media: The European Union plans to prohibit the Russians with crypto payments to the EU countries – Bits Media

According to preliminary data, at the disposal of the media, EU member countries are discussing additional restrictions on cryptocurrency payments from Russia to the EU territory.

According to Coindesk, citing sources, Familiar with the situation, Previous sanctions to limit payments on European cryptocurrency wallets in the amount of € 10 000 can be canceled. New measures suggest, that this figure will be reduced to zero.

Chairman of the European Commission Ursula von der Layen (Ursula von der Leyen) announced a new package of sanctions, which the, According to her, deprive the country € 7 billion. Full information about the new restrictions on cryptocurrency payments has not yet been published, Since it is still subject to coordination with EU member countries.

In May, the American trading platform Coinbase sent messages to Russian users, which may be under the sanctions of the European Union. The notification of the exchange was said, that user accounts can be blocked. The site recommended that they withdraw funds.