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Ontario Securities Commission Now Involved in the Trucker Protests

As the trucker protests against vaccine mandates disband in Canada, crypto exchange executives will comply with the regulation of crypto assets related to the protests. Plus, the Ontario Securities Commission’s role in the Canadian crypto space and the public consensus about the anti-vaccine protests. 

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Regulator in Canada Warns Crypto Exchanges Not to Promote Self-Custodial Wallets: Report

The Ontario Securities Commission sent tweets from Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and Kraken CEO Jesse Powell to the Canadian police.

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Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin Explains Why He's Against Canada Invoking Emergencies Act and Blacklisting Crypto Wallets of Protesters

CoinDesk's Christine Lee speaks to Vitalik Buterin about the challenges of transitioning into Ethereum 2.0, gas fees, layer 1 competitions as well as his views on the Canadian trucker protests.

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Canadian Court Orders Freeze of 'Freedom Convoy' Crypto Accounts

The Canadian "Freedom Convoy" saga continues as an Ontario court ordered the freezing of funds in over 120 crypto addresses tied to bitcoin, cardano, ethereum, litecoin and privacy coin monero. "The Hash" co-hosts examine Canada's "surprising totalitarian measures" and Kraken CEO Jesse Powell's reactions.

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Court Orders Freeze of Canadian 'Freedom Convoy' Crypto Fundraising

The funds in over 120 crypto addresses were ordered frozen by a special injunction by an Ontario court.

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Opinion

Bitcoin Is a Bad Way to Fund the Ottawa Protest, and That's a Good Thing

Funding an illegal protest isn’t right in any currency, even if the government’s use of the Emergency Measures Act should worry all Canadians.

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Canada Sanctions 34 Crypto Wallets Tied to Trucker 'Freedom Convoy'

The Ontario Provincial Police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police ordered all regulated financial firms to cease facilitating any transactions from 34 crypto wallets tied to funding trucker-led protests in the country. CoinDesk's Global Policy & Regulation Managing Editor Nikhilesh De discusses the latest on the state of crypto regulation in Canada.

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Canada Sanctions 34 Crypto Wallets Tied to Trucker 'Freedom Convoy'

Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Monero and Cardano addresses are all on the list.

Canadian truckers blocked borders and bridges in protest of Canada's vaccine mandate for entrants from the U.S. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Opinion

Humans Are the Last-Mile Problem of Bitcoin Crowdfunding for Canada Truck Protest

Bitcoin cannot be intercepted, making it a powerful charitable tool. But human organizations are still central points of failure.

(Maksim Sokolov [Maxergon]/Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)