Key Takeaways FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has criticized exchanges for making their Russian policies appear to be against regulation. Bankman-Fried says that he takes issue with the presentation of thos...
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U.S. Defense Secretary Cites Russian ‘Missteps’ For Stalled Ukraine Invasion
Topline Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said Friday the Russian military has made a “number of missteps” in its invasion of Ukraine, suggesting Russia’s inability to rapidly take over the Ukrainian ...
Bank of Russia Allows Sberbank to Issue Digital Financial Assets – Finance Bitcoin News
Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, has been authorized by the country’s monetary policy regulator to issue digital financial assets. The move comes amid tightening Western sanctions over the war in Ukra...
Fighting Between Russian And Ukrainian Forces Reaches Mariupol City Center, Mayor Says
Follow real-time updates on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. A man looks at a burned apartment building that was damaged by shelling in Mariupol, Ukraine, on … [+] Sunday. (AP Photo/Evgeniy M...
All of the companies still doing business in Russia
Nearly 30 companies are “digging in,” defying public demands to exit Russia or reduce their activities in the pariah state, according to a list kept by a professor with the Yale School of ...
Multinationals Continuing Sales In Russia Under Mounting Pressure To Take Stronger Action
Topline Many multinational companies have distanced themselves from Russia following its invasion of Ukraine, but those continuing to do business in the country are increasingly facing a backlash on s...
Russian War Pushes Germany To Broaden Its Energy Security Definition
Emily Pickrell, UH Energy Scholar BERLIN, GERMANY – FEBRUARY 09: (EDITORS NOTE: Image was created using a variable planed lens.) The … [+] natural-gas fuelled Heizkraftwerk Berlin-Mitte po...
Western brands in Russian franchise deals
The Burger King name appears in Russian outside a Burger King fast food restaurant in Moscow, Russia, on Friday, April 5, 2013. Bloomberg | Getty Images Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelelnskyy in his...
Central Bank of Russia tightens P2P transactions monitoring, including those in crypto
The Central Bank of Russia (CBR) recommended that the nation’s commercial banks ramp up monitoring users’ transactions that could be aimed at circumventing CBR’s “special economic measures to counter ...
Though Cutoff from Western Support, The Airliners Russia Has Seized Could Still Fly for Years
An Aeroflot Airbus A320 takes off at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo international airport on June 14, 2017. / … [+] AFP PHOTO / Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV AFP via Getty Images Even before Russian President...
IEA’s plan to cut oil use
Cyclists photographed in Lisbon, Portugal, in October 2018. Kamisoka | Istock Unreleased | Getty Images Speed limits on highways should be cut by at least 10 kilometers per hour (6.2 mph) to help lowe...
The Russian Army is Running Out Of Trucks For its War In Ukraine
Civilian trucks on a Russian train heading for Ukraine. TikTok capture via Twitter-user @raging545 The Russian army never had enough trucks to sustain a fast-moving invasion force in Ukraine. The prob...
Stop crypto to circumvent sanctions on Russia
Senator Elizabeth Warren has introduced a bill that aims to target exchanges that allow Russia to circumvent sanctions with cryptocurrencies. Cryptocurrencies and Russia sanctions: the bill The new ...
Former CEO Says Russia Sanctions Will Push Bitcoin Price Towards $1M
Arthur Hayes has written an extended post explaining how the economic sanctions against Russia will result in a new monetary era. This era could see both gold and bitcoin rise in value as investors tu...
Missile Strikes Near Western City Of Lviv, Mayor Says
Follow real-time updates on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. A cloud of smoke raises after an explosion in Lviv, western Ukraine, Friday ASSOCIATED PRESS March 18, 2022 7:48 AM EDT Key Takeaways: R...
Central Bank of Russia issues digital asset license to Sberbank in apparent policy reversal
Less than two weeks after the Central Bank of Russia, or CBR, reiterated its position proposing to ban the issuance, mining and circulation of cryptocurrencies in Russia, it appears to have reevaluate...
Warren Introduces Bill to Restrict Crypto Transactions With Russia
Key Takeaways Senator Elizabeth Warren has introduced a bill called the Digital Assets Sanctions Compliance Enhancement Act. The bill would identify crypto exchanges supporting sanctioned Russian indi...
Warren’s Crypto Sanctions Bill Aims to Crack Down on Russia, Track Wallets With Foreign Ties
In brief Senator Elizabeth Warren has proposed a new bill that enhances the U.S. government’s ability to clamp down on Russian cryptocurrency use. The bill also has a provision that requires U.S. taxp...
Burger King moves to divest from Russian joint venture
A man holds meals from the Burger King restaurant on May, 15, 2020 in Dedovsk, Russia. Mikhail Svetlov | Getty Images Burger King is moving to divest its 15% stake in its Russian business, but the bur...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Signs Crypto Legislation Into Law As War With Russia Rages On
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a bill into law that legalizes and regulates crypto assets as the nation contends with Russian aggression. According to a statement made by Ukraine’s...
Gramercy Funds CIO on emerging markets investing amid the Russia war, including Ukrainian bonds
(Click here to subscribe to the Delivering Alpha newsletter.) Emerging markets, specifically those in Eastern Europe, have been whipsawed amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. With sanctions in pl...
Christopher Wray: Russia Will Have Difficulty Using Crypto to Avoid Sanctions
Christopher Wray – the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) – says that Russia overestimated its abilities to use crypto to fight sanctions imposed by the United States and its allies...
JPMorgan Processed Russia Bond Payments, Sent Money to Citi
(Bloomberg) — JPMorgan Chase & Co. has processed funds that were earmarked for interest payments due on dollar bonds issued by the Russian government and sent the money on to Citigroup Inc.,...
How blockchain intelligence can prevent Russia from evading sanctions
As pointed out by Caroline Malcolm, Head of International Policy at Chainalysis, the transparent nature of blockchain technology makes it relatively easy for crypto intelligence companies to track fun...
Dollar General, Occidental Petroleum, Guess and more
A customer enters a Dollar General Corp. store in Colona, Illinois, U.S., on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday tradi...
G7 intensifies measures against Russia while Japan sanctions against crypto usage
G7 countries decided to strengthen their sanctions against Russia Japan announced that it is sanctioning Russian crypto IP’s The penalties vary from up to three years in prison or 1 million yen The w...
Crypto Assets Can Help Russia Return to Global Financial Market, Lawmaker Says – Regulation Bitcoin News
Digital financial assets like cryptocurrencies can help Russia to reach the global financial market despite western sanctions, a lawmaker working on crypto regulations has stated. The official believe...
LSG Group Says Crypto Exchanges Dealing in Russia Could See Setbacks
The head of the London Stock Exchange Group said that cryptocurrency exchanges engaging with Russia could see negative consequences as Western governments look for ways to tackle Moscow’s invasion of ...
Russia Claims It Has Made Bond Interest Payments–But Says Up To U.S. To Make Sure They Go Through Amid Fear Of Default
Topline Russia’s Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said Wednesday the country had attempted to make interest payments on two dollar-denominated government bonds, but said it was up to the United States ...
Russia sanctions could push other countries to develop their CBDCs
Banking executive Hiromi Yamaoka believes that the conflict in Ukraine could influence central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) policy globally. The former head of payments and settlements department ...