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Ukraine Fundraising Gathers Pace; Korea’s Crypto Election?

Crypto support for Ukraine grows as Animoca halts Russian services. Super-rich Indians gaining crypto confidence. Could the age of South Korean crypto investors swing an election? Hacking group gives Nvidia an ultimatum. 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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Could Russia Use Crypto to Circumvent Global Sanctions?

Policy 4.0 Founder and CEO Tanvi Ratna weighs in on the crypto censorship debate as politicians push exchanges to restrict Russian accounts, fearing that cryptocurrencies can be used to circumnavigate economic sanctions. Ratna explains the ability of forensics to analyze blockchain transactions and the ethical dilemma of government oversight in decentralized technologies.

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Fed Chair Powell: 'War Underscores Need' for Crypto Regulation

Powell is testifying before the House Financial Services Committee on the state of the economy.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell (House Financial Services Committee/YouTube)

Finanzas

Top Russian Bank Quits Europe, Citing Sanctions: Report

The European Central Bank had ordered the closure of Sberbank's European unit over Ukraine conflict.

Sberbank is dropping out of EU markets citing sanctions (Milan Jaros/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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EU Excludes 7 Russian Banks From SWIFT

The bloc is also studying whether crypto is being used to evade sanctions.

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Mercados

Putin Is Temporarily Banning Foreigners From Pulling Money Out of Russia

The ban will reportedly go into effect on Wednesday.

Money exchanger in Ukraine (Ethan Swope/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Regulación

CryptoPunk NFT Is Latest Donation to Ukraine’s $33M Campaign

The sought-after NFT could be worth $200,000 according to some estimates.

A screenshot of Crypto Punk #5364 (OpenSea)

Mercados

First Mover Asia: China’s Potential SWIFT Competitor CIPS Won't Help Russia Much; Bitcoin, Ether Rise Again

The Chinese system has just 75 members and processes only a fraction of the transactions that SWIFT handles.

Kyiv. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

Regulación

At Least $14M Out of $26M in Donated Crypto to Ukraine Already Disbursed

The founder of the Kuna crypto exchange behind the government's crypto fundraising said on CoinDesk TV that the money is being spent "efficiently."

(Michael Chobanian on CoinDesk TV)

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Bitcoin Extends Rally as Russian Ruble Crashes Amid Ukraine Conflict and Global Sanctions

Anthony Saccaro, Providence Financial and Insurance Services founder, discusses the macro factors currently driving the bitcoin markets, including the Russian ruble's devaluation amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the prospect of interest rates hikes in the United States, and bitcoin's recognization as an alternative asset class during wartime.

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