Category Archives: bitcoin

Russia to seize retail deposits if sanctions go too far, official warns | by heidi

  In the event of harsh Western sanctions as Russian forces invade Ukraine, retail customers could risk losing their savings. Russians’ savings could be confiscated in response to sanctions against the country, according to Nikolai Arefiev, a member of the country’s Communist Party and vice-chairman of the Duma’s committee on economic policy. The Russian government… Read More »

Should You HODL Bitcoin? | by heidi

  First, know your memes. HODL began as a typo for the word “hold” on a bitcointalk.com forum, and the crypto community found it so amusing that they now use “HODL” as a term to denote holding (rather than selling) one’s cryptocurrency.  In December 2017, bitcoin brought seasonal cheer to investors as its price gathered… Read More »