Exchanges
Binance reportedly suspends fiat deposits via some Russian-issued bank cards
Clients of some sanctioned Russian banks are unable to deposit fiat or buy crypto on Binance.
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Nation.io inaugurates launch with fundraising DAO for Ukraine
Nation.io helps people build custom DAOs without requiring any technical or crypto knowledge.
Analysis
Bitcoin is now a top 15 currency as it surpasses Russian Ruble
Bitcoin’s valuation has surpassed that of the Russian Ruble and also institutions like JPMorgan, Meta and others.
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Adoption
Barron’s says Bitcoin has decoupled from the stock market due to Russian sanctions
American financial newspaper Barron's argues sanctions on Russia worked in favor of Bitcoin as it may have decoupled it from the traditional stock market.
Culture
Ukraine post DOT address, hence Polkadot’s Gavin Wood donates $5.7M
Yesterday, after the official Ukrainian Twitter account posted BTC and ETH addresses for donations, Polkadot founder Gavin Wood tweeted he’ll donate $5 million if Ukraine posted a DOT address. In a remarkable turn, this is exactly what happened.
Adoption
Uniswap enables direct donations to the Ukrainian government
Users can now swap tokens for ETH and send them directly to Ukraine.
Analysis
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.
People
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.
Legal
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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Web3
Decentralized data storage solution Arweave archives millions of documents from Ukraine
Adoption
Ukraine NGO receives over $4 million in Bitcoin donations
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