When Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, cryptocurrency fans appeared to be trapped in a decadent fantasy. A batch of CryptoPunk NFTs (blockchain collectibles) had just been yanked from auction at Sotheby’s amid fading enthusiasm and a broader market sell-off. The seller tweeted Drake memes to laugh off the cancelled event, but considering the glitzy marketing campaign, it was ...

  Bloomberg Foreign aircraft lessors are facing the increasing possibility of writeoffs that could total in the billions of dollars as Russia considers ways to defy worldwide sanctions and keep carriers such as Aeroflot flying. Russia’s Transportation Ministry is weighing options including buying or even nationalizing hundreds of Airbus SE and Boeing Co planes that lessors have demanded be returned ...

  Bloomberg Dassault Aviation SA threatened to pull out of developing a future European fighter jet with Airbus SE over a protracted dispute between the two defense suppliers over leadership of the project. Talks between the French company and the German and Spanish arms of Airbus have reached an impasse and an agreement on moving to the next phase “still ...