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Ukraine-Russia Conflict Through the Crypto Lens

Distributed Lab Co-founder & CEO Pavel Kravchenko, and Ukraine Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation Alex Bornyakov shares eyewitness accounts of the war in Ukraine and the importance of adding verification of war images to the blockchain.

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How Web 3 Is Helping Document War Crimes in Ukraine

Jonathan Dotan, The Starling Lab founding director and Stanford Center for Blockchain Research Fellow, shares insights into how Starling is preserving evidence of war crimes on the blockchain and why this matters.

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How Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Is a Litmus Test for Cryptocurrency Exchanges

The exchanges have resisted blocking Russian users from using their services. But technology exists that might help them to maintain their principles and identify bad actors.

Ukraine's Ministry of Digital Transformation wants crypto exchanges to block Russian users. (Lucy Shires/Getty)

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Trustless Evidence: Web 3 Is Helping Document War Crimes in Ukraine

In an era of misinformation, blockchain technology can renew our faith in evidential truth, not least during the current conflict in Ukraine, says Jonathan Dotan, the founding director of The Starling Lab.

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Ukrainian Exchange Kuna’s Michael Chobanian Attends Davos to Raise Money for Crypto Fund

Kuna CEO Michael Chobanian speaks about his presence at the World Economic Forum in Davos where he is trying to raise more money for his crypto fund and discusses how the crypto industry can further help the war in Ukraine. He also showed off his orange Mercedes, which displays his support for bitcoin.

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World Economic Forum at Davos: What to Expect for Crypto

From the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Michael Casey, Sandali Handagama, Nikhelesh De and Helene Braun discuss the presence of the crypto industry at the event. Plus, the group shares what they expect to hear about the role of digital assets in the future of global finance, touching on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), cryptocurrency’s use in the Russia-Ukraine crisis, and stablecoins.

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Deplatformed by PayPal, Antiwar Journalists Speak Out

“If they can do this to us, they can do it to you,” says a writer whose outlet has challenged the neat narratives around Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Consortium News Editor-in-Chief Joe Lauria, whose site was blocked by PayPal without explanation. (Elvert Barnes/Wikimedia Commons)

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TradeStation Exec on Bitcoin Dip Amid Hawkish Fed Policy

TradeStation Group VP of Market Intelligence David Russell discusses the decline in risk appetite from investors as the Federal Reserve continues to deploy hawkish monetary policy, possibly stimulating bitcoin’s recent price drop.

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PayPal Deplatforms Independent News Outlets and the Case for Crypto

Veteran magazine journalist Matt Taibbi recently shed light on PayPal’s moves to deplatform alternative news publishers like Consortium News and MintPress in his article “PayPal’s IndyMedia Wipeout.”

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Ukrainian Govt Partners With Everstake to Save Ukraine’s UNESCO Cultural Heritage

Everstake CEO & Founder Sergey Vasylchuk discusses his company’s partnership with the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine to protect Ukrainian culture and World Heritage Sites through crypto donations. Vasylchuk discusses the impact crypto donations have had in Ukraine’s efforts against Russian aggression and the importance of preserving culture during a time of crisis. 

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