NFT News Dapper Labs has suspended Russian accounts amid the European Union’s recent sanctions. Impacted users will be unable to buy, sell, or gift digital collectibles across several platforms. Dappe...
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Dapper Labs suspends Russian accounts after new EU sanctions
The firm outlined that as its “payment processing and stored value service partner is subject to EU regulations,” Dapper has been directed to impose the restrictions on these accounts under EU law. Fl...
Dapper Labs Restricts NFT Accounts Associated with Russian Users
Dapper Labs – a company behind NFTs like CryptoKitties, NBA Top Shot, NFL All Day, UFC Strike, and the Flow blockchain – has confirmed it is cutting off payment services for non-fungible owners with l...
Russian Businesses are Circumventing Sanctions by Using Crypto
Russian businesses operating within the Russian Federation have begun to use cryptocurrencies to circumvent sanctions in cross-border transactions, according to the Ministry of Finance. Russian busine...
Russian Brigades In Southern Ukraine Depended On One Major Bridge. Now They’re Cut Off From Resupply.
The Kerch Strait bridge burns. Maxar imagery Two days after a powerful explosion rocked the $4-billion rail and road bridge across the Kerch Strait, the narrow waterway separating the Russian-occupied...
Russian Paramilitary Groups Turn to Crypto Avoiding Sanctions
53 mins ago | 2 mins read Bitcoin News $400,000 have been raised since the beginning of the invasion in February. The entity bought things like survival gear and ordinary military gear. According to a...
Russia Could Release Griner And Whelan By End Of Year, Former UN Ambassador Richardson Claims
Topline Russian authorities may release Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan by the end of the year, Bill Richardson—a former ambassador to the United Nations who has traveled to Russia to advocate for the...
Dapper Labs freezes funds in wallets with Russian ties following EU sanctions, users say
NFT company Dapper Labs has issued warnings to users who have “connections” to Russia that funds held in their account-based crypto wallets have been frozen as part of a set of fresh EU sanctions agai...
Dapper Labs Reveals Restrictions for Russian users
Leading Non-fungible token firm Dapper Labs has stopped payment services for NFT owners in Russia, citing the European Union’s new sanctions on the warring country. According to a blog post by the fir...
Russian Has One Main Bridge Into Southern Ukraine. Someone Just Blew It Up.
The Kerch Bridge. Wikimedia Comnons photo In 2016, a Russian firm began building a bridge from mainland Russia to the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula, which Russian forces had seized from Ukraine t...
In 2014, Ukrainian Defectors Formed A New Russian Brigade. In 2022, The Ukrainian Army May Have Destroyed It.
BTR-80s belonging to the 126th Guards Coastal Defense Brigade on a train from Crimea in August. Via social media When Russian troops invaded Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in February 2014, the Ukrainian...
2 Russian Nationals Fleeing Putin’s Draft Seek Asylum In U.S. After Reaching Alaska
Topline Two Russian nationals who fled the country to avoid being drafted into Moscow’s war in Ukraine are seeking asylum in the United States after reaching a remote island in western Alaska by boat,...
EU Blocks All Russian Access to Crypto Over Ukraine Referendums
Services surrounding cryptocurrencies have been targeted by the latest round of sanctions on Russian citizens, according to a recent announcement. The European Commission, the executive body of the Eu...
Why The EU Will Sanction Russian Crypto Transactions
The European Union has extended its sanctions against Russia and has added more restrictions to crypto wallets and related services. Per a press release, the European Commission implemented an eight p...
What’s Happening In The Russian Stock Market During The War In Ukraine?
| Getty Images Key takeaways The Russian stock market tanked after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It has seen its largest subsequent dip after Ukraine successfully went on the offensive, driving Putin ...
Did Putin Sabotage His Own Pipeline? Perhaps He’s Not The Only Irrational Political Leader
Nord stream 1 and 2 pipeline 3D rendering getty Blasts were heard at the Nord Stream 1 pipeline last week, and damage to the pipeline itself was detected underwater shortly thereafter. Russian sources...
New Types Of Ammunition Make Ukraine’s HIMARS Far Deadlier
HIMARS rocket launchers have been among Ukraine’s most effective weapons against the Russian invaders, and yesterday’s DoD announcement that they are sending four more will be welcome. Perhaps more si...
Nvidia closes Russian offices, will fly relocating employees out of the country, report says
Chipmaker Nvidia is ending its activities in Russia, and is giving its employees in the country the opportunity to relocate. In a statement, Nvidia Corp. NVDA, +5.23% confirmed that it is ceasing all ...
Rivers At Their Backs And Ukrainian Brigades Closing In, A Lot Of Russian Troops Might Need To Learn To Swim
The Ukrainian 128th Mountain Brigade. Ukrainian defense ministry photo Russian paratroopers are fleeing their positions in a critical sector of the front in southern Ukraine. While at least one Ukrain...
Europe made a mistake with Russian energy, now it needs to spend big
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy on Tuesday criticized Europe’s overreliance on Russian energy, saying it had come at a heavy cost and called on the region to start investing heavily in alternative sup...
Ukraine’s Counteroffensives Appear To Be Part Of A Much Bigger Plan—To Divide The Russian Army
A Ukrainian army BMP fighting vehicle. Ukrainian defense ministry photo A month into Ukraine’s twin counteroffensives in southern and eastern Ukraine, Kyiv’s overall strategy is becoming clearer. Expe...
Pro-Russian Groups Evade US Sanctions, Raise $400,000 in Cryptocurrency Donations to Fund the Russian Military – crypto.news
Blockchain intelligence company TRM Labs has announced that pro-Russian military groups are raising funds in cryptocurrency to aid Russian military operations and bypass U.S. sanctions. Pro-Russian Mi...
Russian Paramilitary Group Raising Fund in Crypto: TRM Labs
Pro-Russian Militant groups are raising funds in cryptocurrency to shore up paramilitary operations. Also to evade U.S. sanctions as the war with Ukraine wages on, as researched by TRM Labs. TRM Labs ...
Pro-Russian Group Raises $400K in Crypto to Support Russian Military Actions
Pro-Russian groups are raising funds through cryptocurrencies to support Russian military operations as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, CNBC reported on Oct. 3. Since the war started on ...
Crypto Transactions Ban: European Union Retaliates Over Russian Referendum in Ukraine
As the development in the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, the former reported to organize referendums within the occupied regions of the latter. The whole world condemn this move of Russia and...
A Russian Regiment, Currently Surrounded In Eastern Ukraine, Has A Tragic History Of Defeat
Ukrainian troops advance. Ukrainian defense ministry photo The Ukrainian army reportedly has nearly completed its envelopment of the Russian garrison in Lyman, a transport hub in eastern Ukraine’s Don...
Putin Claims Four Ukrainian Regions As Russian In Illegal Annexation
Topline Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Friday to illegally annex four occupied Ukrainian provinces, at an ceremony in Moscow, despite widespread international condemnation of the mov...
Thousands Of Russian Troops Are About To Get Trapped In Eastern Ukraine
Ukrainian troops inspect captured Russian T-80 tanks outside Kharkiv. Ukrainian defense ministry photo A month after launching a major counteroffensive outside the free city of Kharkiv in eastern Ukra...
DOJ Charges Russian Billionaire Deripaska With Violating Sanctions—And Scheming For His Child To Be Born In U.S.
Topline The Justice Department unsealed an indictment Thursday accusing Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska and three associates with violating U.S. sanctions imposed against the aluminum tycoon in 201...
Ukraine Said To Have Mauled A Russian Fighter Regiment, Shooting Down A Quarter Of Its Crews
An Su-34 belonging to the 559th Bomber Aviation Regiment. Wikimedia Commons The Ukrainian armed forces’ aggressive counterattacks in the south and east starting in late August have chewed up several o...
Here’s What Would Happen If Putin Ordered A Nuclear Strike In Ukraine
Topline Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing to annex swathes of occupied Ukrainian territory and vowed to defend Russian territory by any means necessary last Wednesday, including using nucl...