Russians seek to liquidate cryptocurrency in UAE - Reuters

Cryptocurrency firms in the United Arab Emirates are getting flooded with requests to liquidate billions of dollars of digital assets as Russians seek a safe place to park their fortunes, Reuters reported, citing company executives and financial sources. Some customers are seeking to convert their crypto into real estate, while others want hard currency so they can keep it elsewhere, the article said. The UAE has remained neutral on the issue of Russia's military action in Ukraine and abstained from the United Nation's Security Council vote to condemn Russia for the action. In the past 10 days, one crypto firm has received lots of queries from Swiss brokers seeking to liquidate billions of dollars in bitcoin (BTC-USD) because their clients are worried that Switzerland will freeze their assets, one executive told Reuters. That person said one broker was looking to liquidate $6B of bitcoin (BTC-USD) so the client could send