Bitcoin has surged. The world’s number one digital currency by market cap is once again trading above the $40,000 mark, meaning the Russian invasion of Ukraine may be having sudden opposite effects. Ukraine Invasion May Have Aided BTC Over the past week, the world watched in horror as Russia invaded its neighbor Ukraine. The price...
While much of the financial world is united in its efforts to distance itself from Russia as the country’s leader, Vladimir Putin, orders his forces continue their invasion of neighboring Ukraine, many of those in the cryptocurrency world are decidedly more ambivalent. Is this a function of the underlying libertarian spirit that powers much of Read more...
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Perhaps like nothing else before it, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has proved why interoperability in crypto is the need of the hour. As supporters send coins to Ukraine’s administration and pro-military NGOs, government officials found themselves on the receiving end of diverse crypto-assets – including NFTs. The question is – How to deal with the […]
An historic crypto airdrop by the Ukrainian government has been cancelled hours after the snapshot was due. “After careful consideration we decided to cancel airdrop,” Mykhailo Fedorov, the Vice Prime...