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Crypto exchanges deny Ukraine’s request to freeze Russian accounts

By Christopher Hutton
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Crypto exchanges deny Ukraine’s request to freeze Russian accounts

Several cryptocurrency exchanges have refused to freeze accounts connected to Russia-based cryptocurrency transactions.

The exchanges denied a request from Ukrainian Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov to freeze all Russian accounts as part of a larger series of government and corporate sanctions against Russia due to the war in Ukraine.

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