🗓️ Crypto Day Summary — April 23

🔒 #Tether freezes $344M USDT on Tron

Tether • USDT

At the request of U.S. authorities, Tether blocked $344M USDT on the TRC-20 network a major compliance move shaking the market.

🇪🇺 EU targets crypto in new Russia sanctions

European Union

The 20th sanctions package now directly impacts crypto platforms, services, and transactions linked to Russia.

🪙 Who is Satoshi? A new theory emerges

Satoshi Nakamoto

The film Finding Satoshi suggests a duo:

• Hal Finney → code

• Len Sassaman → communication

💎 TON to slash fees & go free

Pavel Durov • Toncoin

Durov announced fees cut by 6x, with most operations becoming completely free within a week.

🇫🇷 Crypto holders targeted in France

A worrying trend: 41 cases of kidnappings and home invasions tied to crypto owners this year.

🖥 Russian miner hit with massive tax penalty

Authorities charged an additional 17M rubles, despite declared profits of only 81K rubles.

🇧🇾 Belarus approves crypto bank model

Initial rollout includes 26 cryptocurrencies (BTC, ETH, TON, SOL, stablecoins) and 11 types of operations.

🤖 Anthropic surges past OpenAI in valuation (secondary market)

Anthropic • OpenAI

Strong investor demand pushes Anthropic’s valuation above $1T in secondary trading.

🗽 U.S. military tests Bitcoin node

Bitcoin

Admiral Paparo confirmed the launch of a Bitcoin node to study and secure network infrastructure.

🪙 USDC hits $80T total transaction volume

USDC

A major milestone highlighting massive adoption and usage over time.

📊 Solana co-founder proposes “immutable” software

Anatoly Yakovenko

A radical idea: no admin keys, fully unchangeable code — even by creators.

🔮 Kalshi blocks politicians from betting

Kalshi

Three U.S. politicians banned for betting on their own elections.

💸 KelpDAO hacker moves 75,700 ETH

Ethereum • THORChain

Massive laundering operation generated:

• $800M trading volume

• ~$910K in fees