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Russia’s Biggest Bank Embraces Bitcoin
Episode notes
Russia’s largest bank is preparing to accept Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT as collateral for loans — while openly questioning whether anybody actually wants the country’s digital ruble.
In today’s Daily Crypto Roundup, we examine Sber’s plans to expand crypto-backed lending as Russia’s new regulated digital-asset framework approaches.
We also break down the warning that $739 billion of United States Treasury borrowing could drain liquidity from Bitcoin and the wider crypto market — even while Treasury buybacks are being presented as potentially bullish.
Elsewhere in the episode:
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A critical Bitcoin hardware-wallet interface is heading towards retirement — but Ledger, Trezor, Coldcard and other devices are not suddenly unsafe.
- 02
Deribit is ending its daily public Proof of Reserves system after moving approximately 90% of client assets into Coinbase custody.
- 03
Tokenized stock transfers have surged 415% to $29.5 billion in a single month.
- 04
Stellar’s tokenized real-world-asset market has grown 360% to nearly $4 billion.