⚡️ Russian companies increasingly using Bitcoin amid sanctions, Reuters reports.
Russian companies are increasingly using Bitcoin and other digital currencies for international payments in response to Western sanctions, Reuters reported on Dec. 25.
Russian companies are increasingly using Bitcoin and other digital currencies for international payments in response to Western sanctions, Reuters reported on Dec. 25.
Russian companies increasingly using bitcoin amid sanctions, Reuters reports
Russian companies are increasingly using bitcoin and other digital currencies for international payments in response to Western sanctions, Reuters reported on Dec. 25.
kyivindependent.com
December 26, 2024 at 7:51 AM
⚡️ Russian companies increasingly using Bitcoin amid sanctions, Reuters reports.
Russian companies are increasingly using Bitcoin and other digital currencies for international payments in response to Western sanctions, Reuters reported on Dec. 25.
Russian companies are increasingly using Bitcoin and other digital currencies for international payments in response to Western sanctions, Reuters reported on Dec. 25.
Bitcoin is for boys 🪙
Klarna (or 4 payments of $7.25) is for girls 💅
Klarna (or 4 payments of $7.25) is for girls 💅
February 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Bitcoin is for boys 🪙
Klarna (or 4 payments of $7.25) is for girls 💅
Klarna (or 4 payments of $7.25) is for girls 💅
We aren’t even obsessing over the fact that Elon is currently lobbying the president to send US citizens to an El Salvadoran supermax prison in exchange for bitcoin payments!
It’s not even in the top ten!
It’s not even in the top ten!
February 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
We aren’t even obsessing over the fact that Elon is currently lobbying the president to send US citizens to an El Salvadoran supermax prison in exchange for bitcoin payments!
It’s not even in the top ten!
It’s not even in the top ten!
But, of course, it is.
Russia says it's using bitcoin to evade sanctions and sidestep traditional restrictions imposed by governments and institutions. www.axios.com/2024/12/25/r...
Russia says it's using bitcoin to evade sanctions and sidestep traditional restrictions imposed by governments and institutions. www.axios.com/2024/12/25/r...
Russia says it's using bitcoin to evade sanctions
The Kremlin recently passed a new crypto framework that allows international payments in crypto.
www.axios.com
December 26, 2024 at 2:48 AM
But, of course, it is.
Russia says it's using bitcoin to evade sanctions and sidestep traditional restrictions imposed by governments and institutions. www.axios.com/2024/12/25/r...
Russia says it's using bitcoin to evade sanctions and sidestep traditional restrictions imposed by governments and institutions. www.axios.com/2024/12/25/r...
Iran Demands Bitcoin and Crypto for Strait of Hormuz Toll Payments gizmodo.com/iran-demands...
Iran Demands Bitcoin and Crypto for Strait of Hormuz Toll Payments
Gas prices and price of bitcoin could get a little more entangled.
gizmodo.com
April 8, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Iran Demands Bitcoin and Crypto for Strait of Hormuz Toll Payments gizmodo.com/iran-demands...
Russian companies are using bitcoin to evade Western sanctions, thanks to a new law, the country's Finance Minister Anton Siluanov confirmed in a television interview. www.axios.com/2024/12/25/r...
Russia says it's using bitcoin to evade sanctions
The Kremlin recently passed a new crypto framework that allows international payments in crypto.
www.axios.com
December 25, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Russian companies are using bitcoin to evade Western sanctions, thanks to a new law, the country's Finance Minister Anton Siluanov confirmed in a television interview. www.axios.com/2024/12/25/r...
"nooo Erin u can't just say Steak & Shake is fash signaling" I did say it and I'll say it again!
decrypt.co/318712/steak...
decrypt.co/318712/steak...
May 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"nooo Erin u can't just say Steak & Shake is fash signaling" I did say it and I'll say it again!
decrypt.co/318712/steak...
decrypt.co/318712/steak...
“.. the company must convince investors that it can service its dividend payments, considering its legacy software business brings in comparatively little revenue as Bitcoin dominates its balance sheet.”
@barrons.com #$MSTR
www.barrons.com/articles/str...
@barrons.com #$MSTR
www.barrons.com/articles/str...
June 30, 2026 at 4:12 PM
“.. the company must convince investors that it can service its dividend payments, considering its legacy software business brings in comparatively little revenue as Bitcoin dominates its balance sheet.”
@barrons.com #$MSTR
www.barrons.com/articles/str...
@barrons.com #$MSTR
www.barrons.com/articles/str...
Ok someone just pitched me this idea: implement Nostr proposal 57 - Bitcoin Lightning payments on atproto.
github.com/nostr-protoc...
github.com/nostr-protoc...
github.com
November 15, 2024 at 3:54 AM
Ok someone just pitched me this idea: implement Nostr proposal 57 - Bitcoin Lightning payments on atproto.
github.com/nostr-protoc...
github.com/nostr-protoc...
El Salvador's bitcoin payments experiment has ended after four years. Here's what the experiment taught us about bitcoin as money.
My latest 👉 jpkoning.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...
My latest 👉 jpkoning.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...
The end of El Salvador's bitcoin payments experiment
Back in 2021, El Salvador became the first country in the world to require its citizens to use bitcoin for payments. Last month, four years...
jpkoning.blogspot.com
February 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
El Salvador's bitcoin payments experiment has ended after four years. Here's what the experiment taught us about bitcoin as money.
My latest 👉 jpkoning.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...
My latest 👉 jpkoning.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...
Is this not Musk's way of moving payments to a Bitcoin system and to rob the treasury?
February 1, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Is this not Musk's way of moving payments to a Bitcoin system and to rob the treasury?
In some countries, perverting the course of criminal justice through cryptocurrency payments is understood to be a crime and has swift consequences. In Trump's America, however, it is established modus operandi of the upper echelons of power. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Czech Justice Minister Resigns Over $45 Million Gift in Bitcoin
Czech Justice Minister Pavel Blazek resigned amid criticism that his ministry accepted a gift in Bitcoin from a convicted criminal and later sold the cryptocurrency for about 1 billion koruna ($45 mil...
www.bloomberg.com
May 31, 2025 at 1:57 PM
In some countries, perverting the course of criminal justice through cryptocurrency payments is understood to be a crime and has swift consequences. In Trump's America, however, it is established modus operandi of the upper echelons of power. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Fannie Mae just accepting Bitcoin as collateral for down payments on houses, which clearly won't benefit billionaires in any way whatsoever or allow them to avoid any taxes, & certainly won't cause any problems in our collapsing, unaffordable, corporation owned housing market.
What could go wrong?
What could go wrong?
March 30, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Fannie Mae just accepting Bitcoin as collateral for down payments on houses, which clearly won't benefit billionaires in any way whatsoever or allow them to avoid any taxes, & certainly won't cause any problems in our collapsing, unaffordable, corporation owned housing market.
What could go wrong?
What could go wrong?
He is not a fan of Peter Thiel. He’s been bankrolled by Kanye and direct payments from foreign agitators using Bitcoin and from his legion of groyper incel acolytes.
December 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
He is not a fan of Peter Thiel. He’s been bankrolled by Kanye and direct payments from foreign agitators using Bitcoin and from his legion of groyper incel acolytes.
Economics Expert Steve Keen drops a massive reality check on crypto.
He claims Bitcoin as a complete failure for legitimate payments, claiming its only real use is for illegal drug and weapon sales.
The entire digital currency market is destined for a catastrophic crash?
He claims Bitcoin as a complete failure for legitimate payments, claiming its only real use is for illegal drug and weapon sales.
The entire digital currency market is destined for a catastrophic crash?
May 5, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Economics Expert Steve Keen drops a massive reality check on crypto.
He claims Bitcoin as a complete failure for legitimate payments, claiming its only real use is for illegal drug and weapon sales.
The entire digital currency market is destined for a catastrophic crash?
He claims Bitcoin as a complete failure for legitimate payments, claiming its only real use is for illegal drug and weapon sales.
The entire digital currency market is destined for a catastrophic crash?
This is a stunning example of energy colonialism: you can have off-grid power, but you have to mine bitcoin, as well. Obscene waste of resources framed as humanitarianism
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/06/jack-dorseys-block-backs-bitcoin-mining-firm-bringing-affordable-electricity-to-africa.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/06/jack-dorseys-block-backs-bitcoin-mining-firm-bringing-affordable-electricity-to-africa.html
Jack Dorsey’s Block backs bitcoin mining company that wants to bring 25-cent electricity to rural ...
Jack Dorsey's digital payments firm Block invests in an East African bitcoin miner that uses wasted energy.
www.cnbc.com
August 19, 2023 at 7:55 PM
This is a stunning example of energy colonialism: you can have off-grid power, but you have to mine bitcoin, as well. Obscene waste of resources framed as humanitarianism
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/06/jack-dorseys-block-backs-bitcoin-mining-firm-bringing-affordable-electricity-to-africa.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/06/jack-dorseys-block-backs-bitcoin-mining-firm-bringing-affordable-electricity-to-africa.html
Simple. Accept bitcoin payments? 🤷♂️
December 8, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Simple. Accept bitcoin payments? 🤷♂️
Ripple Ousted From BIS Cross-Border Payments Task Force as Global Regulators Tighten Scrutiny on Crypto
#XRP #Bitcoin #Regulation https://financier.news/ripple-ousted-from-bis-cross-border-payments-task-force-as-global-regulators-tighten-scrutiny-on-crypto-xrp/
#XRP #Bitcoin #Regulation https://financier.news/ripple-ousted-from-bis-cross-border-payments-task-force-as-global-regulators-tighten-scrutiny-on-crypto-xrp/
Ripple Ousted From BIS Cross-Border Payments Task Force as Global Regulators Tighten Scrutiny on Crypto
Ripple Ousted From BIS Cross-Border Payments Task Force as Global Regulators Tighten Scrutiny on Crypto
financier.news
September 30, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Ripple Ousted From BIS Cross-Border Payments Task Force as Global Regulators Tighten Scrutiny on Crypto
#XRP #Bitcoin #Regulation https://financier.news/ripple-ousted-from-bis-cross-border-payments-task-force-as-global-regulators-tighten-scrutiny-on-crypto-xrp/
#XRP #Bitcoin #Regulation https://financier.news/ripple-ousted-from-bis-cross-border-payments-task-force-as-global-regulators-tighten-scrutiny-on-crypto-xrp/
Please watch to ensure no US payments are made using bitcoin. This scares the tarnation out of me that US payments will be untraceable.
November 14, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Please watch to ensure no US payments are made using bitcoin. This scares the tarnation out of me that US payments will be untraceable.
If you must pay for a Proton account for a radical project, pay with cash (you can mail it) or washed crypto (Monero -> Bitcoin).
All credit card payments are traceable, even to a privacy-focused company.
Your security model should not rely on a business to fight the state on your behalf.
All credit card payments are traceable, even to a privacy-focused company.
Your security model should not rely on a business to fight the state on your behalf.
New from 404 Media: Proton Mail, the privacy-focused email service, gave authorities data that let the FBI unmask an anonymous 'Stop Cop City' protester. It was payment data linked to the anonymous email account. From that, FBI ID'd them, then tracked their movements www.404media.co/proton-mail-...
Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protestor
A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the ...
www.404media.co
March 5, 2026 at 10:48 PM
If you must pay for a Proton account for a radical project, pay with cash (you can mail it) or washed crypto (Monero -> Bitcoin).
All credit card payments are traceable, even to a privacy-focused company.
Your security model should not rely on a business to fight the state on your behalf.
All credit card payments are traceable, even to a privacy-focused company.
Your security model should not rely on a business to fight the state on your behalf.
"Salvador's government tried for four long years to get bitcoin into circulation, and that still didn't work. The lesson here: bitcoin is a bad payments tool and will never become widely-used electronic cash."
Excellent post @jpkoning.bsky.social
jpkoning.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...
Excellent post @jpkoning.bsky.social
jpkoning.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...
The end of El Salvador's bitcoin payments experiment
Back in 2021, El Salvador became the first country in the world to require its citizens to use bitcoin for payments. Last month, four years...
jpkoning.blogspot.com
February 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
"Salvador's government tried for four long years to get bitcoin into circulation, and that still didn't work. The lesson here: bitcoin is a bad payments tool and will never become widely-used electronic cash."
Excellent post @jpkoning.bsky.social
jpkoning.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...
Excellent post @jpkoning.bsky.social
jpkoning.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...