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The Defense Ministry of Israel reportedly seized 30 digital wallets belonging to businesses associated with the exchange company al-Mutahadun. The authorities accused the latter of funding the terrorist organization Hamas. Israel’s Latest Seizure In 2021, al-Mutahadun was one of the firms designated as a terrorist-funding entity by Israeli officials. Specifically, they claimed that the Shamlah family-owned company “assists the Hamas terror group, and especially its military...

The Russian ruble has lost significant value against both dollars and Bitcoin following sweeping sanctions from western nations, and the cutoff of major regional banks from SWIFT. Citizens are now flooding local ATMs with cash withdrawal requests while the Bank of Russia urges for calm. Ruble in ‘Free Fall’ After the markets opened on Monday, the dollar spiked to over 108 rubles, compared to just 83 rubles the week prior. Bitcoin is also soaring against the falling currency,...

The world’s leading digital asset exchange – Binance – does not intend to freeze the accounts of Russian-based individuals, a spokesman for the platform revealed. He further argued that “crypto is meant to provide greater financial freedom,” and such a move could oppose the concept of the industry. In-Line With Kraken Russia’s “special military operation” in Ukraine seems nowhere near an end as the tension between the two countries keeps escalating. As of the moment, the USA,...

Bitcoin is back above $40k despite descending to $34k just last week. Meanwhile, as politicians discuss Russia’s potential use of cryptocurrency to evade sanctions, the eastern superpower is apparently working on a digital world currency. At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading at $40,976, having briefly peaked over $41k today. That’s up from under $38k just four hours ago. Bitcoin’s price plunged to $34k on Thursday after Russia announced “special military operations” in...

Christine Lagarde – President of the European Central Bank – urged the EU to strengthen cryptocurrency regulations. In her view, the move could prevent Russia from evading monetary sanctions after starting the military conflict in Ukraine. Russia Could Use Crypto to Bypass Embargoes The European Central Bank has called upon establishing a comprehensive regulatory framework on the digital asset industry numerous times. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the following financial...

Bitcoin underwent some volatile days over the past week, facing its first geopolitical severe conflict throughout its relatively short lifetime. The macro fear has yet to cool down, but judging by the last few days, bitcoin surprised the investor with a huge bounce back from $34K. This buying pressure was from FTX and Bitfinex exchanges and pushed the price to $40K, in correlation with Wall Street’s Thursday reversal (Nasdaq saw a 7% intraday surge). The uncertainty and fear...

Jack Dorsey’s fintech startup Block (formerly known as Square) disclosed its gross profit for Q4 2021 stood at $1.18 billion, which is an increase of 47% year over year. In addition, the company’s sellers have adopted more of Square’s ecosystem over time, the firm added. Exceeding Results The American financial services and digital payments company – Block, Inc. – announced its revenue for the past year totaled $4.42 billion. In comparison, analysts estimated this number to...

Amid being invaded by its eastern neighbor, which caused significant disruption to its financial networks, Ukraine and its authorities sought donations in cryptocurrencies. The community and other people responded swiftly with reports indicating that more than $13 million worth of digital assets were sent to the provided addresses. Ukraine Seeks Help in Crypto After weeks of increasing tension between the two former Soviet states, Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a...

Nayib Bukele’s administration announced that the veterinary hospital built by bitcoin profits will open on Saturday (February 26). The President revealed that each treatment will cost $0.25 worth of BTC. Not Just Daydreaming Apart from becoming the first county to embrace bitcoin as legal tender, El Salvador has also purchased the primary cryptocurrency on a macro-economic level. In October 2021, the government disclosed they will use its $4 million profit (at that time) from...

The cryptocurrency and financial markets took a severe hit shortly after Putin ordered a “special military operation” on the territory of Ukraine. However, the markets are pricing the future, and following Biden’s speech that confirmed the US would not apply any severe sanctions – global markets and crypto quickly recovered. Thursday saw a 7% intra-day gain in wall street, and Friday also saw a green spike on Wall Street’s screens. The primary digital asset currently hovers...