A call to make the digital ruble a reserve currency has been issued in the State Duma, the lower house of Russia’s parliament. Meanwhile, concerns have been raised in the West that the new incarnation...
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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...
Elliptic Recognizes Myriad Of Crypto Addresses Linked To Sanctioned Russians
Blockchain watchdogs have debated and implemented measures to counter sanctioned nations from utilizing virtual assets. Just previous week, a blockchain data platform unveiled screening tools for cryp...
Elliptic Identifies ‘Several Hundred Thousand Crypto Addresses’ Tied to Russia-Based Sanctioned Actors – Bitcoin News
As the Russia-Ukraine conflict continues, blockchain surveillance companies have discussed and implemented ways to combat sanctioned countries from using digital assets. Last week, Chainalysis reveale...
‘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...
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...
Blockchain Forensics Firm Uncovers 15 Million Crypto Addresses Tied To Sanctioned Russians
A crypto forensics firm announced the discovery of information on a digital wallet believed to be associated with Russian oligarchs and sanctioned officials. Tom Robinson, co-founder of Elliptic, disc...
Elliptic Identifies Crypto Wallets Linked to Sanctioned Russian Officials
Cryptocurrency security company Elliptic has identified hundreds of thousands of crypto wallets and addresses linked to Russians on the sanctioned list. It is also investigating wallets that could be ...
Blockchain forensics firm finds millions in sanctioned crypto wallet
Blockchain security and forensics firm Elliptic has been working with authorities to expose crypto wallets affiliated with sanctioned individuals or organizations. The United Kingdom-based company has...
Why Some Say Putin Is Happy His Oligarchs Are Getting Sanctioned
Veteran Kremlin watchers tell Forbes that the Russian president doesn’t care much about the asset freezes and travel bans that hound his country’s billionaires. Getty Images Additional reporting by Jo...
Surveillance Firm Chainalysis Provides Free Tool To Detect Sanctioned Wallets
What is the Chainalysis oracle? A free tool that allows anyone to validate “if a cryptocurrency wallet address has been included in a sanctions designation.” Pretty handy, considering all the cancelin...
LBMA Asks 6 Russian Gold Refiners if They Have Ties to Sanctioned Entities – Regulation Bitcoin News
The London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) said it wants six accredited Russian gold refiners to clarify if they have commercial ties with sanctioned Russian entities. The association’s request come...
Official Says Switzerland May ‘Target’ Crypto Assets Belonging to Sanctioned Russians – Regulation Bitcoin News
Neutral Switzerland may target crypto assets within its territory that belong to sanctioned Russian entities, a report has said. The report quotes an official who explains that the move is designed to...
Japan Looks to Stop Sanctioned Russian Entities From Transferring Crypto Assets – Regulation Bitcoin News
As financial authorities around the world continue to target sanctioned Russian entities, regulators in Japan along with the country’s crypto association are attempting to find and close gaps that may...
Sanctioned Russian Oligarchs And Billionaires ‘Have Only One Option’—Bitcoin
Russian oligarchs and billionaires hit by severe financial restrictions following the country’s invasion of Ukraine are turning to bitcoin, according to a London-based lawyer. Subscribe now to F...
‘Sanctioned’ Russia might trigger ‘potential scenarios’ for Bitcoin, Gold
Bitcoin and gold have been jousting in a long battle for supremacy over the year. With Russia invading Ukraine, financial markets across the world took a lot of heavy hits. For instance, Russia saw it...
Binance To Freeze Sanctioned Russians Accounts
According to recent reports, the world’s biggest crypto exchange, Binance, targeted to block the Russian user accounts available on the sanctions list due to war. The action took place after Ukraine’s...
CySEC Orders CIFs to Ensure Restrictions on Sanctioned Russians
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission ( CySEC CySEC The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) is a financial regulatory authority of Cyprus. CySEC is one of the key watchdog autho...
Apple will no longer support sanctioned Russian banks on App Store
Russian financial institutions have been suffering heavily from the sanctions imposed by the West. Apple has joined the list of global institutions severing ties with the Russian market. Apple Pay wil...
Apple Pay to halt support for Russian banks sanctioned on war in Ukraine
Several Russian banks that have been sanctioned over Russia’s “special military operation” in Ukraine will no longer support major payment services like Apple Pay and Google Pay. Russia’s second-large...
Apple Discontinues Support for Sanctioned Russian Banks On App Store
ApplePay – Apple’s digital wallet service – is no longer providing support to Russian banks following sanctions from the United States and its western allies. Applications from Promsvyabank – a state-...