Syria News

Binance’s rollout in Syria features a full access launch, allowing Syrians to trade at least 300 tokens, including Bitcoin, XRP, Toncoin and more.

The Agenda podcast chats with DarkFi to explore how Rojava is experimenting with cryptocurrency and why encryption and anonymous spaces are critical for building self-autonomy.

The Web3 ecosystem came together to offer all possible help and aid to the victims of the Turkish-Syrian earthquake — one of the worst natural disasters in recent history.

Yale graduate student Karam Alhamad created the ZeFi Foundation to educate future crypto users and address problems facing Syria and Iraq.

Evidence suggests crypto’s role in terrorism remains relatively minor: “It has not yet become a primary means of terror financing.”

BitPay apparently screened merchants but not customers.

An app that has been used for years to help civilians to access better real-time information about airstrikes has switched from using Ethereum to Hedera Hashgraph.

The decentralized exchange developed by Binance warns that it will block website access from 29 countries.

UN Women will use blockchain-based payments in their cash for work project for Syrian refugees.

It’s definitely more red than green.

US woman caught attempting to send $150,000 in cryptocurrency to ISIS. She was charged with bank fraud and money laundering.

Ethereum is currently under consideration to help refugees as part of a $1 mln experiment by the European Union.

United Nations’ World Food Program recently used the Ethereum Blockchain technology to send, record and verify aid to 10,000 Syrian refugees.

With Bitcoin and Kalashnikov, a well-known Bitcoin developer fought for the decentralized economy in Syria.

A transaction sent by a Canadian newspaper was blocked by Paypal for being noncompliant with “acceptable use policy.” Using a decentralized payment system or currency like bitcoin could give more freedom to press.