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Ilya Bratanov

Ilya Bratanov is a crypto copywriter with over three years of experience writing in-depth technical reviews, SEO-optimized guides, platform comparisons, and educational explainers.

95 articles · Serbia

Ilya Bratanov · 2 months ago

TeraWulf's $19B Anthropic Deal vs. $12B Market Cap: Bitcoin Miners Win the AI Race

TeraWulf's $19B Anthropic contract dwarfs its $12B market cap. Bitcoin miners are becoming AI data center landlords, and markets are pricing them wrong.

Mining AI Data Centers

Ilya Bratanov · 2 months ago

Revolut Drops USDT in Europe: What to Do Before August 31

Revolut is removing USDT for EEA users by August 31, 2026, as Tether chose not to seek MiCA authorization. Here are the key deadlines and what European users…

Stablecoins News Fintech

Ilya Bratanov · 2 months ago

DAC8 Faces Court: First Legal Challenge to EU Crypto Tax Surveillance

Bull Bitcoin, a MiCA-licensed exchange, has filed the first legal challenge to DAC8 before France's top court. The argument: the database risks lives, not…

Regulation Europe

Ilya Bratanov · 2 months ago

A7A5: Russia's Unfreezable Stablecoin Is Dying Anyway

Russia's A7A5 stablecoin was built without a freeze function to bypass sanctions. It worked technically, but a 96% volume collapse shows you can starve a coin…

Regulation Stablecoins Russia

Ilya Bratanov · 2 months ago

Italy Hikes Crypto Tax to 33% as Bitcoin Falls 27% in 2026

Italy raises its crypto capital gains tax to 33% from January 2026, even as Bitcoin is down 27%. One carve-out reveals the government's real strategy.

Regulation Bitcoin Europe

Ilya Bratanov · 2 months ago

July 1, 2026: The Day Crypto Power Shifted to the Infrastructure Layer

July 1, 2026 wasn't the day crypto regulation arrived. It was the day power shifted to the infrastructure layer, as TradFi claimed the rails and value moved…

Token Crypto

Ilya Bratanov · 2 months ago

EU AI Act August 2 Deadline: What Changes and What's Still Pending

August 2, 2026 activates EU AI Act transparency obligations and penalties up to 7% of global turnover. The Digital Omnibus deferral isn't law yet, leaving…

AI Regulation

Ilya Bratanov · 2 months ago

XLM Jumps 13% Against the Market: What the DTCC-Stellar Deal Really Means

XLM surged nearly 13% as markets fell, driven by three institutional catalysts: the DTCC reconfirmation, native USDC, and tokenized gold. Here's what the deal…

RWA News

Ilya Bratanov · 3 months ago

Ripple Lands MiCA Green Light in Luxembourg, but XRP Falls

Ripple received a MiCA Green Light Letter from Luxembourg’s CSSF on June 23, covering all 30 EEA countries. XRP dropped 2.9% on the news anyway.

Regulation Xrp MiCA

Ilya Bratanov · 3 months ago

UK Halves Stablecoin Capital to 1%: A Direct Challenge to MiCA

The FCA set the UK stablecoin capital requirement at 1% of supply, half of MiCA's 2% threshold. London is openly challenging Brussels for stablecoin issuers.

Stablecoins News