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Seven Years Dark: Inside Moscow’s Bitcoin Mining Shutdown
Moscow has banned cryptocurrency mining, including participation in mining pools, until December 31, 2032, citing the need to prevent power-capacity shortfalls. This decision impacts a significant portion of Bitcoin's global hashrate originating from Russia. The ban occurs amidst discussions of using domestically mined Bitcoin for international payments to circumvent Western sanctions, a move previously targeted by U.S. sanctions against firms like BitRiver.
Solana’s Block Building Is Getting a Compliance Layer. Flowra and Honeypot Are Wiring It In.
Solana's infrastructure is integrating a compliance layer through a partnership between Flowra and Honeypot to address sanctions law requirements for institutional validators. This integration embeds sanctions screening directly into the block construction process, allowing validators to define and enforce their own rules before transactions are finalized on-chain. The move aims to attract institutional capital by providing necessary regulatory controls within the network's infrastructure.
