Sam Mendoza

That’s why the new raft of sanctions, and in particular the extraordinary targeting of Russia’s central bank, is such a big deal. Putin was counting on the world’s, and especially Europe’s, reliance on Russian energy exports and investments by a host of marquee foreign corporations to prevent governments from taking extreme measures in the opening days of the invasion. It didn’t work: Just days after Russian troops marched into Ukraine, the U.S., European nations, and other allies topped off a barrage of harsh sanctions by cutting off access to hundreds of billions of Russia’s reserves parked in their jurisdictions. (China did not follow suit.)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-03/to-punish-putin-for-russia-s-war-in-ukraine-the-world-weaponized-finance?sref=qvN0c6kf

That’s why the new raft of sanctions, and in particular the extraordinary targeting of Russia’s central bank, is such a big deal. Putin was counting on the world’s, and especially Europe’s, reliance on Russian energy exports and investments by a host of marquee foreign corporations to prevent governments from taking extreme measures in the opening days of the invasion. It didn’t work: Just days after Russian troops marched into Ukraine, the U.S., European nations, and other allies topped off a barrage of harsh sanctions by cutting off access to hundreds of billions of Russia’s reserves parked in their jurisdictions. (China did not follow suit.)  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-03/to-punish-putin-for-russia-s-war-in-ukraine-the-world-weaponized-finance?sref=qvN0c6kf

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Nate

🙏 
https://medium.com/geekculture/crypto-goes-to-war-for-ukraine-c045d7a21351

🙏  https://medium.com/geekculture/crypto-goes-to-war-for-ukraine-c045d7a21351

For the first time cryptocurrency’s history, it is being used in mankind’s darkest activity — war.

Crypto Goes to War for Ukraine

Dean

Chris Nheu

https://medium.com/enrique-dans/with-the-war-in-ukraine-cryptocurrencies-come-of-age-7d0b5e59bf7e

Artyom Fedosov, 27, a Ukrainian traveler, photographer, and software engineer, who was visiting Kazakhstan when Russia invaded his country. Fedosov decided to stay put—the only issue was that his Ukrainian credit cards no longer worked. Fortunately he had amassed thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency. His account offers a striking description of war’s unanticipated absurdities—and a pretty solid use case for oft-mocked crypto. 

https://www.businessinsider.com/crypto-because-i-cant-use-my-ukrainian-bank-accounts-2022-3?utm_source=sg&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=article_email&utm_content=article-7383

Artyom Fedosov, 27, a Ukrainian traveler, photographer, and software engineer, who was visiting Kazakhstan when Russia invaded his country. Fedosov decided to stay put—the only issue was that his Ukrainian credit cards no longer worked. Fortunately he had amassed thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency. His account offers a striking description of war’s unanticipated absurdities—and a pretty solid use case for oft-mocked crypto.   https://www.businessinsider.com/crypto-because-i-cant-use-my-ukrainian-bank-accounts-2022-3?utm_source=sg&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=article_email&utm_content=article-7383

Artyom Fedosov is currently in Kazakstan. "If I was home in Ukraine I wouldn't be with my friends and family — I would be in the army."

My Ukrainian credit cards have stopped working. Now I'm relying on crypto for everything.

Mountain BIKE

Sporty Life

🖼📷Art

RoadBIKE

Crypto

Humane Tech Community

Digital Wellness 📱🧘

Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)

Jerome Cody

With the ruble at rock bottom, the MOEX suspended after a 44% drop and Russia’s main banks expelled from SWIFT and the Visa and Mastercard…

Sam Mendoza

A group of likeminded people in Crypto are talking about this.