Russia Crypto News

Blackrock CEO Larry Fink said the war could accelerate global cryptocurrency adoption. However, Fink isn't referring to decentralized chains.

Avoiding sanctions with gold, yuans, liras...and Bitcoin?

Cato Institute denounces Senator Warren’s bill to address cryptocurrencies as a tool for evading economic sanctions. The institute compares the bill as having Gucci liable for someone carrying stolen cash in their pocketbook.

ICP founder proposed solution to the Russian war will cost at least $250 million and relies on the country not shutting down its internet.

The possibility of peace in Ukraine brought some short-lived confidence into stocks and futures. Bitcoin, however, resisted a sharp correction.

After the G7 countries decided to strengthen their sanctions against Russia, Japan announced that it is sanctioning Russian crypto IP's and sets an $8.5K penalty to exchanges who don't comply.

Leading crypto payments services provider, MoonPay, has suspended its operations in Ukraine, Russia and Belarus. 

A group of senators is introducing a bipartisan bill to prevent Russia from selling its gold reserves. Meanwhile, the U.S. may ban Russian oil imports, without participation of its European allies.

Coinbase reveals that they have been blocking sanctioned individuals and entities since their inception.

Have SWIFT, PayPal, Mastercard and Visa finally exposed the vulnerabilities of centralised finance? Crypto may soon be the only transaction method left in Russia.

Switzerland and Singapore join in the crypto sanctions against Russia as a result of Ukraine invasion, further isolating Russia from the crypto market. Meanwhile, Japan also announces that they are considering crypto sanctions.

Director of Policy and Regulatory Affairs at Elliptic argues that Russia may as well do their own mining to get their hands on some Bitcoin which would help them against the sanctions. Some think so, while others disagree.

Crypto transaction volume on Russian exchanges have plunged by 50%. While some crypto analysts believe that Russia could evade the economic sanctions imposed on it through the use of crypto, new data from Chainalysis suggests otherwise.

Leading exchange platforms show differences in their response to Russian invasion of Ukraine. While Coinbase and Binance have refused to join the sanctions, five of South Korea's leading exchange platforms have banned Russian IP's.

In light of recent belligerent sanctions against Russia, cryptocurrency exchanges remain adamant that they won't target Russian citizens.

MetaMask shoots itself in the foot by blocking "certain jurisdictions," a dig deeper reveals the Ethereum ecosystem is in bed with JPMorgan.

Russian oligarchs are having their properties seized from them due to the sanctions imposed on the country.

CZ speaks to Bloomberg about Russian sanctions, but the intense line of questioning and interviewer's word association show strong media bias in favor of a blanket ban.