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Binance Launches New Trading Pairs With Turkish Lira & Russian Ruble
26.12.2019
Binance has announced the addition of four new trading pairs supported by two fiat currencies, namely Turkish Lira (TRY) and Russian Ruble (RUB). The newly included trading pairs are ETH/TRY, XRP/TRY, USDT/TRY, and USDT/RUB. Trading with these new pairs was kickstarted on December 25, 2019, at 8...
Russia’s Supreme Court Recognizes Tokens as Assets Like Money and Property
26.12.2019
A phenomenon like bitcoin can gain recognition, including regulatory, in many different and often unexpected ways. Governments that hesitate to accept cryptocurrencies as legal tender, sometimes validate their existence indirectly and even acknowledge they can be used for payments. Taxing crypto...
Greek Court Suspends Decision to Extradite Alexander Vinnik
25.12.2019
The Supreme Administrative Court of Greece has suspended a decision to extradite the alleged BTC-e operator Alexander Vinnik. The temporary measure has been imposed to allow the review of an appeal against the extradition. The Russian national, accused of laundering billions of dollars through...
Russian Opposition Leader Navalny Raises $700,000 in Crypto Donations
19.12.2019
Alexei Navalny, Russia’s leading critic of the current Kremlin administration, has attracted a serious amount of cryptocurrency in the form of anonymous donations for his corruption-combatting NGO. The digital coins collected since the beginning of this year have amounted to well over...
Russian Authorities Charge Two Anonymous Crypto Scammers
17.12.2019
Ever since the popularity of cryptocurrencies has seen a tremendous jump in the financial market, the rate of crimes, frauds, and illicit activities concerning digital assets have also surged up at an equally fast pace. In a recent incident, the regulatory authorities held two Russian citizens...
2 Russian Nationals Charged With Mining Crypto on State Computers
16.12.2019
Two Russian nationals are being prosecuted for allegedly crypto mining on Russian government-owned computer systems, state news agency TASS reported Monday
Russia’s Hydra Darknet Marketplace Plans $146M Token Sale
14.12.2019
According to regional reports, the Russian darknet market Hydra is planning an initial coin offering (ICO) in order to expand the marketplace internationally. The sale is set to start on December 16 and Hydra administrators hope to raise $146 million from the token sale. Also read: Regulatory...
MARKETS DAILY: Russian Drugs and The Most Illegal ICO Ever?
13.12.2019
With bitcoin recovering after four straight days of decline we're talking about what may be the most illegal ICO ever, tokens for Mongolian taxi fares, Bitmain’s Texas hedge and one "suicidal" startups surprising success
Russian Govt Official: Crypto Regulation is the International Issue
12.12.2019
Russia should not “run ahead” of other countries and take the role of a global trendsetter in crypto regulation due to financial crime risks, according to Yuri Chikhanchin, the director of the Federal Financial Monitoring Service (Rosfinmonitoring).
Speaking at the Federation Council, the upper...
Russian Smelting Giant Begins Testing Digital Trading Platform
5.12.2019
Russian mining giant has begun trialing its platform for trading digital tokens backed by metals
Binance Crypto Exchange Adds Four Trading Pairs for Russian Ruble
2.12.2019
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance launches four trading pairs against the Russian ruble including Bitcoin, Ether, XRP and Binance Coin
Sino-Russian Ties Make a Step Forward by Starting a $55 Billion Pipeline Project
2.12.2019
World Trade plays the most important role in today’s global economy and in the times when many big nations conflict with each other, there is always a scope for new associations. Averting the role and hegemony of the United States, Russia seems to have strengthened its agenda of “Look East” after...
Russian Central Bank Says It Would Support Crypto Ban
29.11.2019
The Bank of Russia has backed a potential ban on cryptocurrency payments, according to a state news agency
Russian Tax Authority Registers Crypto as Part of a Company’s Capital
27.11.2019
A company has blazed a trail in Russia, successfully convincing the country’s tax agency to accept that its equity capital now includes cryptocurrency. The change in the ownership distribution has been registered after the firm filed a set of notarized documents confirming a new investment...
Waves and the Tricky Task of Being a Russian Crypto Brand
25.11.2019
What if your biggest client is your biggest reputation risk?
Russian Oligarch Turns Soviet Plant Into a Major Bitcoin Mining Hub
24.11.2019
Bitriver hosts mining machines in the former world’s largest aluminum smelter
BBC: New Files Allegedly Connect $450M in Lost Bitcoin to Russian Intelligence
15.11.2019
Recent BBC investigation into the BTC-e crypto exchange case reveals new details allegedly connecting lost funds to Russia’s FSB
Criminal Case Against Failed WEX Crypto Exchange Points at Russian Law Enforcement
15.11.2019
The administrator of failed crypto exchange WEX has reportedly told Russian police that he was forced to hand over users' holdings to the FSB
Russian Crypto Plot, China Mining U-Turn, Lottery Winner’s BTC Gamble: Hodler’s Digest, Nov. 4–10
10.11.2019
In this week’s Hodler’s Digest, a lottery winner’s big gamble on Bitcoin, Russia’s ambitious new law to confiscate BTC, and Hong Kong explores a central bank digital currency
Russian Crypto Law Could Sideline Bitcoin, Ethereum and Other Altcoins
7.11.2019
As Russia's crypto legislation is taking a confusing shape, local experts do not rule out that it might effectively stop Russians from legally trading in Bitcoin, Ethereum and other major altcoins on regulated domestic exchanges.
“Until the full text of the amended bill is published, it...