Senator Elizabeth Warren and three other Democratic legislators urged the Treasury Department on Wednesday to guarantee that the cryptocurrency sector complies with Russian sanctions, citing worry that digital assets may be used to harm US foreign policy aims.
Anonymous, a well-known hacker group, is said to have offered Russian troops bitcoins in exchange for their tanks.
The Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell appears before Congress for his semi-annual monetary policy update.
The government of Ukraine appealed for crypto donations last week to aid in its fight against Russia. Ukraine’s official Twitter account posted addresses for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and USDT.
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele and his government are under media attack after their silence on the Ukraine war became very loud.
What started as a protest by Canadian truckers against Covid-19 limitations has turned into a possible catalyst for bitcoin policy reform in the US.
E-commerce giant eBay has announced that it could be adding crypto payments as soon as March 10.
After Russia officially invaded Ukraine last week on Thursday, activist groups received a lot of donations in Bitcoin.
The European Parliament would not vote on the Markets in Crypto-assets Directive, initially scheduled for February 28.
ON THURSDAY, the US Attorney’s Office in Manhattan announced that the founders of cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX, Arthur Hayes and Benjamin Delo, pled guilty to violating the bank secrecy act by failing to develop an anti-money laundering program.
According to data for blockchain analytics company Elliptic, more than $4 million in Bitcoin donations have been funneled to Ukraine.
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the country has been mobilizing its armed forces to defend itself against its adversary.
