Bitcoin News / Google News Bitcoin - 2 years ago
The Central Bank of Russia has spoken out against stablecoins, which it says are highly risky and not fit for payments. The monetary authority reacted to a statement by a top finance ministry official who suggested that his department would sup...
Bitcoin News / Google News Bitcoin - 2 years ago
A Russian university is ready to test its blockchain-based analogue to the global payment messaging network SWIFT, from which Russian banks were cut off as part of Western sanctions. The developers say their system would not allow the disconnec...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
A Russian university is ready to test its blockchain-based analogue to the global payment messaging network SWIFT, from which Russian banks were cut off as part of Western sanctions. The developers say their system would not allow the disconnecting o...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
In a fresh episode of the longstanding battle between the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) and the country's Ministry of Finance, representatives of the former have criticized the latter’s idea of supporting the stablecoins, which some private investors...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
Sberbank, a Russian majority state-owned bank, announced on Saturday that it has conducted the first digital financial asset transaction on its own platform.
The lender said that through the use of its smart contract-based blockchain platform launc...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Russian financial watchdog Rosfinmonitoring is ready to accept the use of cryptocurrencies in international settlements, the head of the agency, Yuri Chikhanchin, has indicated. The statement adds to growing support for the legalization of internatio...
Bitcoin News / Google News Bitcoin - 2 years ago
Russian financial watchdog Rosfinmonitoring is ready to accept the use of cryptocurrencies in international settlements, the head of the agency, Yuri Chikhanchin, has indicated. The statement adds to growing support for the legalization of inte...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
Russian lawmakers are mulling the idea that the government could create a cryptocurrency trading platform that will be an offshoot of the Moscow Stock Exchange.
Anatoly Aksakov, the head of the State Duma Committee on the Financial Market revealed...
Bitcoin News / Google News Bitcoin - 2 years ago
The Russian Ministry of Finance is ready to back the legalization of transactions with stablecoins in Russia, according to a high-ranking representative. While the ministry recognizes that cryptocurrencies could lay the ground for a new financi...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The Russian Ministry of Finance is ready to back the legalization of transactions with stablecoins in Russia, according to a high-ranking representative. While the ministry recognizes that cryptocurrencies could lay the ground for a new financial sys...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
U.S. diplomats have reportedly called on authorities in Tokyo to increase pressure on Japanese crypto exchanges and miners to sever links to Russia. The request was made to deepen Moscow’s financial isolation amid the ongoing Russian assault o...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Officials representing the United States government have reportedly urged Japan’s licensed cryptocurrency exchanges to stop doing business with Russia, seemingly as part of the country’s economic sanctions.
According to a Thursday report from the Fi...
Bitcoin News / Google News Bitcoin - 2 years ago
Russia may establish a dedicated exchange to carry out cryptocurrency transactions locally, a high-ranking member of the State Duma has suggested. The new platform can be hosted by the Moscow Exchange, according to Anatoly Aksakov, head of the...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Russia may establish a dedicated exchange to carry out cryptocurrency transactions locally, a high-ranking member of the State Duma has suggested. The new platform can be hosted by the Moscow Exchange, according to Anatoly Aksakov, head of the parlia...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Russia continues sending mixed messages about the legal status of cryptocurrency, with a parliament official urging the launch of crypto trading on the country’s largest stock exchange.
The Moscow Exchange (MOEX) is the best match for hosting a regu...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The lower house of Russian parliament has adopted a law prohibiting the use of digital financial assets in payments. To implement the restriction, exchange operators have been obliged to reject transactions which make it possible to employ these asse...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Russia’s mass media regulator, Roskomnadzor, has restored access to a major Russian crypto news portal. Bits.media was recently blocked as a result of proceedings in a regional court that its representatives were not even summoned to attend.
C...
Bitcoin News / Google News Bitcoin - 2 years ago
Russia’s mass media regulator, Roskomnadzor, has restored access to a major Russian crypto news portal. Bits.media was recently blocked as a result of proceedings in a regional court that its representatives were not even summoned to attend.
Cr...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Hardware wallets designed to securely store cryptocurrency have seen a several-fold increase this spring in Russia, on the backdrop of currency restrictions introduced amid foreign sanctions. Ledger and Tangem have been the most popular products on t...
Bitcoin News / Google News Bitcoin - 2 years ago
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(Kitco News) A damaging ransom attack has forced luxury British jeweler Graff Diamonds to pay $7.5 million worth of Bitcoin to a group of Russian hackers, a London lawsuit revealed.
In case of failure to pay, a group of hackers threatened to leak t...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Russian citizens or residents will no longer be able to access BitMEX services from the European Union after July 11, 2022. Major cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX is wor...