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The head of the Central Bank of Russia, Elvira Nabiullina, stated that the regulator allows the possibility of direct circulation of crypto assets, but access to such operations will be limited and will only be possible through an experimental legal regime (ELR) and for a narrow circle of qualified investors.

The UK tax authority HMRC has announced that from January 1, 2026, all crypto platforms operating in the country or serving UK users will be required to provide government authorities with detailed data on users and their transactions.

The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) has issued sanctions against local crypto exchange Cointree for breaching anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CTF) regulations.

Global Ledger analysts have recorded record losses from cyberattacks and fraud in the digital asset sector. In January–March 2025, attackers withdrew $1.93 billion from the crypto industry ecosystem, which is almost equal to the total losses for the entire 2024.

Moscow's Zamoskvoretsky Court has sanctioned the arrest of Vladimir Smerkis, former regional director of the Binance crypto exchange in Russia and the CIS. He is also known as one of the creators of the Blum project, which was positioned as an analogue of the popular Telegram game Hamster Kombat.

In a joint operation in mainland China and Hong Kong, police have arrested 12 people accused of organizing a large-scale money laundering scheme through cryptocurrency exchanges, local media reported.

Major crypto exchanges Binance and Kraken have managed to repel hacking attempts based on social engineering methods, unlike Coinbase, which suffered from a similar attack, Bloomberg reports, citing sources within the industry.

From May 26, 2025, the Central Bank of Russia will introduce updated rules for the circulation of national and foreign digital financial assets (DFA), including so-called foreign digital rights (FDR).

The ERICTRUMP token, which has no relation to US President Donald Trump's son Eric Trump, has grown by more than 6,200% in a day after its launch on the Pump.fun platform.

Cryptocurrency rates on the morning of May 19 (according to CoinMarketCap):