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ForkLog 132 17.09.2025

China Restricts Local Firms from Purchasing Nvidia AI Chips

The Cyberspace Administration of China has prohibited the country's largest tech companies from purchasing Nvidia AI chips.

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ForkLog 324 05.09.2025

Justin Sun Blacklisted by WLFI

The Trump family's World Liberty Financial project has blacklisted TRON founder Justin Sun's address following the transfer of 50 million WLFI tokens to the HTX exchange.

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ForkLog 75 08.08.2025

China’s Regulators Clamp Down on Stablecoin Promotion, Reports Bloomberg

China’s financial regulators have instructed brokerage firms and think tanks to cancel seminars and cease publishing research on stablecoins, according to sources cited by Bloomberg. Authorities are concerned that stablecoins could become a new tool for fraud in mainland China. Regulators also aim to prevent a frenzy over assets whose risks are not fully understood […]

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ForkLog 132 29.07.2025

Algeria Imposes Penalties for Cryptocurrency Use

Algeria has enacted a law that explicitly criminalises any form of use, exchange, or mining of cryptocurrencies. Local media report this, citing the new document. The initiative amends regulations aimed at combating terrorism and money laundering. Now, the issuance, purchase, sale, possession, use, or promotion of digital assets is classified as a financial crime. The […]

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ForkLog 39 24.07.2025

Tether’s Strategy for Entering the US Market Unveiled

Tether’s plans to enter the US stablecoin market are “in full swing,” according to the company’s CEO, Paolo Ardoino, in an interview with Bloomberg Television.

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ForkLog 90 04.07.2025

Turkey Blocks Access to PancakeSwap and CryptoRadar

The Capital Markets Board of Turkey (CMB) has blocked access to the decentralized exchange (DEX) PancakeSwap and the price comparison platform CryptoRadar, as reported by local media. The reason cited was “providing services with crypto assets without permission.” This marks the first instance of sanctions being applied to a DEX in the country. The CMB […]

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ForkLog 33 30.06.2025

Germany Urges Google and Apple to Remove DeepSeek

Germany’s regulator has demanded that Apple and Google remove DeepSeek from app stores in the country. Berlin’s Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, Meike Kamp, stated that the AI startup failed to provide “convincing evidence” of user data protection in compliance with EU laws. “Chinese authorities have extensive rights to access personal data […]

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ForkLog 75 17.06.2025

X Suspends Pump.fun and 19 Other Crypto Accounts

On June 16, the social network X suspended the accounts of the “meme-token factory” Pump.fun and its founder. Source: X. Alongside them, at least 19 other cryptocurrency-related accounts were also suspended. The accounts display the standard message regarding a violation of X’s rules. A user known as Otto compiled a list that includes trading platforms […]

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ForkLog 46 30.05.2025

Thailand to Restrict Access to Five Cryptocurrency Exchanges

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Thailand (SEC) announced an impending block on the exchanges Bybit, OKX, CoinEx, XT.com, and 1000X. The regulator cited their operation without the necessary licenses as the reason. Access to the exchanges’ websites will be restricted by the country’s Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (MDES) starting June 28, 2025. […]

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ForkLog 80 29.05.2025

Circle Freezes $58 Million in Stablecoins Linked to LIBRA

Circle has frozen $57.6 million in USDC. The funds were held in two wallets associated with the meme coin LIBRA, according to analysts at Arkham. ALERT: $57M OF USDC ASSOCIATED WITH LIBRA FROZEN BY CIRCLE Two Libra accounts have just been frozen by Circle, including the Libra deployer wallet. These accounts contained a combined $57M […]

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ForkLog 165 02.05.2025

EU to Ban Private Tokens by 2027

In 2027, the EU will implement new anti-money laundering (AML) regulations, prohibiting anonymous crypto accounts and the use of private coins such as Monero and Zcash. Still figuring out what the AMLR means for your crypto business? We get it — it’s dense, it’s new, and it’s critical. That’s why we’ve put together “The AML […]

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ForkLog 291 24.04.2025

Tether Freezes $28.7 Million USDT Across 13 Addresses

Tether has frozen approximately $28.67 million in USDT across 12 addresses on the TRON network and an additional ~$99,630 on one Ethereum wallet, according to MistTrack. ?MistTrack Alert:@Tether has frozen ~$28.67M $USDT across 12 addresses on TRON, and ~$99.63K $USDT on one Ethereum address:#TRONTUPyHqY2jbcF5Q2rCmTQWBtVo84oMpLm2fTESCDkZbKWuJtuFPRSjczChuV14XHMMbMATXLuEUEV1bNoQ1k59i9uun3XUmRjTZNXwhTS2T38JTaA8qHwnANH5H1ASUQ1RvwKzZxy… pic.twitter.com/LLPO0xcOvi — MistTrack?️ (@MistTrack_io) April 24, 2025 Experts noted that the […]

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