Употреба на криптоасети во војната во Украина под лупа од глобалните регулатори: Ројтерс

The use of crypto assets is being closely watched by global financial regulators amid the war in Ukraine after worry about its use to evade Western sanctions on Russia, according to Reuters.

U.S. and European lawmakers have sent out multiple warnings to digital asset companies asking them to comply with Western financial sanctions imposed on Russia after it invaded Ukraine. However, reports have said that the $1.8 trillion crypto sector has not completely accepted the requests from lawmakers.

Crypto exchanges have се сврте a blind eye to orders for a cut off of all Russian users, which has given rise to concerns that Russia could use cryptocurrencies as a loophole to navigate around sanctions that have been put upon the country by the United States and Europe, according to a report by Blockchain.News.

Дејвид Швимер, главен извршен директор на LSEG, рече дека размената на крипто е заглавена помеѓу или почитување на филозофијата на независност од регулатива или поддршка на централизираниот систем на глобално финансии - кој повикува на барање за регулација и транспарентни рамки.

Друг извештај од Blockchain.Вести said that Russians with strong social connections, who are under international sanctions for the invasion of Ukraine, have been користење cryptocurrencies to launder their wealth.

Фирмата за надзор на крипто, Elliptic, соопшти дека пронашла милиони крипто-адреси поврзани со криминални активности и 400 даватели на дигитални средства кои им помагаат на корисниците да купуваат криптовалути користејќи рубли.

According to Reuters, some crypto exchanges have rejected calls to cut off all Russian users, raising concerns that crypto could be used as a way to circumvent sanctions.

On the flip side, Ukraine has raised more than $100 million in cryptocurrencies after calling for help on social media for donations to aid their military and humanitarian needs in Bitcoin и други дигитални токени.

“We at the FSB are monitoring the situation, the conflict situation relative to cryptos,” Patrick Armstrong, a member of the Financial Stability Board’s (FSB) secretariat, told a City & Financial conference in London.

Armstrong said that the FSB – which groups financial regulators, central banks and finance ministry officials from the Group of 20 economies – is sharing the information it obtains among its members.

To block potential sanctions loopholes, the European Union issued guidance on March 9 informing companies that sanctions on loans and credits include crypto assets.

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