It is safe to say that the cryptocurrency market was indirectly affected by Russia’s special military operation against Ukraine. Since the start of the Russian-Ukrainian war, BTCUSD price has soared over $11,000 to approach the $45,000 resistance level again. Other cryptocurrencies have also made considerable gains, with ETHUSD price also rallying $700 and currently testing the market reaction around $3,000.

Two things worth noting: first, according to reports Ukraine is currently raising funds from the world via social media to resist the invasion, with cryptocurrency donations to the government exceeding $28 million so far; second, Russia is under economic sanctions and the country’s financial institutions are banned from using the SWIFT international settlement system, that means it is difficult for the country’s financial institutions to make cross-border fund transfers greatly affects the country’s global money movement and trade conduct. We suspect that this is the reason for the recent resurgence of popularity in the cryptocurrency market.