Canadian authorities have ordered the nation’s regulated financial firms to halt the facilitation of any transactions from at least 34 crypto wallets connected to the funding of the “Freedom Convoy” protests.

The Ontario Provincial Police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police, in cooperation with the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada, launched an investigation into crypto-based donations funding the protests against Canada’s vaccine mandate, according to a report.

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