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Bitcoin and Discord: Implications of Recognising Cryptocurrency as Marital Property in Russia – ForkLog

Igor Antropenko, a member of the Russian State Duma Committee on Industry and Trade, proposed recognising cryptocurrencies as marital property. The draft law aims to protect the rights of spouses in the event of a divorce. However, experts consider the initiative “ineffectual” and point out the lack of mechanisms for identifying digital assets in Russia.
The bill proposes amendments to Articles 34 and 36 of the Family Code of the Russian Federation:
The accompanying note highlights that in the context of a digitalising economy, Russians increasingly use cryptocurrency as a form of investment and savings.
“The absence of regulation of the legal regime of such assets in family relations and divorce proceedings creates a risk of infringing the property rights of one of the spouses, which is inconsistent with Article 19 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, which enshrines equality before the law and the court, as well as gender equality,” the document states.
The bill has been sent for preliminary legal assessment to the Russian government and the head of the Central Bank, Elvira Nabiullina.
According to Federal Law No. 259-FZ “On Digital Financial Assets,” digital currency has been recognised as property since 2021. However, this definition applies only to decentralised tokens and does not cover, for instance, stablecoins. Nevertheless, if spouses wish to divide bitcoin during a divorce, they have had the opportunity to do so for four years, noted Andrey Tugarin, founder of GMT Legal, in a comment to ForkLog.
Since the initiative is not yet public, it is unknown whether it provides for spouses to voluntarily disclose access to wallets and exchange accounts to each other, and how to proceed if one partner refuses to do so.
The lawyer is confident that no one will voluntarily disclose a list of assets during a divorce, but there are legal mechanisms used by citizens and courts for this purpose. However, mechanisms for identifying cryptocurrency within Russian jurisdiction are still lacking.
“This is because the law still does not regulate the process of organising the circulation of digital currency, there are no official statuses for market participants, and there is no requirement for data exchange. Therefore, it is quite easy for a Russian user to conceal the fact of owning cryptocurrency today, and courts lack sufficient mechanisms for verification,” Tugarin stated.
The expert also emphasised that if one spouse’s cryptocurrency is recognised as the subject of an offence, it is impossible to hold the other spouse equally accountable without evidence of complicity.
If approved, the initiative will have no consequences, including social ones. It will remain “ineffectual” until “about ten more regulatory acts” are adopted to create a full-fledged infrastructure in Russia for regulating cryptocurrency circulation, Tugarin pointed out.
“Given current trends and the regulator’s approaches, including those of the Bank of Russia, we will not see such infrastructure before 2027,” he added.
Back in May 2023, a New York resident discovered her spouse’s hidden cryptocurrency holdings during divorce proceedings. A forensic accountant traced undeclared 12 BTC, valued at approximately $500,000 at the time.
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White Lady Gives Tips On How To Outsmart ‘Yahoo Boys” [Video] – gistlover.com


An Oyibo lady has gone online to share a helpful tip with foreigners who may find themselves being contacted by internet fraudsters commonly referred to as Yahoo Boys.
In a video she posted on social media, she said that there is a key word foreigners who are targets of scam can use to scare off Yahoo Boys.
According to the elderly woman, she is speaking from experience as Yahoo Boys have tried scamming her in the past.
The woman said that when they are chatting with someone they suspect is a fraudster, they can use the Yoruba slang”Alaye” to give the person the impression that they are chatting with another scammer posing as a white person
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California Lottery Powerball, Daily 3 Midday winning numbers for Oct. 20, 2025 – The Desert Sun

The California Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big. Here’s a look at Oct. 20, 2025, results for each game:
32-38-66-67-69, Powerball: 19, Power Play: 2
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Midday: 8-6-0
Evening: 6-3-8
Check Daily 3 payouts and previous drawings here.
1st:11 Money Bags-2nd:10 Solid Gold-3rd:6 Whirl Win, Race Time: 1:44.60
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02-05-11-36-37
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1-4-7-1
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White House Works to Preserve Gaza Deal Amid Concerns About Netanyahu – The New York Times

  1. White House Works to Preserve Gaza Deal Amid Concerns About Netanyahu  The New York Times
  2. Vice President Vance visiting Israel amid fragile ceasefire  WMUR
  3. Live: More Palestinians killed in Gaza; US officials visit Israel for talks  Al Jazeera
  4. Kushner and Witkoff bring the pressure  Politico
  5. Egypt’s intelligence chief in Israel for meetings with Netanyahu, top US officials on Gaza  The Times of Israel

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Ripple’s new XRP treasury falls flat on first trading day – Protos | Informed crypto news

Somehow, Ripple managed to lose investors’ money on the first trading day of its new digital asset treasury (DAT), Armada Acquisition Corp II (AACI).
It immediately flatlined, closing negative for the day and failing to break a multi-month losing streak in XRP stocks.
At 8am yesterday, New York time, Ripple was mentioned in a glowing press release featuring a who’s who of crypto industry titans: Kraken, SBI, Pantera, GSR, and Arrington Capital.
The companies boasted about their “regulated, liquid, and transparent structure” that would supposedly “act as a long-term catalyst for the adoption and institutionalization of the XRP Ledger.”
For less than seven minutes and on so little volume that Yahoo! Finance rounded it to 0, shares of AACI ticked up for a 2.5% gain over the prior day’s closing price.
Every other trade for the day was lower.
Despite its upcoming name change to Evernorth and symbol change to XRPN, its share price certainly never went north.
Ticking down in pre-market trading slightly below Friday’s close and opening Monday’s 9:30am main trading session a couple percentage points lower, shares never recovered.
In a disappointingly flat session, shares closed Monday near their lows for the day and 2.3% beneath Friday’s close.
Congrats @ashgoblue and the @evernorthxrp team on today’s launch! Evernorth fills the missing link today in XRP capital markets, and XRP usage in DeFi products. I’m proud to invest 50M XRP in the firm (you may see some wallet movement on this). https://t.co/AAbkO6WlZe
Read more: Ripple thinks its SPAC can break XRP stocks losing streak
As Protos covered on Friday, Ripple had hoped that its new DAT would break XRP stocks’ losing streak. Unfortunately, it didn’t.
Indeed, almost every other XRP DAT has declined in value since their XRP acquisition announcements. For example, VivoPower International had halved, Webus International had declined more than 60%, and Wellgistics had declined 70%.
Add AACI to that list. The first day on public markets for the largest XRP DAT in history was red.
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2 $250,000 grand prizes won in new Mass. lottery winter game – MassLive.com

Two people claimed $250,000 prizes in Massachusetts on Monday — and both prizes were from the same game.
Called “$250,000 Winter Winnings," the $20 scratch ticket game was released on Wednesday last week. Three $250,000 grand prizes have already been claimed as of Oct. 21.
One of the winning tickets was sold at Variety Smoke Shop in Bridgewater, while the other was sold at Corner Cupboard in Chelmsford.
Overall, at least 615 prizes worth $600 or more were won or claimed in Massachusetts on Monday, including 14 in Springfield, 20 in Worcester and 46 in Boston.
The Massachusetts State Lottery releases a full list of winning tickets every day. The list only includes winning tickets worth more than $600.
The largest lottery prize won so far this year was worth $1 million a year for life, from a winning “Lifetime Millions” scratch ticket sold in Springfield and claimed in July.
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”Visa fees should be refunded when a visa application is denied” – Kim Oprah shares thought on visa application – gistlover.com


Travel blogger Kim Oprah has started a discussion on Twitter about visa application processes in Nigeria.
She proposed that if a visa application is denied, the fees should be refunded.
Her views are likely influenced by her experience working with travel agencies.
She wrote:
”My unpopular opinion; Visa fees should be refunded when a visa application is denied.”
Kim Oprah’s view struck a chord with some users, who felt that visa fees should only be paid if the application is successful.
The tweet received a lot of attention online, with many people sharing their opinions on the matter.
See some comments below:
@chi_.omaa wrote, “So what will be used to pay the visa officers, embassy maintenance and all of that???”
@rosemaryegbuna wrote, “US embassy saw this and hissed aggressively!”
@mayorso wrote, “It’s called Legal Sc@m!!! You don’t want me in your country but you go collect my money”
@chinny_005 wrote, “I totally agree, they are just using us to make money.”
@wigsbyamah wrote, “Or 50% refund should be done and they can keep other 50% as service charge, fair enough”
@meetehis wrote, “US Embassy left the group chat and locked the admin inside wardrobe”
@tunnyogunnowo wrote, “lol. You’re not paying for visa approval. You’re paying for the processing of the visa. A refused visa was still processed. Make una try dey calm down. It’s like saying when you take a professional exam and failed, your exam fees should be refunded. Does that sound ok??”
@queen_kbuk wrote, “Do you get a refund when you purchase a meal and eat it? Do you get a refund when you go to the doctor for services? I’m sure no one asked y’all to go to the embassy. It’s the nerve for me.”
@seunseanjimoh1 wrote, “Embassies pay for staff and personnel, it’s not a charity run by goodwill, it is a service providing facility catering to the immigration or travel needs of a specific market! As much as I would love that to happen it won’t!”

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