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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...

Mykhailo Fedorov – Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine – has called on crypto exchanges to freeze all Russian users’ blockchain addresses to help Ukraine defend itself from Russia’s invasion. In a tweet on Sunday, Fedorov emphasized the importance of both cutting off crypto access to Russian and Belarusian politicians, as well as “sabotaging ordinary users”. The request follows a slew of sanctions against Russia from western allies, including freezing the assets of Russia’s four...

The White House, alongside the European Commission, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Italy, announced in the late hours of Saturday evening that they would be expelling certain Russian banks from the SWIFT payment system. In a joint statement, the parties wrote that: “This will ensure that these banks are disconnected from the international financial system and harm their ability to operate globally.” While also pledging the […] “restrictive measures that will prevent...

It looks like Russia has invaded Ukraine. The announcement was made early this week and the results are a lot of fear hanging in the air and the price of bitcoin continuing to behave in a bearish manner. Bitcoin Incurs a Major Slip The currency was ultimately doing better than it had been in previous weeks. Bitcoin had shot up to $40,000+, and after traveling south during the final two months of 2021, it appeared that maybe 2022 was going to be the time for bitcoin to...

ApplePay – Apple’s digital wallet service – is no longer providing support to Russian banks following sanctions from the United States and its western allies. Applications from Promsvyabank – a state-backed Russian bank – have also been removed from the App Store. Sanctioning Russia Apple’s removal of Russian financial services was reported by Russian news outlet RBC on Thursday. Three of Promsvyabank’s applications have vanished from the Apple store: mobile banking, PBS...

Western and Asian leaders have revealed more sanctions on Russia after its forces invaded Ukraine. Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, the European Union, and Japan have all slapped Moscow with fresh embargoes on Friday, fiercely condemning the military aggression that’s unfolding in Ukraine. Amidst the crisis, Ukraine urged the West to ban Russia from SWIFT, the high-security network that expedites payments among some 11,000 financial institutions in over 200 countries. Earlier...

The fifth-largest Ethereum mining pool – Flexpool – announced it will no longer provide services to customers in Russia. By doing so, the entity opposed Putin’s military operation and showed solidarity with Ukraine. The mining company became the first in its field to halt its endeavors on Russian soil. This comes a day after the largest country by landmass sent military troops in Ukraine and endangered the peace in Eastern Europe. Flexpool stated that it usually stands away...

The past week was riddled with volatility, largely induced by the geopolitical turmoil. Russia declared a military operation against Ukraine and invaded the country’s borders on Thursday – February 24th. In a move that shocked many and was expected by some, the two countries are actively engaged in the first war in Europe for quite some time. Needless to say, this shook financial markets. On Thursday, global stocks traded in the red, and this caused further mayhem in the...

Bitcoin’s price recently soared by $2500 within one hour in light of US President Joe Biden’s comments on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It’s now recovered to its price since before the market panic surrounding the conflict took place. Yesterday, Bitcoin’s price collapsed from $39k to $34,500 after Russian forces began attacking Ukraine’s military infrastructure. Over $400 million in liquidations took place following the crash. The entire crypto market had declined by $200...

Why is bitcoin experiencing such a dip as of late? The tensions between Russia, Ukraine, and the United States may have something to do with it. Russia and Ukraine Are Having Adverse Effects on BTC Over the last few weeks, we have continuously seen news reports saying that Russia is potentially on the verge of invading and attacking Ukraine. If this were to happen, the United States has mentioned that it would impose sanctions on Russia and find necessary ways to...