this article is misleading, not very good journalism to be honest. I’m not a crypto bull or bear, but looking at how the “facts” are presented in this article you can clearly see the bias.
Lex Fridman’s podcast had an ex-CIA agent on it recently and he mentioned how bcs of issues like this in Europe the war in Ukraine has to end by the fall. His words were “NATO needs Russian sanctions lifted”. He implied the war will be over by the fall (in his assessment).