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The new U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to designate cryptocurrencies as a national priority of the states in the future. This was reported by Bloomberg.

Energy companies in Irkutsk have filed 2,113 lawsuits against underground miners who illegally used electricity for cryptocurrency mining. This was reported by the press service of the company "Irkutskenergosbyt."

The U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has launched a service for providing Bitcoin-backed loans through the decentralized platform Morpho. This was reported by the company's press service.

The U.S. Department of Justice has fined the operator of the cryptocurrency derivatives exchange BitMEX, HDR Global Trading Limited, $100 million for violating the Bank Secrecy Act. This was reported by the department's press service.

The U.S. government has been ordered to return bitcoins stolen from clients of the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex during a hacker attack in 2016. This was reported by the portal Happycoin.club.

Experts from the analytics platform Chainalysis have released a report indicating that in 2024, the volume of illegal cryptocurrency transactions is projected to reach almost $41 billion.

Some AI tokens have increased in price following the release of a report by Franklin Templeton, in which experts predicted a "revolution" in content creation thanks to AI-based agents.

On Friday, January 17, before the inauguration process of elected U.S. President Donald Trump, the first "cryptocurrency ball" in history will take place in Washington. This was reported by the BBC.

Energy officials in Dagestan discovered a large mining farm in Makhachkala that was illegally connected to the power grid. This was reported by the acting director of "Dagenergo," Arsen Gadzhiev, on his Telegram channel.

The Italian banking group Intesa Sanpaolo has acquired 11 bitcoins for approximately 1 million euros ($1.02 million). This was reported by the portal Criptovalu.it, citing the press service of the financial institution.