The Ontario Provincial Police and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have linked 34 of the country’s financial companies with truckers protesting. cryptocurrency demanded that they block transactions that can be made from the wallet.
Protesters Have Been on the Streets for Weeks
The federal police agency, working with the Canadian Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Center (FINTRAC), has launched an investigation into cryptocurrencies sent in support of weeks of protests against the mandatory vaccination rule in Canada.
The protests were declared illegal under the Emergencies Act, which was introduced by the country’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau. This law will be implemented for the first time since 1988.
Truckers have been protesting since late January against travel restrictions imposed by the Canadian government. As part of travel restrictions, all people entering the country will be required to have the COVID-19 vaccine. Reacting to the situation, truckers closed international bridges and border crossings in many Canadian cities.
Canadian Government Bans Transactions From 34 Cryptocurrency Wallets!
29 among blacklisted cryptocurrency wallet addresses bitcoin address, 1 Ethereum address, 1 cardano address, 1 Ethereum Classic address, 1 Litecoin address and 1 monero has address. The official document of the blacklist in question has been circulating on Twitter for a while. With the latest development, the accuracy of the document has been confirmed.
Those who did not support the protests had so far sent 20 Bitcoins to their cryptocurrency addresses. Donors turned to crypto technology after the GoFundMe account, which raised more than $9 million, was shut down.
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