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US Treasury Removes Tornado Cash From OFAC Sanctions List

The Department of Treasury has lifted Sanctions on Tornado Cash, the Ethereum based smart contract mixer, following a series of legal defeats and administrative...

Russia Is Using Bitcoin and Crypto For Its Oil Trades with China and India

Russia is turning to bitcoin and crypto to facilitate oil trades with China and India, circumventing sanctions imposed on Ukraine.

Russia Legalizes Bitcoin And Crypto for International Trade To Bypass Sanctions

However, the new law doesn't lift the existing ban on crypto payments inside the country.

After the Failure Of Their Stablecoin Experiment, Iran And Russia Will Inevitably Adopt Bitcoin

With their newly-announced stablecoin experiment doomed to fail, Russia and Iran will soon learn Bitcoin is the solution that they want.

As Financial Surveillance Intensified In 2022, Bitcoin Is Needed By Individuals And Nations Alike

A rise in financial censorship this year, perpetrated by citizens’ own governments and adversarial nations alike, calls for Bitcoin.

EU Issues Bitcoin, Crypto Ban On Russia With New Sanctions

Previously-limited transactions between Russian bitcoin wallets and EU service providers are now completely banned.

Is Bitcoin Private Enough To Maintain Our Financial Freedom?

Traits inherent to Bitcoin create financial transparency — but with proper usage, Bitcoin users can retain the necessary privacy to preserve freedom.

What The Sanctioning Of Tornado Cash Means For Bitcoin

What Ethereum’s Tornado Cash protocol being blacklisted by the government means for Bitcoin, and how to read the consumer price index print.

Treasury Sanctions Open-Source Software

The U.S. Treasury sanctioned the Tornado Cash mixing tool, setting a precedent for blocking financial privacy and censoring open-source code.

The Stablecoin Monster: CBDCs Are A Red Herring

What Ethereum’s upcoming fork can teach us about governance, stablecoins, centralization bottle-necks and the ever-important U.S. dollar system.