Belarus


Markets

Belarus Aiming for More Control Over Digital Economy, Crypto Exchanges: Report

Belarusian protestors used bitcoin to support each other after a controversial election last year.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko

Policy

Internet Shutdowns Cost India $2.8B in 2020: Report

A 2020 report by Top10VPN found India to be the country that suffered the most economic damage from internet disruptions.

Mumbai, India (Shutterstock)

Finance

Belarus Bank to Offer Bitcoin Purchases, With Litecoin and Ether Coming Soon

A Belarusian bank is launching a bitcoin buying service via bank cards for citizens of Belarus and Russia.

Minsk, Belarus

Tech

Belarus News Media Are Testing Decentralized Tech to Resist Censorship

Belarus media are testing NewNode, a decentralized tech helping resist the government censorship.

Belarusian citizens have been protesting for weeks, following the controversial reelection of President Alexander Lukashenko.

Tech

How a Hacker Launched a Decentralized Network to Track Internet Censorship

Using free and open-source software, the Open Observatory of Network Interference has built a “decentralized, citizen-led, internet censorship observatory.”

(Markus Spiske/Unsplash)

Policy

Belarus Nonprofit Helps Protestors With Bitcoin Grants

A non-profit by tech entrepreneurs in Belarus is using Bitcoin to help dissidents get around repression and financial monitoring.

Protest rally in Belarus, 2020 / Natallia Rak via Flickr

Policy

Belarus Is Back Online, With Lessons About Censorship Resistance

What do you do if your country unplugs the internet? Satellite and mesh networks are possible future solutions, but they have technical and political limitations.

Protestors on the streets in Belarus after the 2020 presidential election. (YouTube)

Policy

VPN Usage Surges as Belarus Remains Offline

People in Belarus are discovering anti-censorship tools as the country experiences a major internet outage

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko. (Serge Serebro, Vitebsk Popular News/Wikimedia Commons)

Markets

After Tumultuous Election, Belarus Goes Offline

Internet is down in Belarus as people are protesting the results of presidential election

Protestors on the streets in Belarus after the 2020 presidential election. (YouTube)

Markets

Belarus Government Cuts Taxes For Crypto Businesses

The government of Belarus has passed new statutes aimed in part at encouraging the development of companies around cryptocurrency and blockchain.

scissors, shears

Pageof 3