Nuclear power station during a sunset getty Bitcoin extended its losses through the second half of the week, testing a floor of $40,000 earlier today before rebounding slightly. The drawdown stems fro...
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U.S. Accuses Russia Of “War Crime” After Attack On Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plant
Follow real-time updates on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. A Polish soldier carries a child at the Przemysl train station near the Ukrainian-Polish border … [+] early Friday morning after a...
What are India’s payment alternatives to trade with Russia? — Quartz India
India is looking to strengthen its rupee-ruble arrangement to ensure seamless trade with Russia amid disruptions caused by Western sanctions following the Ukraine war. Indian banks rely on The Society...
Japan to Assess How Russia Can Avoid Sanctions Using Crypto
Japan’s Financial Services Agency and the Japan Virtual and Crypto Assets Exchange Association are assessing ways to block crypto transactions on Japan’s sanctions list, according to the Japan Times. ...
Russia sanctions spark fire sale, asset freezes for UK-based oligarch
Roman Abramovich, owner of Chelsea, waves at fans after the UEFA Champions League Final between Manchester City and Chelsea FC at Estadio do Dragao on May 29, 2021, in Porto, Portugal. Alex Livesey &#...
Coinbase CEO: We’ll Comply With Russia Ban If US Government Tells Us To
Coinbase CEO, Brian Armstrong, has said the exchange will comply with a ban on Russian users should the U.S. government impose rules to that effect. “If the U.S. government decides to impose a ban, w...
There should be no new gas supply contracts with Russia: IEA
A Gazprom logo photographed in Russia on Jan. 28, 2021. Andrey Rudakov | Bloomberg | Getty Images The European Union should not enter into any new gas supply contracts with Russia, in order to lower i...
Crypto Trading Volume in Russia Dropping Across Major Exchanges
Cryptocurrency trading volumes on major exchanges in Russia are dropping. Recent discussions have covered the fact that Russians may be using crypto to avoid sanctions, but that does not appear to be ...
How Apple, Big Tech benefit from taking on Russia
Silicon Valley’s tech giants are joining the rest of the business world in pulling their products and services from Russia. Companies like Apple (AAPL) have cut ties to the Russian market entirely to ...
Russia Might Resort to Bitcoin Mining as Sanctions Continue to Bite
Based on the ripple effect of sanctions slapped on Russia because of its ongoing invasion of Ukraine, Russia continues to be starving for foreign currency. It might make Bitcoin mining an alternative ...
Recent Bitcoin Rally Had Nothing to do With Sanctions on Russia, Here’s Why
Earlier this week, the Bitcoin (BTC) price rallied all the way to $44,000 levels amid reports that the recent U.S. sanctions on Russia were the reason behind it. However, new data shows that talks of ...
Iranian, Venezuelan OpenSea Users Blocked From NFT Platform As Russia Sanctions Grow
Accounts belonging to OpenSea users with Iranian IP addresses have been canceled in the face of a growing debate regarding international sanctions and Russia’s attack on Ukraine. As pressure mounts on...
Will Attempts To ‘Self-Sanction’ Russia Be Enough To Tame Putin Without Oil-Mageddon?
Kremlin handout photo of Putin, March 3, 2022. Anadolu Agency via Getty Images It’s shocking to see western oil giants abandon tens of billions of dollars of investment in Russia — stakes in projects ...
Why Did Mortgage Rates Fall Again? How Ukraine and Russia Affect Housing.
Text size The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage rate fell to 3.76% this week. Dreamstime.com Mortgage rates fell for a second consecutive week after Russia’s invasions of Ukraine triggered a fl...
London Broker Sova Capital Faces Collapse due to Russia Links
FCA-regulated Sova Capital, which operates as a wholesale broker, entered into special administration as it was facing severe liquidity problems due to the downward spiraling Russian financial market....
European Association FESE Excludes Moscow Exchange
With no signs of de-escalation of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Russian institutions and businesses are facing more and more economic exclusion. The Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE) h...
Ukraine asks to disconnect Russia from the Internet
A couple of days ago, Rolling Stone magazine reported that it had seen an email in which Ukrainian officials allegedly asked ICANN to disconnect all Russian websites from the Internet. Ukraine’s requ...
U.S. stock futures sink as Russia attacks Ukraine’s largest nuclear plant
U.S. stock-index futures tumbled late Thursday after reports that Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, in Ukraine, was on fire after Russian shelling, raising fears of an unprecedented nuclear disast...
CZ Maintains That Binance Will Comply With Sanction Rules For Russia
The crypto industry continues to battle bad media representation targeted at it. Changpeng Zhao, the CEO of Binance, has called out media outlets that have misrepresented the decision of crypto exchan...
China to Widen Test of Digital Yuan as Russia Invasion Spotlights Crypto’s Potential Role; Cryptos Decline
India, the world’s largest democracy, may make its tax policy clearer by tweaking the definition of crypto or virtual digital assets. According to a report by CNBC TV-18, the Indian government is like...
News And Information From Ukraine
Stanislav, 40, says goodbye to his son David, 2, and his wife Anna, 35, on a train to Lviv at the … [+] Kyiv station, Ukraine, Thursday, March 3. 2022. AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti ASSOCIATED PRESS...
U.S. DOJ Launches ‘KleptoCapture’ to Hold Russia Accountable
On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the launch of Task Force KleptoCapture, an interagency law enforcement task force dedicated to enforcing the sweeping sanctions, export res...
USA’s DFS to Use Blockchain to Strengthen Sanctions Enforcement Against Russia
The Department of Financial Services (DFS) will use blockchain analytics technology to build strengthen the enforcement of the sanctions against Russia. Specifically, the effort will be to detect if R...
Retailers warn of business impact from Russia’s invasion
Employees put wooden shields on the window of Louis Vuitton shop in Kyiv on February 24, 2022 as Russia’s ground forces invaded Ukraine from several directions today, encircling the country with...
U.S. Department of Justice to set up task force to enforce Russia sanctions
The U.S. Department of Justice will be creating a task force saddled with enforcing sanctions against the richest Russians and their assets in the U.S. The U.S. sets up a new taskforce The interagency...
Big tech against Russia: Apple suspends sales of its products
Apple has decided to stop selling its products in Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine by Moscow’s military forces. It is the latest big tech company to take drastic action against the nation...
Energy Abundance Is Possible And Europe Shows Us Why It Is Necessary
Fuel prices at an Exxon Mobil gas station in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. … [+] Democratic efforts to define the party’s energy policies are facing mounting pres...
Russia Can’t ‘Easily’ Use Bitcoin To Ease Sanctions — Here Are The Stumbling Blocks ⋆ ZyCrypto
Advertisement     Russia’s switch to cryptocurrencies will not be as seamless as the general public anticipates. Thinly traded markets and obedience to sanctions are p...
As Russia presses its war with Ukraine, here are 10 aerospace and defense stocks expected to rise up to 39%
No matter when the shooting stops and Russia’s war in Ukraine comes to an end, it seems clear from actions taken by European countries that we’re entering a period of increased defense spending. Below...