Bitcoin Russia’s censorship crackdown and WhatsApp ban expose the decentralization gap the crypto industry keeps missingBy Oguz OzdemirFebruary 17, 2026 Russia’s recent messaging crackdown is the cleanest real-world stress test of decentralization in years, and it produced an awkward result.Roskomnadzor…
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