The RCMP have started sharing names of individuals and corporations, as well as their cryptocurrency wallets, with financial institutions to freeze the accounts of some people involved with convoy blockades and protests, federal ministers say. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland told reporters in a press conference on Feb. 17 that information is now being shared by law enforcement with Canada’s financial institutions to cut off funding for the ongoing protests that oppose the federal government’s COVID-19 mandates. “The names of both individuals and entities, as well as crypto-wallets have been shared by the RCMP with financial institutions, and accounts have been frozen, and more accounts will be frozen. Crowdfunding platforms and payment service providers have started the registration process with FINTRAC,” Freeland said. The announcement comes after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Act on Feb. 14, which gives authorities sweeping additional powers to respond to the protesters. The majority of provincial premiers have opposed the …