Europe unveiled a never-before-seen power to ban entire countries from crypto markets. Within hours, Russia slapped 0.5–3% fees on USDT, USDC, and BNB. The crypto cold war just went thermonuclear.
Alexander Browder, the teenage son of Putin's most famous enemy, published a report exposing Russia's A7A5 ruble stablecoin — a $90B-per-year sanctions-evasion machine partly owned by a Russian state bank. Moscow's response: put him on the list.
Grinex — the sanctions-dodging successor to Russia's notorious Garantex — shut down after a $13M hack and blamed 'Western special services.' The irony is too rich.