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Trust Wallet has restored its browser extension to the Chrome Web Store, ending a brief but high-profile outage that followed a serious security incident and a delayed software release. The wallet provider confirmed that the latest version of the extension, version 2.71.0, is now available to users.

Bitfarms has agreed to sell its Bitcoin mining facility in Paraguay for up to $30 million, closing its operations in Latin America. The miner is listed on Nasdaq and said the sale of its 70 megawatt Paso Pe site is the final step in broader strategy to consolidate its energy.

Crypto investors in 48 countries will enter a new phase of tax investigation with the government planning to record crypto wallet transaction data under a global reporting regime backed by the OECD. However, the formal information sharing between tax authorities will only begin in 2027.

Russia’s largest lender Sberbank has issued the country’s first bitcoin-backed loan to a domestic mining firm. The pilot transaction was extended to Intelion Data, one of Russia’s major industrial Bitcoin miners. Sberbank confirmed the loan this week, describing it as a test case that could be expanded later.

North Korea’s state-linked hacking groups have pushed cryptocurrency crime to new extremes in 2025, with over $2 billion in crypto theft and laundering as per a report by Chainalysis. Security researchers say the scale, speed, and sophistication of these operations now place Pyongyang at the center of global crypto crime.

Russia has detained seven employees of the Rosseti Moscow Region power grid on suspicion of assisting illegal cryptocurrency mining operations in and around Moscow. The suspects reportedly held roles across different levels of the organization, from field electricians to senior engineering staff, according to the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs.