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EU sanctions to Russia include crypto platforms for the first time

The European Union has unveiled its 19th set of sanctions on Russia that target crypto platforms and crypto transactions for the first time.

Europol bounty for Russian crypto ransomware gang wasn’t real

News of the fictitious bounty fooled news outlets into reporting that $50K would be paid for information on two Qilin administrators.

The UK sanctioned several Russian and Kyrgyz crypto entities that are being used to dodge Western sanctions during Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Security firm Safety fueled speculation that the US could be targeting Russian Solana devs to disrupt Kremlin-linked ransomware gangs.

As Trump plans to talk peace with Putin, the US sanctioned several Russian crypto firms aiding a billion dollar sanction evading ecosystem.