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Video: Could Russia Use Crypto to Get Around Western Sanctions?

Jeff Opdyke · March 5, 2022 ·

The U.S. and its Western allies have launched unprecedented economic sanctions against Russia to punish it for the invasion of Ukraine.

In this week’s video edition of Field Notes, I sat down with Managing Editor Ciaran Madden to explain the impact of these measures, and to discuss whether the country could use crypto networks to get around some of the banking restrictions.

Check out the video of our conversation below…

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About Jeff Opdyke

Jeff D. Opdyke is an American financial writer and investment expert based in Portugal. He spent 17 years covering personal finance and investing for the Wall Street Journal, worked as a trader and a hedge fund analyst, and has written 10 books on such topics as investing globally and personal finance.

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