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Crypto, EU, Sanctions

EU ban on crypto services in Russia aiming to seal ‘potential loopholes’

By Alisha Houlihan for AMLi

The European Union has banned Russia from providing high-value crypto-asset services following its invasion of Ukraine in a new round of sanctions. 

Under its fifth package of sanctions against Russia, the EU announced it would target crypto assets to close any loopholes.

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