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Russia Sanctions Present ‘Dramatic Testing Moment’ for Crypto Exchanges

28.2.2022

US Treasury Department Formally Adds Crypto Rules to Russian Sanctions Guidance

28.2.2022
U.S. officials also hope crypto exchanges will block sanctioned individuals regardless of where they're headquartered

Russian Bank Run Begins as Ruble Plunges to Record Low Amid Escalating Sanctions

28.2.2022
A bank run has started in Russia as citizens rush to withdraw cash amid escalating sanctions. The Russian ruble also nosedived to a record low, plunging more than 30%. “There are about 70 people in line. Eyewitnesses say the money in the ATM runs out within 40 minutes.” Russians Rush...

Ukraine Asks Crypto Exchanges to Freeze Accounts of All Russian Users — Major Exchanges Deny Request

28.2.2022
The vice prime minister of Ukraine has asked all major cryptocurrency exchanges to freeze accounts of all Russian users. However, some crypto exchanges have already denied the request. Binance confirmed it is “not going to unilaterally freeze millions of innocent users’...

Crypto exchanges consider Ukraine’s call to freeze Russians’ Bitcoin

28.2.2022
As some platforms freeze accounts linked to Russia and Belarus, Binance said it will not block innocent Russians' crypto assets

Ukraine Targets Russian Politicians’ Crypto Wallets as Russian Banks Are Cut From SWIFT

28.2.2022
Ukraine is now trying to expose cryptocurrency wallets used by politicians in Moscow amid warnings that Russia may employ digital coins to circumvent sanctions. The initiative comes as western allies agree to expel some Russian banks from SWIFT, the global interbank payments system. Government...

Putin Puts Russia Nuclear Forces on High Alert Following Sanctions

27.2.2022

Russia May ‘Nationalize’ Foreign Assets in Response to Western Sanctions, Medvedev Says

27.2.2022
Authorities in Russia may begin to seize funds of foreign nationals and companies that are in the country, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has indicated. His warning comes as the West continues to expend penalties imposed on Moscow over its military invasion of neighboring Ukraine....

EU Commission to remove Russian banks from SWIFT cross-border network

27.2.2022
While condemning the Russian president Vladimir Putin’s move to lay siege across Ukraine, the EU Commission committed to undertake a series of measures to isolate Russia from the international financial system

Analysts Warn of Regulatory Risks if Russia Is Able to Use Crypto to Evade Sanctions

27.2.2022
Russia could turn to cryptocurrency if it is banned from the SWIFT payments system. Analysts have warned that if Russia is able to use crypto to evade sanctions, “political support in the U.S. for crypto will fall and regulatory risk will rise.” Crypto Faces Regulatory Risks if Used...

US Sanctions Russian President Vladimir Putin

26.2.2022
The U.S. has already added various Russian oligarchs, their families and major banks in Russia to the OFAC sanctions list

Former CFTC Chair Giancarlo on Russian Sanctions, CBDCs and Dollar Hegemony

25.2.2022
If the U.S. doesn’t move on a digital dollar, it can lose its technological and financial edge, “Crypto Dad” told CoinDesk TV

ECB president calls for crypto regulation in response to Russia potentially evading sanctions

25.2.2022
"It’s so critically important that MiCA is pushed through as quickly as possible so we have a regulatory framework within which crypto assets can actually be caught," said Christine Lagarde

ECB Wants Quick Action on Crypto Regulation Following Russian Sanctions

25.2.2022
The European parliament earlier today postponed a vote on a package of crypto regulations

Sanctions May Not Affect Russia’s Access to Crypto, Reports Claim

25.2.2022
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...

Apple Pay to halt support for Russian banks sanctioned on war in Ukraine

25.2.2022
Russians cashed out over $1.3 billion from banks on the first day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the largest amount since the onset of COVID-19

Western Allies Claim their Targetted Russian Sanctions Trump a SWIFT Ban as Russian Occupiers Near Kyiv

25.2.2022
The EU claimed it has created a “package of sanctions” that will be “massive and painful” for Russia. It stated that the new sanctions would remove some 70% of Russia’s banking capabilities – but Europe appears utterly divided as to whether it should block banks from an international banking...