Bhutan is moving citizen IDs to Ethereum

Plus: Someone shorted BTC right before Trump's tariff announcement…

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🪪 Bhutan goes crypto for IDs

Bhutan decided regular ID systems were too basic - they’re building theirs on Ethereum instead.

Around 800K citizens are getting digital IDs by early 2026, and it's the first time any country’s gone full blockchain for this.

Read the full story here.

🕵️ Garrett Jin says, "Don't look at me"

Minutes before Donald Trump announced new tariffs on China, a huge Bitcoin short was made... which was a bit sus.

Many started accusing ex-BitForex CEO Garrett Jin, but he says he had nothing to do with it.

Read the full story here.

🚨 Scammers gonna scam

Right before their token drop, some fake ads popped up on Monad's Telegram, pretending to be the real claim page.

Co-founder Keone Hon warned: don't trust everything you see and always verify before you tap.

Read the full story here.

💸 Tether's $299.5M oopsie with Celsius

Tether's paying $299.5M to settle a lawsuit with Celsius over pre-bankruptcy loan deals.

This settles one chapter of the saga, but the bigger courtroom drama with Tether isn't over yet.

Read the full story here.

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