CEE Escapes Cryptocurrency Concerns

Tensions continue to escalate in eastern Ukraine and allied responses are divided—most European countries are sending weapons and aid to Ukraine but Germany has sustained, going as far as blocking Estonia from sending German-made weapons. In #CEE news, the Czech Republic is likely to leave two Russian lead cooperation banks, and Slovakia is divided by Russian propaganda circling around the U.S.-Slovak defence treaty, requiring the intervention of the President. Editor-in-chief Wojciech Przybylski details the latest in the Pegasus Scandal and how this could break the majority held by the ruling Law and Justice party in Poland. In the second part of the episode, Visegrad Insight’s Editorial Director—Miles R. Maftean—speaks with Tomasz Kasprowicz on the grim news revolving around cryptocurrency. A sharp fall in cryptocurrency prices hit the market after Russia announced a potential ban on the use and mining of cryptocurrency. Is it the latest Russian response to the U.S., as the Federal Reserve just released a long-awaited discussion paper on the possibility of creating a digital version of the U.S. dollar? And where does the Central and Eastern European region align its own interests?