Kaja Kallas is a recent addition in the growing line of public officials concerned about Russia utilizing the censorship-resistant feature of cryptocurrencies to evade sanctions. Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister, Mikhailo Federov, was the first to call for a ban of Russian users on crypto exchanges. “It’s crucial to

The city of Lugano, Switzerland held the first Lugano’s Plan B conference where they announced the city plans on making Bitcoin, Tether, and a LVGA stablecoin (pronounced “luga” and worth about 1/100 of a Swiss franc) legal tender. To further bolster this historical decision, Tether and other established

Tether Operations Limited (Tether) and the city of Lugano, Switzerland announced their collaboration today to establish the city as a hub and a new center of excellence for blockchain adoption in Europe. While focusing on local communities in Lugano, the collaboration aims to provide real-world applications with blockchain technologies to

Former Chief Strategy Officer at Blockstream, Samson Mow, appeared on CNBC on Tuesday alongside Gabor Gurbacs of VanEck and Deirdre Bosa to discuss “The Role of Crypto During Geopolitical Unrest.” The trio discussed Bitcoin’s apolitical and censorship resistant nature and how it’s value proposition has become clear over

Founder of Polkadot Gavin Wood tweeted at the official Ukraine Twitter account posted Bitcoin, Ethereum, and USDT addresses that he would donate if Ukraine added a DOT address. Many people across the globe have begun donating Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to help fund the Ukrainian military in its efforts to

Ryan Petersen, CEO of global logistics platform Flexport, posted to Twitter on Monday that the company holds a non-zero amount of Bitcoin on their $1.6B balance sheet. The post was in response to a comment on an earlier thread asking what percentage of the portfolio was “hard money (aka

In a speech at the 2022 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) this week, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz came out unequivocally in favor of Bitcoin. In his speech, he claimed he was bullish, at least in part, because “it is decentralized and uncontrollable.” He added that political parties taking anti-Bitcoin

El Salvador’s tourism sector represents one of the largest sectors of economic growth for the Latin American country. Since the adoption of Bitcoin as legal tender in El Salvador, one of the most positively impacted sectors of the country has been tourism. According to the Minister of Tourism (MITUR)