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Ukraine Update: Over $56 Million in Donations, Airdrop Cancelled and Scams Aplenty
Over US$56 million in crypto donations have now been sent to support Ukraine in its ongoing conflict with Russia. This milestone comes amid ...
Ukraine Flag NFT Raises $6.75 Million to Fund War Efforts
An NFT of the Ukrainian flag has sold for 2,258 ether – about US$6.75 million – with the proceeds directed to ‘Come Back Alive’, an ...
Coinbase Refuses to Block All Russian Crypto Transactions
Coinbase has joined Coinberry, Kucoin, Binance and Kraken in refusing to “sabotage ordinary Russian users” by freezing their acc...
Bitcoin Surges 15% Overnight, Flippening the Russian Ruble
As conflict between Russia and the Ukraine intensified, it wasn’t clear whether bitcoin would act as the “risk-on” asset i...
Russia Could Use Crypto to Evade Sanctions After Being Cut Off from SWIFT
Amid Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the US and EU have announced a plan to isolate Russia from the international financial syst...
Ukraine Government Raises Over $37 Million in Crypto After Public Appeal
Since the start of Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine on February 24, over US$37 million in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has been...
Ukraine Government Raises Over $37 Million in Crypto After Public Appeal
Since the start of Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine on February 24, over US$37 million in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has been...
Russia Shifts from Banning to Regulating Crypto Like Foreign Currencies
Russia has decided to shift from banning cryptocurrencies to recognising them as a form of currency, according to local newspaper Kommersant...
12% of Crypto Market is Owned by Russian Citizens, Says Russian Government
Russian government authorities have revealed that the federation owns more than 16.5 trillion rubles, or US$214 billion worth of cryptocurre...
Russia Central Bank Moves to Ban Investment in Crypto
According to a report by Reuters, the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (CBR) is looking to ban crypto investments. In a directive issu...