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EU will cut off 7 Russian banks from SWIFT, with ordinary Russians facing consequences
On Wednesday, the European Union announced that within 10 days, it intends to remove seven Russian banks from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, or SWIFT, messaging syste...
Mastercard Pulls Russian Banks from its Payment Network
American payment services giant Mastercard has cut off Russian financial institutions from its payment network, a move it said is in compliance with the sanctions being meted by the United States gove...
Nasdaq Halts Trading In ‘Russian Amazon’ As Ozon Stock Crashes
Shares in Russian e-commerce giant Ozon Holdings have been suspended on the Nasdaq. Ozon Holdings What a difference a year makes. In March 2021, Russian e-commerce giant Ozon Holdings was still baskin...
EU Excludes 7 Russian Banks From SWIFT
The bloc, alongside the U.S., U.K., Canada, France, Germany and Italy, announced it was “committing” to the move on Saturday. Russia invaded Ukraine last week on a pretext of either supporting breakaw...
Ukraine Now Accepts Dogecoin Donations Amid Russian Invasion
Ukraine is now accepting Dogecoin donations, per Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov. “Now even meme can support our army and save lives from Russian invaders,” Fedorov tweeted. @dogecoin...
Blockchain Gaming Giant Animoca to Halt Servicing Russian Customers
Animoca Brands – one of the leading blockchain gaming companies – is reportedly planning to cut ties with Russian customers as a response to the country’s invasion of Ukraine. Animoca Brands is undoub...
Russian stocks in London continue to collapse as Sberbank trades for a penny
The dollar-denominated secondary listings of Russian companies continued to plunge on the London Stock Exchange on Wednesday, as the local Russian stock market remained shut for a third day. Lukoil LK...
Hillary Clinton calls out crypto exchanges for failing to ban Russian users
Hillary Clinton, the former presidential candidate in the US elections, has criticized the cryptocurrency exchanges that have failed to block and freeze the accounts of Russian users. She has now call...
Venezuela Might Be Affected by Russian Banks’ SWIFT Suspension – Economics Bitcoin News
Analysts from Venezuela have expressed their worries about the expulsion of a number of Russian banks from SWIFT, an international messaging system that allows the interconnection of banks. These meas...
China Shunning Russian Coal With Banks Nervous Over Sanctions
(Bloomberg) — Chinese power plants and steelmakers are looking for alternatives to Russian coal after some domestic banks suggested they avoid purchases due to the mounting sanctions being imposed on ...
Biden Blocks Russian Planes From U.S. Airspace Over Ukraine Invasion
Topline The United States will close off its airspace to all Russian planes, President Joe Biden announced in his first State of the Union address Tuesday night, as he vowed to impose heavy economic p...
Shaken Russian Army Conscripts Make Perfect Targets For Morale-Crushing Operations
The body of a Russian serviceman outside Kharkiv on February 26, 2022. AFP via Getty Images As the Russian military bogs down in Ukraine, low Army morale is becoming a serious problem. With Russian Ar...
Hillary Clinton Urges Biden Administration to Pressure Crypto Exchanges to Block Russian Users – Regulation Bitcoin News
Former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has criticized the Biden administration and European governments for not pressuring cryptocurrency exchanges to end transactions with Russian users. She b...
Why Does the U.S. Buy Russian Oil?
The fracking boom made America the world’s biggest oil producer a few years ago, but the U.S. still imports millions of barrels each day from other parts of the world, including Russia. Here is a look...
U.S. bans Russian aircraft from American airspace
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about a U.S. Special Forces operation in Northern Syria against ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Quraishi, from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington...
Should Exchanges Ban All Russian Crypto Holders?
Is supporting the Ukrainian resistance worth jettisoning one of crypto’s most sacred principles: financial sovereignty? That question arose yesterday, when Ukraine’s deputy prime minister beseec...
Why Crypto Networks Should Preserve Russian Propaganda
There are sustained calls from influential people for deleting Russian propaganda. Jim Lewis, a cybersecurity expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told Vox, “During the Cold W...
Bitcoin is now a top 15 currency as it surpasses Russian Ruble
Bitcoin has become one of the most valuable currencies globally after overtaking the Russian ruble. The invasion of Ukraine has sent Russian currency tumbling to record lows, and Bitcoin is profiting ...
Ukrainians Buy Record Sums of Bitcoin on Binance After Russian Invasion
Ukrainians are buying more Bitcoin than ever before to protect their holdings as they fend off an attack from neighboring Russia. A report released Tuesday from Arcane Research showed Ukrainians were ...
Anonymous Offers Russian Soldiers Over $50K Worth of Bitcoin for Each Surrendered Tank (Report)
The notorious hacker organization – Anonymous – has reportedly offered Russian troops payments in bitcoin to hand over their tanks. The group would pay more than $52,000 in BTC for each surrendered co...
Russian interest rate hiked to 20%, crypto under discussion
Crypto remains a hot topic as Russian interest rate is hiked to 20% Western sanctions have hit the country hard with inflation rising steadily The Central bank will boost liquidity by freeing 733 bi...
Coinbase ‘Will Not Institute a Blanket Ban’ on All Transactions Tied to Russian Crypto Addresses – Coinotizia
The popular cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has addressed the request from Ukrainian officials to freeze the accounts of all Russian users. A Coinbase spokesperson noted that the digital currency pla...
The Ukraine Crisis Is A Wake-Up Call For Energy Security
23 February 2022, Netherlands, Rotterdam: The LNG tanker BW Pavilion Aranda is moored at the pier in … [+] the port of Rotterdam. Photo: Federico Gambarini/dpa (Photo by Federico Gambarini/pictu...
No blocking of Russian accounts on crypto exchanges
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has asked cryptocurrency exchanges to freeze the accounts of all Russian citizens. Crypto exchanges are not obliged to freeze Russian accounts Right...
US Treasury Set to Crack Down on Crypto Transactions With Russian Entities
The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control is set to issue new rules cracking down on transactions, including those made with cryptocurrency, with prohibited Russian entities. The rules, dub...
Coinbase ‘Will Not Institute a Blanket Ban’ on All Transactions Tied to Russian Crypto Addresses – Bitcoin News
The popular cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has addressed the request from Ukrainian officials to freeze the accounts of all Russian users. A Coinbase spokesperson noted that the digital currency pla...