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Why the World Pays in USDT: From a Trader's Coin to a Global Payment Standard
USDT, or Tether, has long outgrown its role as a niche tool for crypto traders. Today, it's the de facto default currency in the global digital economy. With a market capitalization exceeding $140 billion and daily trading volume over $100 billion, USDT dominates all major exchanges—from Binance and Bybit to OKX. Why USDT specifically? This
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Exodus Movement Launches US Dollar-Backed Stablecoin: A New Era of Crypto Payments
Exodus Movement, a developer of popular crypto wallets, announced the launch of its own stablecoin, fully backed by the US dollar. This marks a significant step toward the company's development of a fully-fledged payments ecosystem. Leading market players MoonPay and M0 are partnering with the project, providing a robust technological and operational foundation. The stablecoin
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French bank ODDOBHF launches its own stablecoin, EUROD.
French banking group ODDOBHF, which manages over $173 billion in assets, announced the launch of its first stablecoin, EUROD, pegged to the euro.The project is being implemented on the Polygon blockchain platform, which ensures high transaction speeds and minimal fees. The token will be listed on the Spanish exchange Bit2Me, supported by Telefonica, Unicaja, and
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New forms of international trade and digital globalization
Global trade is undergoing dramatic changes. Thanks to digital technologies and platforms, cross-border commerce is becoming faster, more transparent, and more accessible. Companies of all sizes are now able to participate in global supply chains without intermediaries, and digital infrastructure is becoming the foundation of a new economic reality. Transformation of International Trade According to
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TapiocaDAO — Topical activities for potential awards
TapiocaDAO is an omni-chain DeFi protocol based on LayerZero. The other day, the project closed a $6M SEED round of investment led by LayerZero and other less popular funds. It's worth mentioning that people from funds that didn't participate in this round, such as CoinFund and ParaFi Capital, as well as various angels are subscribing
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Crypto Games: How Play-to-Earn Projects Turn Gaming into a Source of Crypto Income
The gaming industry has long ceased to be just entertainment. In 2026, crypto games have already formed a separate segment of the market, where players earn not only for victories, character progression, and completing tasks, but also for participation in the project’s economy: trading NFTs, staking tokens, in‑game tournaments, and owning rare items. For some,
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Crypto scam: fake emails
Scammers send fake emails purporting to be from well-known crypto exchanges and wallets, such as MetaMask. See an example of such an email These emails ask you to undergo KYC (document verification), threatening you with restriction of wallet/account features or other sanctions if you don't. Simply put, you are stated: ‘pass verification via our link
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Crypto Exchange Froze Your Funds: What to Do, Which Documents to Prepare, and How to Pass an AML Review
A practical guide for users whose crypto exchange account, withdrawal, deposit, or balance has been frozen. Learn why exchanges freeze funds, how AML and sanctions
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Second in mining. What makes Russia attractive?
Russia has become the world's second-largest mining powerhouse, and the country's miners' profits are estimated by the Ministry of Finance to be around RUB 100 billion a year. The topic was discussed extensively at the recent St. Petersburg Economic Forum: the State Duma is now considering legislative regulation of the industry, which is expected to
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Crypto Summit 2023 in Moscow
The largest summit on cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology, organised by the RACIB Association and Crypto Holding Group. The main goal of the event is to bring together industry experts and participants and to jointly work out a common plan of industry development for the coming years. Learn more... On 26-27 April 2023, RACIB and Crypto