Early on in the invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian officials claimed that the Russians were using PFM-1 air-dropped anti-personnel mines. Also known as ‘butterfly mines,’ ‘petals,’ ‘green parr...
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Gold price forecast with Ukraine open to diplomatic talks with Russia
Gold price rose to its highest level since August 2020 at $2,070.88 on Tuesday. At that level, it was only about $5 shy of its all-time high of $2,076.64, which it hit at the peak of the coronavirus p...
Tracked crypto donations to Ukraine surge to $108M as Kraken, Bored Ape joins in
On Wednesday, total crypto donations across Ukrainian government wallet addresses, charities and relief efforts tracked by Cointelegraph has reached $108 million. The top three recipients of such fund...
Challenged By War, Ignored By Government
BERLIN, GERMANY – FEBRUARY 24: A woman wears make up in the colors of the Ukrainian flag protesting … [+] against Russian invasion of Ukraine in front of Brandenburg gate on February 24, 2...
House Passes Russian Oil Ban Building On Biden’s Executive Order After Ukraine Invasion
Topline The House on Wednesday passed a bipartisan bill that would ban Russian energy imports after final passage in the Senate, building on an executive order signed by President Joe Biden Tuesday an...
House Passes $1.5 Trillion Spending Bill With $14 Billion For Ukraine Aid—But No Covid Relief
Topline The U.S. Capitol building. getty Key Facts The massive spending package, which would appropriate funds for the government until September 30, passed the House on Wednesday evening in largely b...
Ukraine Has Received $108 Million In Crypto Donations Following Kraken And BAYC Donations
On Wednesday, tracked total crypto donations to the government of Ukraine wallet addresses, charities, and humanitarian initiatives had topped $108 million. The official Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (E...
Why Are Gasoline Prices So High? How Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine Affects The Pump
Topline U.S. gasoline prices reached record highs this week, with some portions of the country paying on average nearly $5 per gallon, according to the American Automobile Association—here’s what has ...
Stock futures are little changed after S&P 500’s best one-day rally since 2020
Traders on the floor of the NYSE, Feb. 28, 2022. Source: NYSE Stock futures were little changed in overnight trading Wednesday after the major indexes posted sharp gains as commodity prices cooled. Fu...
Pentagon Opposes Sending MiG-29 Fighter Jets To Ukraine
Topline Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said Wednesday the United States does not support supplying Ukraine with Soviet-era fighter jets to aid in its fight against Russia, framing the idea as a high...
Russian Spokesperson—Contradicting Putin—Admits Conscripts On Frontlines In Latest Communication Blunder
Topline Since its full invasion of Ukraine began last month, the Kremlin has shown rare vulnerability in controlling the narrative regarding its war on Ukraine, experts say, turning to significant inf...
Despite Ukraine, Markets Still See Aggressive Fed Action This Year
Jerome Powell, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, smiles during a Senate Banking, Housing, and … [+] Urban Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, March 3, 2022. Pow...
Bored Ape Yacht Club Donates $1 Million in Ethereum to Ukraine Following Community Efforts – Coinotizia
On March 8, the team behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) donated $1 million in ethereum to the Ukraine government’s ether wallet. The BAYC team donated the funds in order to match BAYC community me...
The Real Reason Behind Surging Gas Prices
High gas prices are posted at Low-P, an independent gas station in Calabasas, Calif., Friday, Oct. … [+] 5, 2012. Californians woke up to a shock Friday as overnight gasoline prices jumped by as...
Gas prices are spiking — don’t expect sales of electric vehicles to follow
High gas prices are displayed at a Shell station on March 7, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images News | Getty Images Consumers hoping to switch to an all-electric or more fuel-e...
Kraken will donate fees generated from Russian transactions to Ukraine
Kraken has announced it will donate an amount equivalent to total trading fees generated from Russia-based clients during the first half of 2022 to Ukraine. The donation is part of an “aid package” wo...
Crypto’s Top Players Are Donating Millions to Ukraine
Key Takeaways Ukraine has received around $70 million in cryptocurrency donations since it began accepting them on Feb. 26. Many of the industry’s top firms have also made large donations to Ukr...
Bored Ape Yacht Club Donates $1 Million in Ethereum to Ukraine Following Community Efforts – Bitcoin News
On March 8, the team behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) donated $1 million in ethereum to the Ukraine government’s ether wallet. The BAYC team donated the funds in order to match BAYC community me...
‘Crypto Is Helping’ Ukraine Amid Russia’s Invasion, Says Deputy Minister
Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation Alex Bornyakov today said that cryptocurrencies are helping Ukraine in the wake of Russia’s invasion. “In a situation like this where the national bank is no...
Crypto Exchange Kraken Will Use Russian Trading Fees For Up To $10 Million In Donations To Ukraine Customers
Jesse Powell, chief executive officer of Kraken Bitcoin Exchange, sits for a photograph at the company’s office in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Friday, Aug. 8, 2014. KPhotographer: David ...
Is The Decentralized Crypto Case In Trouble?
Crime scene with Bitcoin sign as victim. getty There is a new tug of war between centralized finance – government issued money (fiat) – versus decentralized finance – private issued cryptocurrencies t...
Boxing Legend Wladimir Klitschko Debuts NFT Collection to Support Ukraine ⋆ ZyCrypto
Advertisement     Wladimir Klitschko, the Ukrainian former professional boxer has joined the efforts of other celebrities in supporting the Ukrainian army and people d...
McDonald’s Russian shutdown will cost fast-food chain $50 million a month
A McDonald’s restaurant in St. Petersburg, Russia. Peter Kovalev | TASS | Getty Images McDonald’s expects its Russian shutdown will cost the fast-food giant roughly $50 million a month unt...
Good For The Environment, Consumers, And Auto Companies, Bad For Oil Companies
Michael Regan, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), speaks during an event at … [+] the EPA headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. Regan announc...
Tencent, Meituan, JD.com, And Kuaishou Lead Hong Kong Internet Rebound
China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equities had a mixed day as India, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand posted positive returns. Japan, China, and Hong Kong declined and South Korea was close...
Deutsche Post CEO: ‘Impact of Ukraine war on transportation costs is unknown’
Deutsche Post AG (ETR: DPW) stock is up over 10% on Wednesday after the world’s second-largest courier company reported an annualised growth in its Q4 net profit and announced a new share repurc...
Boxing Legend Wladimir Klitschko Releases NFT Collection to Raise Funds for Ukraine
The former heavyweight boxing champion – Wladimir Klitschko – launched a non-fungible token collection to aid his war-hit homeland Ukraine. The initiative comes after a partnership with the artist WhI...
Ways to Help Ukraine: WhitePay store
About a year ago, WhitePay was founded in Ukraine, which creates a cryptocurrency POS solution for business. They had big and great plans, but Russian aggression broke not only their plans but the dre...
Russia-Ukraine war, 50 cyber groups already deployed
When Russia invaded Ukraine, a so-called hybrid war began, i.e. a war based not only on conventional military confrontations, but based much more on a mix of conventional military strategy and digital...
Ukraine Gets Help Of $1 Million Worth ETH From Bored Ape Yacht Club
Well-liked NFT collection Bored Ape Yacht Club announced that they are going to donate $1 MIllion worth of Ethereum to Ukraine. Twitter handle of NFT collection unveiled the details regarding transact...
Scared of investing during the Ukraine invasion? Try this IRA maneuver
Moe, Larry and Curly have been watching stock markets plunge in the past two weeks in response to the Ukraine invasion. Each wants to invest, say, $100,000 in European stocks—for example through Vangu...