The number of countries supporting Russia’s removal from the SWIFT payments system grew on Saturday, as the Ukraine invasion rages on. Focus now turns to whether Moscow will adopt digital assets to bypass crippling economic sanctions. Growing calls for Russia’s removal from SWIFT In a series of tweets, high-ranking Ukrainian officials said several countries, including

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The Ukrainian president criticized the country's allies for their lack of assistance in stopping the Russian advance

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Massive uncertainty remains It’s been another week of significant volatility in financial markets and there’s little reason to expect next week will be any different. The Russian invasion of Ukraine sent shock waves around the world and the ripple effects were felt throughout the markets as investors were forced to consider what the consequences would […]

$4.4 million in bitcoin was donated to a wallet operated by a Ukrainian non-governmental organization assisting the military.

Bitcoin has once again risen above $39,000 from a recent low of almost $34,000, gaining 10% to return to its strong support line of $39,000 that held prior to Black...

The pound is calm on Friday, after taking a tumble on Thursday and falling 1.28%. It was the pound’s worst one-day performance since November 2021. Investors appear to be taking a wait-and-see attitude on Friday, as the fighting continues in Ukraine, with Russian forces reported in the suburbs of the capital Kyiv. BoE says inflation […]

Russia's military assault against Ukraine is likely to be accompanied by a wave of cyberattacks that could wreak havoc on computer systems far beyond the countries' borders, security experts warn.

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The Russian ruble instantly crashed some 20% earlier today before their central bank intervened, with it still down 10%. Rub spiked to 90 per dollar from 74 last week, currently...

The two main Russian stock indexes, RTS and Moex, have both plunged 30% today and are down close to 60% since October. The RTS Index has fallen to 800 from...

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The websites of Ukraine’s defense, foreign and interior ministries were unreachable or painfully slow to load Thursday morning after a punishing wave of distributed-denial-of-service attacks as Russia struck at its neighbor, explosions shaking the capital of Kyiv and other major cities.

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