Adoption
This $70 million art could be paid for in Bitcoin or Ethereum
Philips once accepted crypto payment for a Banksy artwork in 2020.
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Justin Sun gets salty over Ukraine’s airdrop ignoring TRON community
The founder of TRON has proved yet again that even ostensibly good deeds could bite you in the asset.
Legal
Why Russia can’t use crypto to evade sanctions
Can the Russian regime and elite use crypto to evade sanctions? This is a heated debate among people in crypto, the media and some politicians. The answer according to crypto lawyer Jake Chervinsky is no.
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Exchanges
Binance reportedly suspends fiat deposits via some Russian-issued bank cards
Clients of some sanctioned Russian banks are unable to deposit fiat or buy crypto on Binance.
Culture
Ukraine post DOT address, hence Polkadot’s Gavin Wood donates $5.7M
Yesterday, after the official Ukrainian Twitter account posted BTC and ETH addresses for donations, Polkadot founder Gavin Wood tweeted he’ll donate $5 million if Ukraine posted a DOT address. In a remarkable turn, this is exactly what happened.
People
Polkadot’s Gavin Wood to donate $5M to Ukraine, if they post a DOT address
As donations are pouring into various charities to support Ukraine, people are lining up to contribute. In a rather criticized tweet, Gavin Wood, co-founder of Ethereum, and founder of Polkadot, offers $5 million to Ukraine under the condition they post a DOT address.
Legal
Russia SWIFT sanctions “picked carefully” to avoid German energy crisis
As Western countries have agreed on imposing restrictions cutting off Russian banks from the SWIFT global payment system, affected Russian banks are “picked carefully” to minimize potential energy crises.
Payments
75% of customers want to shop with crypto
A recent study conducted by crypto exchange Crypto.com reveals that 75% of their customers want to purchase goods and services using cryptocurrencies. 60% of merchants are on the same page.
Exchanges
Canadian Police to block cryptocurrency transactions amid truckers protest
In an attempt to block funding of the Freedom Convoy protest in Canada, the Canadian police RCMP have sent letters to crypto exchanges effectively ordering them to stop donations to the protesters.
