Cuban NFT artists say they face censorship within the crypto market
“Blockchain is decentralised and doesn’t obey any governments, so no embargo affects us there”, NFT artist Gabriel Bianchini explained.
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Anonymous Has Released Over 2 Million Russian Emails in Cyberwar With Russia
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Elon Musk Says Starlink Will Not Censor Russian News Sources Despite Government Requests
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BNY Mellon partners with Chainalysis to track users’ crypto transactions
Bank of New York Mellon, the world’s largest custodian bank, has partnered with blockchain software firm Chainalysis to track its users’ crypto transactions.
Law Decoded: Bitcoin’s censorship resistance capacity enters the spotlight, Feb. 14–21
Recent events in Canada sparked a global conversation about financial censorship and crypto's potential to guard against it.
Progressive group adopts Bitcoin as ING and PayPal block donations
Progressive International made another case for Bitcoin as a tool for circumventing the traditional financial system.
Diem stablecoin co-founder praises Bitcoin for censorship resistance
Meta’s Diem co-creator David Marcus said that he was a “big fan of Bitcoin,” calling it digital gold back in 2019.