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Opinion

Monetary Weapons: 4 Lessons from Canada and Russia

The traditional financial system is a tool that can be used both against fellow citizens and despicable enemies.

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Optimas CEO on Inflation: Fed Chair Powell Will ‘Turn to Quantitative Easing Within 6–7 Months’

Optimas CEO and founder Octavio Marenzi shares his insights on Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s plans for a quarter-point rate hike later this month, believing this is only a short-term concern and Powell is likely to utilize quantitative easing (QE) within the next six to seven months.

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Dragonfly Capital Exec.: Crypto Flourishes ‘When the Banks Aren’t Working’

Haseeb Qureshi, a managing partner at Dragonfly Capital, joins “All About Bitcoin” to discuss macro factors moving the crypto markets, highlighting the impact from both the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Opinion

‘Crack Down’ on Crypto? Maybe, but You Can’t Ban Math

On-ramps like crypto exchanges are already regulated, and rightly so, thwarting would-be sanctions evaders. Outlawing code would be unconstitutional and ultimately futile.

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Ukraine Government Cancels Crypto Airdrop, Plans for NFTs Instead

The Ukrainian government announced it's canceling the pre-planned crypto airdrop for donors. Instead, it will issue NFTs to support the Ukrainian armed forces, but emphasized there are no plans to issue any fungible tokens. “The Hash” discusses the role decentralized technology has played in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Co-host Zach Seward emphasizes the humanitarian crisis at hand, underscoring that “this war is not a crypto story.”

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Chainalysis Exec: ‘Unlikely’ That Russia Is Evading Sanctions Through Crypto

As U.S. lawmakers push the Treasury Dept. to ensure Russia is not evading sanctions with crypto, Salman Banei, Chainalysis head of public policy for North America, responds to the concern, emphasizing the transparency of open blockchain networks. Banei explains how Chainalysis tackles mixers and other DeFi protocols in its cross-chain monitoring.

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Russian Accounts Frozen in South Korea; China’s ‘Two Sessions’ Agenda

Crypto donations continue to flood in for Ukraine. South Korea’s Gopax freezes Russian accounts. Could Ukraine be on the agenda at China’s “Two Sessions”? Demand for blockchain education soars in India. We’ll have more on those stories and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of “The Daily Forkast.”

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Policy

Ukraine Government Cancels Airdrop Ahead of Scheduled Snapshot

The minister of digital transformation announced the cancellation on his Twitter account.

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Oanda Senior Market Analyst: ‘Cold Winter for Crypto Appears To Be Over’

Edward Moya, Oanda senior market analyst for the Americas, joins “All About Bitcoin” to discuss bitcoin’s value as an asset given several global macro factors currently growing crypto’s widespread appeal.

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