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Donald Trump Jr.-backed Thumzup Media entering dogecoin mining game in a big way

Thumzup estimates its planned 3,500 dogecoin mining rigs will fetch $22.7 million in annual revenue.

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On Thursday, Thumzup Media Corporation, backed by Donald Trump Jr., announced plans to increase the total number of dogecoin mining rigs in its operations to 3,500 units, according to its shareholder letter

Thumzup’s pending acquisition of dogecoin mining rigs “marks the company’s entry into the rapidly growing $10.5 billion cryptocurrency mining market, which is projected to reach $22.6 billion by 2035, which is an 8.9% CAGR,” the announcement stated. “Importantly, it should diversify our revenue streams while positioning us as one of the few publicly traded, utility-scale Dogecoin miners.”

Year to date, dogecoin has dropped nearly 32% to trade around the $0.22 level. At this price level and with 3,500 mining rigs, the company is estimated to make $22.7 million in annual revenue. Thumzup Media’s stock dropped on the news and is down nearly 3% as of 11:45 a.m. ET.

The announcement comes as senior Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas predicts REX Shares and Osprey will be the first to roll out a spot dogecoin ETF by as early as next week. 

REX Shares posted that its spot dogecoin ETF, which will trade under the ticker DOJE, is “coming soon” and will be the first ETF to provide exposure to the cryptocurrency that started off as a satirical joke but has since turned into a massive financial instrument with a market capitalization of nearly $32.9 billion.  

The “40 Act” Balchunas referenced is short for the Investment Company Act of 1940, which focuses on the “disclosure to the investing public of information about the fund and its investment objectives, as well as on investment company structure and operations,” per a blog post from the SEC. 

Meanwhile, CleanCore Solutions started a dogecoin treasury. The firm announced earlier this week a $175 million private placement to adopt dogecoin as its primary treasury reserve. 

The firm also said Alex Spiro, a partner of New York law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan who has represented dogecoin enthusiast Elon Musk, will join as the company’s board chairman. 

Shares of CleanCore have dropped more than 56% in the last five days.

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US Attorney David Metcalf announced Thursday the arrests of Ruslan Igorevich Tkachuk and Alexander Vladimirovich Ledenev, alleged senior members of AudiA6, a cryptocurrency money-laundering service believed to be responsible for laundering over $389 million.

The arrests coincided with a coordinated international takedown of AudiA6 and its infrastructure, involving the search of three properties, the seizure of servers and domains connected to the organization, as well as freezing cryptocurrency assets, according to a Department of Justice press release.

Tkachuk and Ledenev were “charged by criminal complaint with one count of conspiracy to launder monetary instruments and one count of sting money laundering,” the DOJ said. If convicted, they face a maximum possible sentence of 20 years of incarceration.

Per the criminal complaint, AudiA6 offered services to conceal the origin of cryptocurrency linked to criminal activity, charging fees of up to 5% of the amount laundered.

The two defendants are in custody of Republic of Georgia authorities, and the US Attorney’s Office aims to seek their extradition to the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

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Solana shoves all in on poker with new partnership

If you’ve got money locked up on-chain and an itch to gamble with it in a new way, has the World Series of Poker got good news for you. The WSOP announced it will integrate solana’s blockchain technology into the tournament through crypto payments firm MoonPay.

At its big summer event, players will have the option to buy into tournaments using crypto directly for the first time. In the WSOP’s Bahamas event in December, winners will be able to receive settlements in stablecoins on solana, reducing friction with international settlements.

Solana’s ecosystem, like the WSOP, constantly challenges conventions and remains laser-focused on the consumer experience, WSOP CEO Ty Stewart said in a statement. Solana’s speed and efficiency mirror the fast-paced energy of our tournaments, and we are excited to showcase their technology to our global audience.

The price of solana dipped slightly today, but has dropped more than 48% in 2026, data from CoinMarketCap shows.

Solana has been a popular network, in part from meme coin trading over the past two years, involving viral animal sensations as well as political figures such as President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump as well as Argentine President Javier Milei.

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