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Hello and welcome to the intelligence from the economists. In New York, I'm John Fastman.

And in London, I'm Jason Palmer.

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

Late last year, America's Treasury Department warned that cryptocurrencies threaten the efficacy of sanctions.

But so far, digital currencies appear to have helped Ukraine more than Russia.

And it sounds like something out of a nightmare. Hundreds of cyborg cockroaches, driven by

artificial intelligence, creepily crawling through buildings. We look at research efforts to develop expert, autonomous, search and rescue bugs.

But first,

Ukraine's president Vladimir Zelensky has had astonishing success at rallying allies in his fight against the Russian invasion.

Yesterday, three EU leaders, three NATO leaders, paid a visit of solidarity to the besieged capital Kiev,

the prime ministers of Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovenia.

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