Kraken's CEO, alongside other exchanges, issued warnings about storing funds with centralized custodians as Russian sanctions pile up.

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Many Bitcoin miners in the West might acquiesce to government attempts to blacklist certain addresses if Russia attempted to skirt sanctions.

On Monday, Sven Henrich, the founder and the lead market strategist for northmantrader.com discussed bitcoin “rallying in the face of this crisis.” The technical analyst and market commentator highlighted four reasons why he believes bitcoin’s value surged — “Fundamental, Sentiment, Technical, [and] Safety trade.” Northmantrader’s Founder Sven Henrich Describes Why He Thinks ‘Bitcoin Is Rallying […]

Israeli defense minister Beni Gantz ordered the seizure of crypto assets from accounts officials said were meant to fund Hamas.

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Analysts are convinced that Russia may utilize cryptocurrency to avoid sanctions recently imposed due to its attack on Ukraine. What Will Russia Do with Crypto? Last week, the U.S. imposed sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukrainian territory, but many industry experts believe that these sanctions aren’t going to go anywhere, and that Vladimir...

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President Joe Biden’s administration on Monday banned U.S. people and companies from doing business with the Bank of Russia, the Russian National Wealth Fund and the Ministry of Finance. The moves by the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control will “effectively immobilize” any Russian central bank assets held in the U.S. or by U.S. […]

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Following the invasion of Russian forces into Ukraine, several countries (i.e., the United States and a number of EU members) have imposed strict economic sanctions on Russia which, among other things, will preclude some local banks from accessing the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT).

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The West has moved to exclude Russia from SWIFT. With the ongoing uncertainty, what does this mean for crypto?

Apple discontinued support for the Russian bank apps in its app store in light of the US sanctions against the Russian banks so ApplePay will no longer support the users of cards issued by the institutions as we can see more in today’s latest cryptocurrency news. ApplePay is Apple’s digital wallet service which will no […]