Topline Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized Nestle Saturday for not taking enough action to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, and Nestle leads a small but powerful list of multi...
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US Senator Rolls Out Bill To Cease Exchanges If They Serve Russian Wallets
Elizabeth Warren, Senator of United States, is initiating a latest bill which will allow Department of Treasury to ban cryptocurrency exchanges in case they serve Russia. A Californian Democrat, Rep. ...
Instant Grocery Delivery App Buyk Files for Bankruptcy After Russian Sanctions
(Bloomberg) — Rapid grocery-delivery app Buyk Corp. filed for bankruptcy and will permanently shut down after fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine restricted the startup’s access to funding...
FTX Founder Slams Reports Suggesting Crypto Industry Is Accommodating Sanctioned Russian Entities
Reports are swirling that cryptocurrency exchanges are not complying with laid down sanctions against Russia, and FTX’s founder strongly refuted the claims. FTX’s, the popular crypto exchange, founder...
Crypto Adoption in the Spotlight During Russian Invasion of Ukraine
HodlX Guest Post Submit Your Post Key takeaways The Russian invasion and the robust international response via economic sanctions will have a profound effect on global finance over the coming years...
Russian banks are so broke the biggest lender just got the go-ahead to issue digital assets like crypto
The impact of sanctions and the collapse of the Russian ruble after the invasion of Ukraine has some Russian banks turning to the crypto market for a boost. Like the biggest one. That is Sberbank, Rus...
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 ...
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...
US Senator Elizabeth Warren Introduces Bill That Could Ban Exchanges From Working With Russian Wallets
US Senator Elizabeth Warren is introducing a new bill enabling the Treasury Department to ban exchanges from facilitating transactions for Russian crypto wallets. The bill also would require President...
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...
War Handcuffs Russian Central Bankers Watching Demise of Economy
(Bloomberg) — Sign up for the New Economy Daily newsletter, follow us @economics and subscribe to our podcast. Most Read from Bloomberg Russia’s central bank has been relegated to the role of bi...
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...
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...
U.S. Democrats Propose Bill to Restrict Russian Crypto Use amid Ukraine Crisis
U.S. Democratic senators introduced a bill to the U.S. President Thursday that they propose to impose sanctions on foreign cryptocurrency companies with business to Russian entities, preventing them a...
Russian Tanks Being Sold on Opensea for 250 ETH – Trustnodes
Three Russian tanks are being sold on Opensea as NFTs and as actual physical items by a farmer in Olyshivka, near Kyiv. He’s even put up a picture of himself, though we can’t easily verify it as there...
Cryptocurrency Will Not Save the Russian Economy, if the Government does not Change its Stance
Mar 18, 2022 at 11:11 // News Russia is facing tough restrictions that could push the country into complete economic isolation. In such a situation, it is only natural to look for alternatives that wi...
Koch Industries Continues Operations at Russian Factories
MarketWatch Koch Industries breaks silence on Russia to say it will continue to operate its 2 glass facilities Koch Industries, the Wichita, Kan., company run by right-wing billionaire Charles Koch, r...
Russian Broker VTB Captial Forex Resumes FX Trading Without RUB Pairs
VTB Capital Forex has announced that it resumed retail trading Retail Trading In finance, retail trading refers to individual traders, trading through a broker, or on a platform. This can include no...
Unless OPEC increases output, oil market will fall into deficit after Russian invasion, IEA says
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and sanctions on its oil exports threaten a supply shock that will weigh on the global economy and push the oil market into a deficit unless major producers increase outpu...
Russian consumers rush to snap up Chinese smartphone stocks as the rouble’s value sinks
Major Chinese Android smartphone brands are seeing robust demand this month in Russia, boosted by increased local consumer spending on essential electronics devices, as international sanctions against...
US lawmakers introduce bills that could force crypto exchanges to cut ties with Russian wallets
Representative Brad Sherman will be introducing a bill in the House aimed at cracking down on U.S. businesses handling crypto transactions for Russian banks and individuals. Speaking at a hybrid marku...
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...
Sberbank Gets License From Russian Central Bank to Issue, Exchange Digital Assets
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Senator Elizabeth Warren introduces bill targeting Russian crypto use amid sanctions
Senator Elizabeth Warren has introduced new legislation targeting Russian crypto use. Warren announced the introduction of the “Digital Asset Sanctions4Compliance Enhancement Act” during a...
‘Several Hundred Thousand’ Crypto Addresses Linked to Sanctioned Russian Actors: Elliptic
Blockchain analytics platform Elliptic has identified “several hundred thousand” crypto addresses that are linked to sanctioned Russia-based individuals or entities. Elliptic clarifies that these addr...
Launch Of Crypto Donation Site A Big Boost For Ukraine’s Military Fighting The Russian Invaders
Crypto has become a more ubiquitous component of the world’s financial infrastructure, which implies that it is inextricably linked to geopolitical conflict — for better or for worse. In a setting whe...
Russian Military Awards Reveal Covert Drone Tactics
The Russian military has had few successes to celebrate in what they term their ‘special military operation,’ otherwise known as the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. But they have been hand...
McConnell Urges Biden To Send More Aid To Ukraine Amid Russian Invasion
Follow real-time updates on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell(R-KY) speaks during a news conference to announce … [+] that the Senate is consi...
Sanctioned Russian Oligarchs’ Crypto Address Possibly Identified by Elliptic
Elliptic – a blockchain forensics firm – has reportedly given authorities information about a digital wallet that could possibly be linked to sanctioned Russian entities. It apparently stores “signifi...
Russian sanction tightening: G7 intensifies measures and Japan sanctions against crypto usage
The world applied heavy sanctions against Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine, and the Russian economy had taken a hit. However, the world leaders seem to think it is not enough. G7 ganging ...