Some Russian companies have turned to using crypto to settle payments and protect themselves from potential secondary sanctions from Western countries. At least two top metal producers have transacted using USDT, the largest stablecoin in the crypto market, as the G7 and the EU mull more sanctions against alternatives for these operations. Crypto Used as…
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The Russian Central Bank says it has noticed a significant rise in citizens’ transactions on crypto exchanges and peer-to-peer crypto trading platforms. Per the Russian media outlet RBC, the bank has published a financial stability report, making several observations on Russian citizens’ crypto transactions. The bank wrote about trends it had noticed from the fourth…
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The current Bitcoin bull market is falling short of the highs of 2017, Russian experts claimed on May 20. The comments came in a Bitcoin- and crypto-themed report from the Roscongress Foundation, one of Russia’s biggest development-focused NGOs and conference organizers. ‘Bitcoin Bull Market Fever Will Falter’ – Experts Weigh in The report’s authors claimed…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin charged against the U.S. actions seeking to block Russian payments to China and other countries. During a two-day trip to China, the Russian leader emphasized that this strategy was “really stupid and a huge mistake,” considering that these actions affected the status of the U.S. dollar as a reserve currency. Russian…
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In a significant move against western banks, a St Petersburg court has seized over $763 million of assets from Unicredit, Deutsche Bank, and Commerzbank, following a dispute with a subsidiary of Gazprom. This seizure, one of the largest since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, includes $504 million of Unicredit’s assets, equivalent to about 4.5% of its…
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Russia and Iran are collaborating on creating a single BRICS currency, the Iranian ambassador to Russia has claimed. He noted that over 60% of the two nations’ bilateral trade is conducted in Russian rubles and rials, reflecting a shift away from the U.S. dollar. Russia-Iran Trade Flourishes With National Currencies Iran and Russia are reportedly…
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U.S. Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI), along with Congressmen Brad Sherman (D-CA) and Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA), sent a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen regarding the Moscow-based cryptocurrency exchange Garantex. They expressed concerns that Garantex is reportedly facilitating sanctions evasion and funding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The letter cited reports indicating that $20 billion…
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Two Russian teenagers have been arrested in a crackdown on a suspected crypto-powered “money laundering” ring, a police source claimed on May 14. Per the news agency URA, an unnamed “law enforcement agency” member in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug said the teenage brothers “attracted other teens” in the region to their scheme. Russian Teens Ran…
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Russian energy firms are preparing to “hunt down” private crypto miners and crack down on people mining cryptoassets at home, a report claimed on May 12. The media outlet Izvestia said the Russian Government Expert Council was preparing to send fresh mining-related proposals to the Cabinet. Lawmakers want to bundle the proposed measures in a…
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First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Gita Gopinath recently revealed that some nations are reconsidering their reliance on the U.S. dollar. Gopinath explained that this originated in the recent shocks from the coronavirus pandemic, the geopolitical situation with Russia, and national security concerns. IMF Executive: Nations Examining Reliance on U.S. Dollar…
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