On March 23 rd it was announced that buyers from "unfriendly countries" would provide rubles in return for Russian gas, instead of the traditional U.S. dollar. Eventually the announcement was extended to oil and other commodities. Will the stringency of such a decree hold? The bet here is that it won't.

Robinhood trading app crashed today and customers were unable to take profits even before the app's crash. Now, users have taken to social to voice their outrage. Robinhood trading app's latest update appears to have broken the platform, causing significant downtime and blocking customer access to funds.