was not driven by one clear headline or policy shock. Instead, several factors came together at once: excessive leverage, heavy profit-taking after a massive multi-year rally in metals, weakness in large tech stocks, and extreme overbought conditions that left markets vulnerable. When prices began to slip, the selling quickly snowballed into a broad deleveraging event.
In short, this was a classic unwind. After months of strong gains and crowded trades across assets, one small trigger was enough to break the momentum, sending prices sharply lower across almost everything at the same time.
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