Tagged: ukraine

October 13, 2026 @ 8:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Yandex has recently had its data centers targeted by Ukrainian drone attacks. More recently, Ukraine has sought to undermine infrastructure that supports the Russian war machine, as well as services designed to undermine overall support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Reports indicate these attacks have… Read More

May 17, 2025 @ 1:03 pm By Michael Wong  |  

A Ukrainian court has authorized the transfer of virtual assets seized during a major fraud and illegal gambling investigation, to the country’s National Agency for Asset Recovery and Management (ARMA), according to a court ruling in local dialect. The move marks a significant development in… Read More

February 14, 2025 @ 9:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut, the global financial app claiming more than 50 million customers worldwide, has announced expansion of its services to Ukrainians along with a new international donation campaign for Ukraine. Starting now, Ukrainian residents will be able to open a European Revolut account and experience “an… Read More

December 17, 2024 @ 11:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As part of its ongoing commitment to supporting the Ukrainian community, global fintech company Revolut has announced that its app is now available in the Ukrainian language. This move comes around two years after Revolut started offering payment services to refugees fleeing Ukraine and the… Read More

August 26, 2024 @ 6:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On August 23, 2024, the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced further sanctions against nearly 400 entities as a part of ongoing multilateral efforts “to weaken Russia’s military supply chain and procurement networks.” Chainalysis noted in a blog… Read More

May 5, 2024 @ 5:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

HeavyFinance has signed 300,000 hectares of farmland in western and central Ukraine to its carbon farming program, for a shift over to regenerative agriculture. Once farming practices across this extensive area have been shifted over to nature-based, sustainable and regenerative methods, the farming land “will… Read More

November 21, 2023 @ 10:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

For SMEs, the year 2023 could mark a “turning point.” They have shown resilience “despite persistent inflation and the war in Ukraine, but they are now having to face rising interest rates which is making life tough for them for three reasons,” according to iBanFirst,… Read More

November 16, 2023 @ 8:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In 21 months of the war (since February 24, 2022), PeerBerry business partners Aventus Group and Gofingo Group have, in total, repaid PeerBerry investors €46.2 million or 92% of the total outstanding war-affected obligations. Today, Gofingo Group repaid PeerBerry investors €200 000 in war-affected loans…. Read More

October 17, 2023 @ 8:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether, the largest stablecoin company in the world, reaffirmed its commitment to working closely with law enforcement agencies across the globe to combat cryptocurrency-funded terrorism and warfare. To date, Tether has “aided 31 agencies worldwide with investigations across 19 jurisdictions, freezing a total of $835… Read More

September 23, 2023 @ 6:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In 19 months of the war (since February 24, 2022), PeerBerry business partners Aventus Group and Gofingo Group have, in total, “repaid PeerBerry investors €45.52 million or 90.64% of the total outstanding war-affected obligations.” Compared to other war-affected platforms, PeerBerry claims that it is the… Read More

August 2, 2023 @ 9:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut, the global financial super app with more than 30 million customers worldwide, has partnered with the charity match Game4Ukraine, which will take place on August 5th at Stamford Bridge Stadium in London. Two teams lineup, captained by ambassadors of the fundraising platform UNITED24, Andriy… Read More

June 14, 2023 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Vouched, an AI-driven identity verification platform, announced it will provide identity verification services in support of the launch of FreedomID, a platform designed “to support refugees in their safe passage and settlement anywhere in the world, formed by UK tech company Zenoo.” Vouched expects to… Read More

May 25, 2023 @ 5:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Digital Innovation for America, a lobbying group advocating on behalf of digital assets, has updated its campaign to highlight the ability of crypto to streamline transfers or payments globally by promoting the need for Ukrainians living in the US to support the ongoing war against… Read More

May 16, 2023 @ 8:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry business partners are repaying €1.8 million of war-affected loans. Under the Group guarantee mechanism in 15 months of the war, PeerBerry business partners have already “repaid €38.73 million, or 77.12% of the total war-affected obligations towards PeerBerry investors.” As noted in a blog post,… Read More

May 3, 2023 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

On April 25th, 2023, the FBI’s Detroit Field Office, with assistance from the Virtual Currency Response Team (VCRT), the Cyber Police Department and Main Investigation Departments of the National Police of Ukraine, and the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine, reportedly “conducted coordinated, court-authorized activity involving… Read More

April 24, 2023 @ 8:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

After “proactive” efforts to petition the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (The Central Bank), in September 2022, Revo Russia (OOO Revo Technologies MFC) obtained special permission in order “to accelerate repayment of its obligations to Mintos investors in payments larger than 10 million RUB… Read More

April 18, 2023 @ 11:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry recently revealed that its business partners are repaying €1.8 million worth of war-affected loans. PeerBerry writes in a blog post that under the current Group guarantee mechanism in 14 months of the war, the investment platform’s business partners have already repaid €36.8 million, or… Read More

April 9, 2023 @ 9:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In March, PeerBerry investors reportedly funded €65.53 million of loans, “i.e., €10.23 million or 18.5% more than the previous month.” In March, their investors “received €877 001 in interest.” 1071 new investors joined the platform last month. The average annual ROI on PeerBerry “in March… Read More

March 26, 2023 @ 5:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nation-state cyber threat actors are expected to acquire and flex new offensive cyber capabilities in “an increasingly polarized world,” warns cyber risk analytics specialist CyberCube. In a new report, CyberCube anticipates “there will be further attempts to compromise IT supply chains and geopolitical targets such… Read More

March 19, 2023 @ 10:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry business partners are “repaying EUR 1.7 million of war-affected loans.” Under the Group guarantee mechanism in 13 months of the war, PeerBerry business partners have already “repaid EUR 34.8 million, or 69,3% of the total war-affected obligations towards PeerBerry investors.” Remember that AutoMoney UA… Read More