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Belarus Looking Into Crypto Mining Following Trump's Reserve Plans

We have excess electricity. Let them make this cryptocurrency and so on," Lukashenko told Minister of Energy Alexei Kushnarenko

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko. (Serge Serebro, Vitebsk Popular News/Wikimedia Commons)

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Belarus Looks to Ban Peer-to-Peer Crypto Transactions to Reduce Fraud

The east European country is working on legislation to make it harder for fraudsters to get their hands on the proceeds of crime.

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Will Belarus Lure Crypto Miners Amid Sanctions, Russia-Ukraine War?

Despite favorable business conditions, a country’s political environment can deter international capital. This piece is part of CoinDesk's Mining Week

Regional turmoil notwithstanding, President Alexander Lukashenko's government is committed to attracting crypto miners, lawyers in Minsk say. (Illustration: Yunha Lee)

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Sanctions Expand for Belarus; Korea’s Crypto Promises

EU says crypto included in sanctions against Russia and Belarus. WazirX CEO warns crypto tax to incur losses for Indian government. What can the crypto sector expect from Yoon Suk-Yeol’s presidency in South Korea?

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EU Says Russia, Belarus Sanctions Extend to Crypto

Crypto assets fall into the category of "transferrable securities" and are therefore clearly included in the scope of sanctions, the EU said.

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Ukrainian Lawyer In Close Contact With Top Government Officials: The World of Blockchain Should Be Free From War Criminals

Ukrainian lawyer Artem Afian, a former advisor to Ukrainian government's Ministry of Digital Transformation, joins “First Mover” to explain how his country is utilizing cryptocurrency in its fight against Russia. Afian speaks on Russian and Belarusian politicians turning to crypto amid global sanctions, Ukraine’s membership application to the European Union and Russia's pilot program with a digital ruble.

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Ukraine Asks Binance, Kraken and Other Major Crypto Exchanges to Freeze Russian Addresses

As financial institutions are weaponized while conflict escalates between Russia and Ukraine, Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov has called for all major crypto exchanges to block Russian and Belarusian accounts.

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US Shutters Embassy in Belarus Amid Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks

As with mainstream financial markets, cryptocurrency has felt the ripples of the hostilities in Eastern Europe.

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Finance

Ukraine Asks Exchanges to Freeze Russian, Belarusian Crypto Accounts

Binance and Kraken won't freeze accounts for now, while DMarket will.

Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 25, 2022 (Anastasia Vlasova/Getty Images)

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Belarus Introduces Special Electricity Tariff for Miners

Crypto miners are now being classified in the same category as data centers.

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