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Crypto Exchange CoinList Settles OFAC's Russian Sanctions Allegations for $1.2M
14.12.2023
CoinList did not detect users who claimed to be from non-embargoed countries, but provided addresses in Crimea, OFAC said
Russian Ministry of Finance Proposes Exporting Cryptocurrencies as a Commodity, akin to Natural Gas
14.12.2023
Source: Pixabay The Russian Ministry of Finance has presented the idea of exporting cryptocurrencies as a product of mining activities. The move is intended to position digital currencies on an equal footing with traditional exports, such as natural gas, potentially reshaping the landscape of...
Russia Poised to Let Miners Sell Coins Abroad as ‘Exports’
14.12.2023
Source: artiemedvedev/Adobe Russian industrial miners may be given the right to sell cryptoassets as “export products,” the nation’s finance ministry said. Per RBC, the country’s Deputy Minister of Finance Ivan Chebeskov made the comments at a round table event named “Cryptocurrency and the Future...
Russians Turn their Backs on Cash, Study Shows – Good News for CBDC & Crypto Adoption?
13.12.2023
Source: hodim/Adobe More Russians are rejecting cash in favor of “non-cash” payments, a study has found – as crypto adoption increases and the nation prepares for a CBDC launch. Glavportal reported that “the share of non-cash turnover in Russia reached 64.2% in the third quarter of 2023,” per...
Binance P2P Trading Platform Halts Ruble Support Following Russia Exit
12.12.2023
Customers are free to withdraw or transfer funds and continue trading with Binance Russia's new owner CommEX, the company said Monday
Russian Central Bank Tempers Talk of 2024 Digital Ruble Rollout
12.12.2023
Source: I/Adobe The Russian Central Bank is playing down talk of a 2024 rollout for its digital ruble – insisting that the coin will not be ready for nationwide use before 2025. Per Tass, the bank’s press service said that while it was ready to go ahead with an “expansion” of its existing 13-bank...
Binance P2P to Discontinue Russian Ruble Trading Pair From January 31 Next Year
11.12.2023
Source: Iryna Budanova/Adobe Digital asset exchange Binance has announced a discontinuation of the Russian Ruble trading pairs on its peer-to-peer (P2P) platforms from Jan 31, 2024. In a Dec 11 official announcement, the company disclosed that it would no longer support the Russian Ruble trading...
Bank of Russia States Digital Ruble Pilot Will Continue Until the End of 2024
11.12.2023
The Bank of Russia has offered an update on the future of the digital ruble pilot, the Russian central bank digital currency (CBDC). The bank’s press service clarified that the pilot will continue throughout 2024 and until the massification of the digital ruble usage, estimated to happen...
‘All Russians’ Will Be Able to Use Digital Ruble in 2024 – Moscow
11.12.2023
Source: petert2/Adobe The Russian government wants to fast-track the launch of the digital ruble – and now claims that all citizens will be able to use the CBDC in 2024. The Central Bank has previously claimed that Russians may have to wait until 2027 for a full nationwide rollout. But in recent...
Russia’s Exved Launches Cross-Border Payment Service Powered By Tether’s USDT Stablecoin
7.12.2023
Source: Adobe Russian digital settlement exchange Exved has officially debuted with the goal of empowering local legal entities to conduct cross-border digital payment services using Tether’s USDT. Russia's Exved platform launches as one of the first cross-border payment solutions...
Number of Russians Trading Crypto Is Falling, Says Central Bank
5.12.2023
Source: prokop.photo/Adobe Russia’s Central Bank says there has been a drop in the number of citizens trading crypto – with citizens staying away from major overseas trading platforms. Per RBC, the bank’s data shows Russians’ crypto activity “decreased in the second and third quarters of 2023.”...
Digital Ruble Will Spark Russia’s ‘Biggest Monetary Reforms Since the 1990s’
4.12.2023
Source: Larisa/Adobe The launch of the Russian digital ruble will trigger the nation’s “largest monetary reforms since the 1990s,” a media report has claimed. Per ProGorod, Russia’s CBDC project will be the biggest transformative event in the nation’s economic history since the collapse of...
Russian Bailiffs Will Get More Powers to Seize CBDC & Crypto
24.11.2023
Source: evgris/Adobe Moscow will give Russian bailiffs more new powers to seize digital rubles and cryptoassets in bankruptcy cases. Per Comnews, the plan is the brainchild of the Ministry of Justice and the Russian Federal Bailiff Service (FSSP). The ministry wants to give bailiffs a range of...
Digital Ruble Pilot to Expand to Execute Budget Expenditures Next Year
22.11.2023
Anton Siluanov, the finance minister of Russia, has announced that the Central Bank of Russia will expand the pilot phase of the digital ruble next year to include the execution of still undefined targeted budget expenditures. Digital Ruble to Be Leveraged for Budget Expenditures The digital ruble...
Crypto Exchanges Including OKX, Bybit & Bitstamp ‘Working with Russian Arbitrators’ on Bankruptcy Cases
21.11.2023
Source: Oleg/Adobe One of Russia’s biggest banks says international crypto exchanges such as OKX, Bybit, and Bitstamp are “cooperating with Russian arbitration managers” in bankruptcy investigations. Per Vedomosti, the Sberbank enforcement and bankruptcy department chief Evgeny Akimov said that...
Russian Lawmakers Urge Central Bank to Rethink Digital Ruble Plans
20.11.2023
Source: Alex Zarubi/Unsplash Russian lawmakers want the country’s Central Bank to ditch its current retail model digital ruble in favor of a wholesale alternative. Per Interfax, three State Duma committees submitted a joint response to the Central Bank’s monetary policy report for 2024-2026....
Report: US Crypto Exchange Coinbase Fined for Refusing to Localize Russian Users’ Data
18.11.2023
The U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase was recently hit with a fine exceeding $11,000 by a Russian court. The fine stems from the crypto exchange’s refusal to comply with a law that requires foreign companies to localize data of their respective Russian users or customers. Localizing...
Here’s How Russians Dodge Sanctions to Use Int’l Crypto Exchanges
16.11.2023
Russian crypto holders have reportedly used simple workarounds to evade sanctions – and trade on overseas crypto exchanges. In the wake of the war in Ukraine, Western leaders have imposed sanctions on most leading Russian banks. Account holders at these banks, thus, are effectively blocked from...
Russian Trade Ministry ‘Develops Tool That Lets Crypto Miners Evade Sanctions’
15.11.2023
Source: Oksana/Adobe Russia’s trade ministry says it has developed a tool that can help crypto miners evade Western sanctions. In a DumaTV post on the RuTube video-sharing platform, lawmakers explained that the Ministry of Industry and Trade had “developed a tool for conducting industrial mining...
Russian Banks ‘Fighting Back’ Against Digital Ruble – Report
14.11.2023
Source: pisotckii/Adobe Russian banks are reportedly “fighting back” against the digital ruble amid claims a CBDC launch would cost them $684 million a year. Per a report from Comnews, even the Central Bank’s commercial bank partners are “looking for ways” to “avoid” dealing with the coin...