Russian State Duma: cryptocurrency will become a common phenomenon in the lives of Russians. Ordinary people will be able to buy crypto for up to 300,000 rubles per year, while qualified investors will have no restrictions.
Законопроект has already been prepared — it will be reviewed and adopted in the first half of the year.
According to CryptoQuant, the total spot volume on CEXs reached $18.6 trillion in 2025 (9% higher than in 2024), and the futures volume grew to $61.7 trillion (+29%)
Binance remains the leader in the spot market, derivatives, as well as liquidity and reserves:
- $7 trillion in spot volume in 2025 (41% of the total market) - $25 trillion in Bitcoin futures (42% of the market) - $47.6 billion stored in USDT and USDC - $117 billion in crypto reserves
Tether froze 182 million USDT on 5 TRC20 wallets. According to unconfirmed data, these are funds from Iranian government entities that used cryptocurrency for transactions and to bypass sanctions.
Tether has registered its own trademark in Russia — the application was filed last October, and now Rospatent has approved it. The exclusive right is valid until 2035.
The trademark will be used in Russia, including for providing financial services using blockchain, providing financial information in the field of cryptocurrencies, cryptocurrency financial consultations, cryptocurrency trading, cryptocurrency transfers, cryptocurrency exchange services, and processing payments in cryptocurrency.
It was made by American programmer Hal Finney, who was at the origins of cryptocurrencies, was the first user of the coin, the first to run a Bitcoin node on his computer, and received the first transaction of 10 BTC from Satoshi Nakamoto himself (many believe he is Satoshi Nakamoto).
Unfortunately, Finney did not live to see our time — he passed away on August 28, 2014, leaving behind a wish to freeze his body before death, hoping scientists in the future would find a cure for diseases.
Russia is leading the world in internet outages — according to analysts, the country's economy will miss nearly $12 billion in 2025 due to constant outages across various regions.