This Week in Bitcoin - Issue #8
News
Ukraine – Raised more than $54M as bitcoin donations pour in to support the war against Russia
Networks – Visa, Mastercard, and AMEX suspend operations in Russia over Ukraine invasion
PayPal – Shuts down its services in Russia
Russia – Bitcoin is worth more than all of Russia’s circulating money
Russia – Proposed bitcoin bill prohibits self custody and requires you to pass a test to buy more than $650/year
War – The invisible cost of war in the age of quantitative easing
Canada – Regulator warns crypto exchanges not to promote self-custodial wallets
UK – Bitcoin ATMs have been declared illegal and forced to shut down in the UK
India – India’s young investors prefer bitcoin to gold and ‘boring’ stocks
Switzerland – city of Lugano will accept Bitcoin, Tether, and LVGA tokens
Inflation – Reached 7.9% in February; consumer prices are the highest in 40 years
Cash App – Shake Shack tests 15% Bitcoin Boost reward
Biden – Issued long-awaited US executive order on bitcoin and crypto
Wallet – Passport Batch 2 and Envoy mobile app unveiled
$165M – Okcoin and Stacks launch $165M collective investment to push Bitcoin and Stacks adoption
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