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The company’s founder and CEO, Igor Runets, was placed under house arrest in connection with multiple tax evasion charges. BitRiver, Russia’s largest Bitcoin miner, is on the verge of collapse amid mounting financial and legal problems. Courts have placed its parent company, Fox Group of Companies, under observation as debts and unpaid obligations pile up. One of the disputes driving the court action involves Infrastructure of Siberia. The company is seeking more than $9 million after BitRiver failed to deliver mining equipment. The case stems from a large advance payment for hardware that was never supplied. This led to a…

About Fadi Tayih Full Name: Fadi Tayih Designation: Project Manager Company: ALIANDO Fadi’s Learning Journey That Inspires Which 101 Blockchains Course(s)/Certification(s) did you complete? I have successfully earned the Certified Enterprise Blockchain Architect (CEBA)™ credential from 101 Blockchains. Why did you choose this program, and how was your overall learning experience with 101 Blockchains? I selected the CEBA certification to acquire practical, real-world training that connects foundational blockchain principles with enterprise architecture and decision-making. The program provided exceptional clarity on critical topics such as permissioned vs. permissionless network design, governance models, consensus mechanism trade-offs, and legacy system integration. Its case-study-driven approach…

Ondo Finance announced a major integration with MetaMask to bring tokenized US stocks and ETFs directly into the popular self-custodial wallet. Yet the ONDO token barely moved on the news, continuing a month-long decline that has seen it lose over a third of its value.Sponsored MetaMask and Ondo Finance unveiled their integration at the Ondo Global Summit on February 3. The partnership brings more than 200 tokenized US securities to the MetaMask mobile wallet through Ondo Global Markets.Users in supported jurisdictions can now buy, hold, and trade tokenized versions of major stocks, including Tesla, NVIDIA, Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon. The…

Ethereum price extended its decline below $2,220 and $2,200. ETH is now attempting to recover from $2,000 but faces many hurdles near $2,250. Ethereum failed to stay above $2,300 and started a fresh decline. The price is trading below $2,265 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There is a major bearish trend line forming with resistance at $2,250 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair could start a fresh decline if it stays below the $2,350 zone. Ethereum Price Faces Resistance Ethereum price failed to remain stable above $2,320 and extended losses, like Bitcoin. ETH…

Kevin Warsh nominated as Fed Chair, pending Senate confirmation. Known for hawkish policy yet supportive of cryptocurrencies. Markets and crypto reacted quickly to the nomination news. US President Donald Trump has officially nominated Kevin Warsh as the next Chair of the Federal Reserve. The announcement came through Trump’s social media platform, highlighting Warsh’s experience and expertise. Donald Trump announces his Fed Chair pick | Source Truth Social Warsh, 55, is a former member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, having served from 2006 to 2011. He was on the Fed during the 2008 financial crisis, giving him significant insight…

The Bitcoin Circular Economy Summit just took place in El Salvador’s Bitcoin Beach, and what an event it was. The invite-only summit saw two days of presentations from communities from across the world, from Indonesia to Peru, from Africa to Bolivia. The summit saw an alleged 29 different countries represented among the small crowd of perhaps 60 attendees and speakers.  The event was put together by the Bitcoin Beach team, lead by Mike Peterson and Roman Martinez, the BCES took place in El Zonte’s community center, a new location built up to support El Zonte’s growing population and economy.   The…

Warsh was trading at 31% to be the next Fed chair nominee before spiking Thursday evening. What would his confirmation mean for monetary policy and interest rates?President Donald Trump announced Friday morning that he’s nominating Kevin Warsh to succeed Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chair. Prediction markets signaled the pick well before the official announcement, with Warsh’s odds on Kalshi surging from 31% to 81% on the evening of January 29 after reports emerged of his White House meeting with Trump. By Friday morning, his probability had climbed above 95% across platforms, with Polymarket showing 99.3% and Kalshi at 98.5%.…

SUI is approaching a critical smart money zone, with price action signaling that big moves could be on the horizon. Sustained trading above $2 may trigger a breakout, setting the stage for the next significant leg higher. SUI Reaches Stage For Major Money Entry Crypto analyst Crypto Patel, in a recent post, highlighted that SUI is at the same stage where big money typically enters the market, urging traders not to miss this opportunity. According to the weekly chart, the long-term ascending channel remains intact, and price is currently trading near a sell-side liquidity grab close to trendline support, signaling…

Bitcoin mining activity has taken its biggest hit since late 2021 after a severe winter storm in the United States forced several large mining firms to curtail operations, triggering a sharp drop in network hashrate, production and revenue.Bitcoin’s total network hashrate has fallen about 12% since November 11, marking the largest drawdown since October 2021, when the network was still recovering from China’s sweeping mining ban.(CryptoQuant) The hashrate now sits near 970 exahashes per second, its lowest level since September 2025, according to CryptoQuant data.The decline accelerated this week as extreme weather disrupted power supply across key US mining hubs.…

Russia-aligned crypto activity surged even as illicit transactions fell to just 1.2% of total on-chain volume in 2025. Illicit cryptocurrency activity rebounded sharply in 2025, driven primarily by Russia-linked sanctions designations and improved attribution. A new report by TRM Labs estimates that fraudulent wallets received approximately $158 billion in incoming value during the year, which is the highest level recorded over the past five years. The increase is a dramatic reversal from 2024, when illicit inflows fell to $64.5 billion, following a steady multi-year decline from $85.9 billion in 2021 to $75.4 billion in 2022 and $73.3 billion in 2023.…