Telegram bonds worth $500M are frozen in Russia under Western sanctions; filings: its H1 2025 revenue rose 65% YoY to $870M, driven by $300M from Toncoin deals
Sources: Russia is using bitcoin, ether, and stablecoins such as Tether in its oil trade with China and India to skirt Western sanctions
Russia is using cryptocurrencies in its oil trade with China and India to skirt Western sanctions, according to four sources with direct knowledge of the matter.
Russia's finance minister says Russian companies have begun using bitcoin and other digital currencies in international payments to counter Western sanctions
Russian companies have begun using bitcoin and other digital currencies in international payments following legislative changes …
Russia's finance minister says Russian companies have begun using bitcoin and other digital currencies in international payments to counter Western sanctions
Russian companies have begun using bitcoin and other digital currencies in international payments following legislative changes …
With an economy hobbled by Western sanctions and inflation, desperate Iranians are flocking to “tap-to-earn” crypto mini apps in Telegram like Hamster Kombat
Cab drivers and bikers tap away furiously on their mobile phones as they wait at red lights in the Iranian capital during an early June heatwave.
How Russia uses specialized e-commerce sites, secretive shipping workarounds, and middlemen in China to buy Cisco and other Western tech to maintain its economy
Using specialized e-commerce sites, secretive shipping workarounds and a constellation of middlemen, Russia has obtained … X: @auroraalmendral and @ldrogen X: Aurora Almendral / @auroraalmendral : Inc...
Sources: China released chip investor Chen Datong, detained in 2022 during a chip industry crackdown, as the country seeks experts to navigate western sanctions
Authoritarians are a wild ride.... Tweets: Dan Wang / @danwwang : If Beijing is releasing detained chip officials because it values their talents, then it has the air of Stalin rehabilitating purged g...
Sources: China released top chip investor Chen Datong, detained in 2022 as part of a chip industry crackdown, as it seeks experts to navigate western sanctions
Authoritarians are a wild ride....
Source: Russia is circumventing sanctions by importing advanced chips through countries such as Turkey and the UAE; shipments from China to Russia have surged
they're made in G7/EU countries, then shipped there via Turkey, UAE and others https://www.bloomberg.com/... Annmarie Hordern / @annmarie : Kazakhstan provides a key example of how Russia looks to be ...
Meta details influence operations from Russia, impersonating news outlets to spread anti-Ukraine content in Europe, and from China, targeting the US and Czechia
complete with real reporters' bylines and photos — and promoted them using fake accounts to smear Ukraine, according to a new report by Meta https://www.protocol.com/... Donie O'Sullivan / @donie : NE...