{"id":136525,"date":"2022-03-07T18:23:04","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T02:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/a-bigger-earthquake-than-swift-what-the-russia-paypal-visa-and-mastercard-ban-means-for-bitcoin-and-crypto-amid-extreme-price-swings"},"modified":"2022-03-07T18:23:04","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T02:23:04","slug":"a-bigger-earthquake-than-swift-what-the-russia-paypal-visa-and-mastercard-ban-means-for-bitcoin-and-crypto-amid-extreme-price-swings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/a-bigger-earthquake-than-swift-what-the-russia-paypal-visa-and-mastercard-ban-means-for-bitcoin-and-crypto-amid-extreme-price-swings","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A Bigger Earthquake Than SWIFT\u2019\u2014What The Russia PayPal, Visa And Mastercard Ban Means For Bitcoin And Crypto Amid Extreme Price Swings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/a-bigger-earthquake-than-swift-what-the-russia-paypal-visa-and-mastercard-ban-means-for-bitcoin-and-crypto-amid-extreme-price-swings2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies have been pushed into the spotlight <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/billybambrough\/2022\/03\/03\/sactioned-russian-oligarchs-and-billionaires-have-only-one-option-bitcoin\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/billybambrough\/2022\/03\/03\/sactioned-russian-oligarchs-and-billionaires-have-only-one-option-bitcoin\/\" aria-label=\"over the last week as global financial sanctions on Russia come into force\">over the last week as global financial sanctions on Russia come into force<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/newsletters\/forbescryptoassetadvisor\/?utm_source=billybambrough&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=cryptocodex\" target=\"_self\" class=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/newsletters\/forbescryptoassetadvisor\/?utm_source=billybambrough&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=cryptocodex\" aria-label=\"Subscribe now to Forbes' CryptoAsset & Blockchain Advisor and successfully navigate the latest crypto price crash\"><strong><em>Subscribe<\/em><\/strong><em> <\/em><strong><em>now to <\/em><\/strong><em>Forbes\u2019 CryptoAsset &amp; Blockchain Advisor <\/em><strong><em>and successfully navigate the latest crypto price crash<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/billybambrough\/2022\/02\/28\/bitcoin-overtakes-russias-collapsing-ruble-after-sudden-price-surge\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/billybambrough\/2022\/02\/28\/bitcoin-overtakes-russias-collapsing-ruble-after-sudden-price-surge\/\" aria-label=\"The bitcoin price had bounced higher\">The bitcoin price had bounced higher<\/a> on expectations sanctioned Russians could turn to bitcoin and crypto but fell back as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/billybambrough\/2022\/03\/04\/crypto-price-prediction-bitcoin-could-soar-to-50000-in-march-as-extreme-volatility-hit-ethereum-solana-cardano-bnb-and-xrp\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/billybambrough\/2022\/03\/04\/crypto-price-prediction-bitcoin-could-soar-to-50000-in-march-as-extreme-volatility-hit-ethereum-solana-cardano-bnb-and-xrp\/\" aria-label=\"following comments from Fed chair Jerome Powell\">following comments from Fed chair Jerome Powell<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies have been pushed into the spotlight over the last week as global financial sanctions on Russia come into force. Subscribe now to Forbes\u2019 CryptoAsset &amp; Blockchain Advisor and successfully navigate the latest crypto price crash The bitcoin price had bounced higher on expectations sanctioned Russians could turn to bitcoin and crypto but [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1318,3818,1761,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bitcoin","category-blockchains","category-cryptocurrencies","category-finance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136525\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}