Iran Greenlights Bitcoin, Crypto Payments For Imports: Report
By Shawn Amick Iran has passed legislation establishing a legal framework for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Under the new law, cryptocurrency can be used as…
By Shawn Amick Iran has passed legislation establishing a legal framework for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Under the new law, cryptocurrency can be used as…
By Mac Slavo Russia is reducing natural gas supplies to France. Gazprom has informed French energy major Engie about a reduction of gas deliveries starting…
By Tyler Durden In a groundbreaking development, Iran has made its first-ever import arrangement using cryptocurrency, according to Iran’s Tasnim News Agency. “This week, the…
By Robert Inlakesh Last Wednesday, the US government decided to take its sanctions war on Iran to the next level, targeting Chinese and Emirati firms…
By Clint Siegner Russia is the world’s second largest producer of gold. When the London Bullion Market Association delisted Russian gold refiners in March, many…
By Tyler Durden Update (1140ET): It looks like Moscow is making headway with its demands that “hostile states” (aka its European customers) start paying for…
By Jake Johnson An international aid group warned Wednesday that Afghanistan is on the brink of complete collapse as the Biden administration and European governments…
By Stefan Gleason In response to Russia’s war on Ukraine, the U.S. and G-7 countries have launched a currency war against the Kremlin. Sanctions imposed…
By Tyler Durden While Credit Suisse (and, by extension, its clients) face brutal margin calls on their Russian assets, Deutsche Bank is struggling with a…
By Daniel Lacalle The escalation of tension in Ukraine has reminded us of something many investors seemed to have forgotten: geopolitical risk. Sanctions and the…
By Robert Inlakesh According to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), one million Afghan children are now at risk of acute malnutrition leading to death…
Op-Ed by John McEvoy Alena Douhan, the UN special rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, published her preliminary…
By The Last American Vagabond Welcome to Foreign Policy with Robert Inlakesh. In this series Robert dives into some of the most important foreign policy…
By Aaron Kesel China and U.S. tensions have sharply risen over the past few months, but many might have missed this as the CV pandemic…