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The US Senate has temporarily postponed consideration of the CLARITY Act, focusing on other priorities, including sanctions against Russia. Due to Senate procedural rules, only one contentious bill can be considered at a time, so the vote on crypto regulation has been postponed.

🪙 Circle bought nearly 1,000 blockchain patents from IBM and stated that it has now become the largest holder of such patents in the United States. The technologies cover blockchain, banking, insurance, and cloud security, and they plan to use them for USDC, the Arc network,…

🇲🇲 Myanmar has passed a strict law against online scams — managing scam centers and cryptocurrency frauds now carries a penalty of life imprisonment. For kidnapping, torture, and forcing people to work in such centers, the DEATH PENALTY is prescribed.

🇺🇿 Uzbekistan launches a special mining zone called Besqala Mining Valley in Karakalpakstan — its residents will be exempt from income tax until January 1, 2035. Instead, miners will pay the zone administration a monthly fee of 1% of revenue.

The US Senate has temporarily postponed consideration of the CLARITY Act, focusing on other priorities, including sanctions against Russia. Due to Senate procedural rules, only one contentious bill can be considered at a time, so the vote on crypto regulation has been postponed.

🇦🇪 The largest airline in the UAE, Emirates, has launched a cryptocurrency payment option for tickets — the feature is already available on the website and the app.