{"id":61259,"date":"2022-05-11T08:11:23","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T05:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=61259"},"modified":"2025-09-05T11:08:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T08:08:42","slug":"bitriver-weighs-filing-suit-against-u-s-treasury-over-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bitriver-weighs-filing-suit-against-u-s-treasury-over-sanctions\/","title":{"rendered":"BitRiver weighs filing suit against U.S. Treasury over sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The operator of BitRiver&#8217;s mining data-centres is considering preparing and filing a lawsuit against the U.S. Treasury over sanctions imposed on the company.<\/p>\n<p>Representatives say that these accusations are &#8216;unfounded&#8217; and harm its reputation:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>&#8220;BitRiver is not a state structure, but a 100% private company that in no way helps Russia circumvent sanctions. BitRiver also intends to file a complaint against the U.S. Treasury for unfair competition and lobbying the US mining industry, which violates the <span data-descr=\\\"World Trade Organization\\\" class=\\\"old_tooltip\\\">WTO<\/span> rules.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The company emphasised that BitRiver&#8217;s operational activities have always complied with global standards of corporate governance and the laws in all jurisdictions where it operates.<\/p>\n<p>In April, the U.S. Treasury <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/us-sanctions-bitriver-mining-group\">imposed sanctions<\/a> on the BitRiver group of companies to curb potential evasion of sanctions by Russia through cryptocurrency mining.<\/p>\n<p>In ForkLog&#8217;s comment, BitRiver founder and CEO Igor Runets said that U.S. actions should be viewed as interference in the mining industry, &#8220;unfair competition and an attempt to shift the global balance of power in favour of American companies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog&#8217;s Bitcoin news on our <a href=\\\"\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"\u201c_blank\u201d\\\" rel=\\\"\u201cnofollow\u201d noopener\\\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analytics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The operator of BitRiver&#8217;s mining data-centres is considering preparing and filing a lawsuit against the U.S. Treasury over sanctions imposed on the company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1567,1137,686,1490],"class_list":["post-61259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitriver","tag-cryptocurrency-mining","tag-sanctions","tag-us-treasury"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"5","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61259"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61261,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61259\/revisions\/61261"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}