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   Nicole Parsons (npars01@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 12-Jan-2025 20:05:27 JST Nicole Parsons

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   @randahl

   Even Putin can't fund a war with no money.

   https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/10/russia-oil-sanctions-shadow-ships-biden/

   https://apnews.com/article/russia-sanctions-shadow-fleet-oil-baltic-ukraine-76b66900d599d6e49692643674907fc0

   https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/us/politics/us-russia-sanctions.html

   It's hard to get paid in worthless cryptocurrency, when you keep cutting telecom cables.
   https://www.reuters.com/markets/currencies/russia-is-using-bitcoin-foreign-trade-finance-minister-says-2024-12-25/

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   Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: (jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 17:17:04 JST Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:

   Trump and Musk promote cryptocurrencies, talk about a "strategic bitcoin reserve" [1] while "Russia is using bitcoin in foreign trade, finance minister says" to circumvent sanctions [2]. I am sure that is all just a coincidence.

   [1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/12/14/trump-confirms-bitcoin-reserve-plans-15-trillion-price-boom-predicted/
   [2] https://www.reuters.com/markets/currencies/russia-is-using-bitcoin-foreign-trade-finance-minister-says-2024-12-25/