Bitcoin och guld kanske rymmer en del av deras medel.
Så mycket bitcoin finns det inte.
Sen har det stått i tidningarna att kryptohandel från Ryska konton har halverats på bara par dagar efter kriget inleddes.
Inte ökat som vissa trodde det skulle göra.
Alla Ryssar som åkt på personlig sanktion som oligarkerna är spärrade på tex Binance och dom andra stora. Dom följer väst sanktioner.
Despite growing signs of crypto adoption — as well as dialed-up rhetoric from world leaders about banning sanctioned Russians from digital currency exchanges — crypto as a pathway to sidestepping sanctions isn’t really a viable option at scale.
First of all, crypto markets offer thin liquidity and token transactions are, by design, traceable via a public ledger known as the blockchain. Aside from that, experts tell CNBC that ultimately there are better and smarter ways than using bitcoin to get around global financial blockades.
The size and scale of crypto markets — and their state of liquidity — is not sufficient enough to offset what happens from banking disruptions and other disruptions from sanctions,” said Yaya Fanusie, a fellow at the Center for a New American Security who assesses national security and money laundering risks related to digital assets.
“It’s akin to, if someone were to block your paycheck for a month and then you had to rely on your piggy bank to make up for it,” he said.
Washington takes aim at Russia's access to digital cash as the U.S. and its allies levy heavy punitive measures against Moscow.
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