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Russians are paying up to $20,000 above market rate to buy Bitcoin
Sanctions bite leading to the collapse of the ruble. Data suggests Russians are turning to Bitcoin to protect themselves from the fallout.
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Polkadot’s Gavin Wood to donate $5M to Ukraine, if they post a DOT address
As donations are pouring into various charities to support Ukraine, people are lining up to contribute. In a rather criticized tweet, Gavin Wood, co-founder of Ethereum, and founder of Polkadot, offers $5 million to Ukraine under the condition they post a DOT address.
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Russia SWIFT sanctions “picked carefully” to avoid German energy crisis
As Western countries have agreed on imposing restrictions cutting off Russian banks from the SWIFT global payment system, affected Russian banks are “picked carefully” to minimize potential energy crises.
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With Russia cut off from SWIFT, could Bitcoin play a role in avoiding sanctions?
The U.S. as well as the U.K. and several other European countries have agreed to ban a number of Russian banks from SWIFT.
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Decentralized data storage solution Arweave archives millions of documents from Ukraine
Enabling trust-minimized and censorship-resistant data storage, Arweave is generating a permanent record of the events in the country.
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Ukraine NGO receives over $4 million in Bitcoin donations
While Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence says it can’t officially receive crypto donations, NGO’s in the country are taking crypto to help with the conflict.
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Bitcoin pulls out the UNO reverse card on gold
Bitcoin bounces making back all of Thursday's losses, at the same time gold returns its gains throwing confusion on what constitutes a safe haven asset.
People
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin condemns Putin for Ukraine invasion
The co-founder of the Ethereum blockchain publicly condemned Vladimir Putin on Twitter minutes after the Russian President ordered a “special military operation” in Ukraine.
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Crypto markets sink as Russia declares war on Ukraine, what happens now?
President Putin authorizes military action in Ukraine leading to panic selling in crypto markets. Depending on how the international community responds, worse could be to come.
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