Crypto Banter’s tweets of the day

BNY Mellon Scales Up Crypto Ambitions—By Tracking Customers' Bitcoin
With over $46 trillion in assets under custody, Bank of New York (BNY) Mellon is the largest holder of securities, commodities and cash in the world.https://t.co/Toq2vTWaB9 pic.twitter.com/4bidLDybib

— Red Chiles (@chiles_red) February 24, 2022

🚨 FTX gives $25 to each Ukrainian 🇺🇦 on their platform

— Blockworks (@Blockworks_) February 25, 2022

Look at the size of anti-war protestors in St Petersburg, Russia. Wow pic.twitter.com/dHg9Uwt9RQ

— Ragıp Soylu (@ragipsoylu) February 24, 2022

Following Putin's invasion of Ukraine, anti-war protests broke out across Russia. People took to the streets in 53 cities and at least 1,728 were detained.https://t.co/mKEBectfAU

— POLITICOEurope (@POLITICOEurope) February 25, 2022

*EU PLANNING TO FREEZE ASSETS OF PUTIN AND LAVROV: FT

— *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) February 25, 2022

*Puts on tin foil hat*

–@elonmusk recently met with @moonpay.

-Tonight, Moonpay paid 569 ETH for a gold fur ape (by far their more expensive ape purchase)

-Gold fur apes have the highest trait floor price in #BAYC

-Will anyone FOMO into an ape just because of Elon? Haha

— Franklin (@franklinisbored) February 25, 2022

gold investors got their one idiosyncratic rally in a decade that was ~4% during a humanitarian crisis where you couldn’t even enjoy it unless you’re just a piece of shit only to retrace the whole move in less than 24h. just don’t know how people see the appeal of it anymore.

— ceteris (@ceterispar1bus) February 25, 2022

Official. Uefa have moved the Champions League final from Saint Petersburg to Paris. 🏆🇫🇷 #UCL

🏟 Stade de France, May 28, h21. pic.twitter.com/Rz6pst9sgr

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) February 25, 2022

BREAKING: Russian Grand Prix cancelled

— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) February 25, 2022

#crypto prices since all time highs!
Looks like opportunity. pic.twitter.com/TWDOlLNUVO

— Lark Davis (@TheCryptoLark) February 25, 2022

GS: “Russia-Ukraine tensions have pushed the Fed’s geopolitical risk index to a very high level. Any direct effects on the US economy should be limited because trade links are weak and energy prices are likely to be affected far less in the US than in Europe.”

— Frank Chaparro (@fintechfrank) February 24, 2022

BREAKING: Japan's biggest bank, Mitsubishi UFG, to launch its own crypto and NFT wallet

— Blockworks (@Blockworks_) February 25, 2022