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"Following a television telephone conversation President [Joe] Biden held with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and in alignment with the decision by our European allies, the United States will join them in sanctioning President Putin and Foreign Minister [Sergei] Lavrov and members of the Russian national security team.
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Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), has called on lawmakers to approve a regulatory framework on crypto, hinting at potentially preventing Russia from getting around economic sanctions.Speaking to reporters at an informal meeting of economics and finance ministers on Friday, Lagarde said the European Central Bank would
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The European parliament earlier today postponed a vote on a package of crypto regulations. Original Source
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As sanctions rain on Russia, following the Kremlin’s decision to invade Ukraine, media reports have suggested that they are unlikely to limit the country’s access to crypto assets. While the Russian elite may use them to circumvent restrictions, ordinary Russians are also likely to keep trading digital coins on foreign
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The U.S. will freeze assets at Russia's largest banks kept in the U.S., including VTB Bank, a state-owned entity and Russia's second-largest bank, as well as Sberbank. Similarly, the U.K. announced earlier on Thursday it would freeze any British-based assets belonging to VTB. The European Union is similarly freezing Russian
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As the Biden administration slaps economic sanctions against Russia to contain the crisis in Ukraine, Russia is using various cryptocurrency tools to maintain access to foreign capital. As Russia attacked Ukraine, cryptocurrency prices fell sharply. On Thursday morning, Bitcoin prices declined to more than 8%, to settle at $34,702.18, marking its
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“We've seen that in the past with sanctions, you've got examples where wallet addresses have been named as sanctioned entities, and that allows Chainalysis to put in place alerts for our customers, whether they be government or from industry,” Malcolm said. “So that if they have transactions, which you know,
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In the event of harsh Western sanctions as Russian forces invade Ukraine, retail customers could be at risk to lose their savings.Russians’ savings could be confiscated in response to sanctions against the country, according to Nikolai Arefiev, a member of the country's Communist Party and vice-chairman of the Duma’s committee
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U.S. markets are closed for the Presidents' Day holiday, but futures are trading and sunk to session lows following the news, with the Nasdaq 100 down 1.9% and the S&P 500 off 1.25%. Bitcoin had managed to climb to over $39,000 after dropping to a three-week low of $37,200 early
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"For people like me who are very long-term focused and quietly accumulating bitcoin on a daily basis, it's the asset that will supply the most security and value overall," said Jason Deane, analyst at Quantum Economics. "For traders and speculators, it's a simple trade equation designed to generate fiat. For
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