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2022-03-13 17:46:16

Russian Cryptocurrency Volumes Across Several Exchanges Dip By 50%

Regardless of the growing economic sanctions against Russia, the volume of cryptocurrencies bought using Rubles across several major cryptocurrency exchanges plummets drastically. According to data from blockchain-data aggregators display, Russian collateralizing crypto trading across significant crypto exchanges is dropping badly. This debunks the idea that Russia will leverage crypto assets in maneuvering sanctions. Last week, when the Bitcoin price surged more than 15%, some crypto pundits proposed that the rally was related to Russians purchasing crypto assets amid the growing economic sanctions. Related Article | Veteran Trader Advises ‘Gen Zs’ To Set Aside Savings On Bitcoin And Hold Moreover, this belief seems contradictory as Chainalysis displayed data, revealing ruble-denomination cryptocurrency trading. It plummeted to $34.1 million on Thursday, which is about a 50%-decline since its recent high of $70.7 million last week on February 24. Citigroup Analyst Comments On The Cryptocurrency Situation Commenting on the topic of sanctions-focused crypto buying to Bloomberg. Alexander Saunders-Citigroup analyst responded that the trading volumes have been comparatively small recently. However, he also proposed that this PA is higher because of traders and investors preparing for an anticipated increasing demand from Russia instead of the country demanding for itself. Regardless of pundits’ debunking, c...

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