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After using Twitter to urge more than 30 companies to withdraw out immediately – or suffer repercussions – the hacktivist group has garnered retaliation in its latest scattergun strategy to targeting firms still doing business in Russia.

The global Financial Stability Board is closely monitoring the usage of crypto assets during the Ukrainian conflict, amid concerns that they could be used to circumvent Western sanctions against Russia.

''In her lecture accepting the Nobel Prize for literature, Svetlana Alexievich explained that in Russia 'suffering is our capital, our natural resource. Not oil or gas – but suffering. It is the only thing we are able to produce constantly.'''

Responsible diplomacy is anticipating how other regimes will react to perceived threats—and acting to avert wars by recognizing and addressing these views. The US appears to be more concerned in virtue signaling.

As extraordinary penalties on Russia stoke global appetites for currency alternatives, Saudi-Chinese talks 'accelerate.'

The Turkish lira had lost 44 percent of its value versus the dollar in one year before handing over the unenviable distinction of the world's worst-performing currency to the Russian ruble. Its purchasing power at home has also dwindled: depending on whether you believe official figures or private assessments, inflation in Turkey ranges from 54% to 124%. So, how did the residents react? For one thing, the tech-savvy classes opted for cryptocurrency.

'[A]ny electronic-cash model that necessitates regular human oversight will eventually be captured by the same legal regimes that govern the legacy financial system, because the presence of human actors (who, of course, can be fined, jailed, or forced into plea bargains) represents a vulnerability that government actors can and will exploit to assert control. The one-sentence explanation for bitcoin's success is that it solves this challenge in what appears to be the only way possible: by removing human decision makers entirely from the system.'

Ukraine has passed legislation that establishes a legal framework for the country's cryptocurrency business.

On March 16, 2022, Ukraine's President signed the bill 'On Virtual Currency.'