Regional Interest in Bitcoin Sees an Uptick as Russia Invades Ukraine
As Russia launched its military attack on Ukraine amid an international outcry, a number of fiat currencies from Central and Eastern Europe tumbled, while users’ interest in bitcoin (BTC) somewhat increased across the br...
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As Russia launched its military attack on Ukraine amid an international outcry, a number of fiat currencies from Central and Eastern Europe tumbled, while users’ interest in bitcoin (BTC) somewhat increased across the broader region.
In the aggressor’s market, the Moscow Exchange stock exchange index plunged nearly 38% to around 1,167, in response to the war’s outbreak, per Bloomberg data. ...
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