Ed Sheeran’s new video 2step ft. Lil Baby is trending as the #17 top global music video in 11 days. Shot in Ukraine before the war, Ed Sheeran is donating the record royalties from Youtube streams of the video to the DEC’s Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal. Dancing in the Ukraine streets flash mob-style, director Henry Scholfield highlights the hustle and bustle of life.

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Cryptocurrency and the war in Ukraine is the first major conflict of the crypto era. Ukraine using crypto and Russia abusing crypto to avoid sanctions. However, Ukraine itself is a cryptocurrency capital.

Ukraines crypto wallet is looking nice with over 42 million in donations from all over the world. The crypto donations are from individuals, not governments that shows the level of popular support for Ukraine. Ukraine has the highest uptake of crypto in Europe.

As The United States try to defund Russia’s attack on Ukraine through goods and services. Visa and master card suspends their services. Many Major companies such as Apple and Samsung, have stopped selling goods and services in the country, while others like PayPal have stopped accepting new customers, and fintechs (Wise and Remitly) are cutting off transfers to and from Russia also.

With cryptocurrency on the rise, the future for paper money and commodities looks to becoming obsolete as trade. The crypto is proving it’s importance and relevance in these times. War has shown it can be used for more than getting rich quick. No matter what a given expert thinks or says, no one really knows the future for cryptocurrency.

Russia, Live Nation has announced that it will no longer promote concerts or conduct any business in Russia, NPR reports. “Live Nation joins the world in strongly condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,” reads the company’s statement. “We will not promote shows in Russia, and we will not do business with them. We’re in the process of reviewing our vendors so we can cease work with any and all Russian-based suppliers.”

The news has landed the same day that Spotify announced plans to shutter its Russia office indefinitely. Multiple artists have protested Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by canceling concerts in the country, including Russian rapper Oxxxymiron, who canceled six sold out concerts. Green Day, HEALTH, Nick Cave, and more have followed suit in canceling Russian shows. The Killers and Iggy Pop both pulled out of this summer’s Park Live festival in Moscow.

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