Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
President Vladimir Putin has approved amendments to his own decree requiring Russian citizens running for office to declare their property abroad. The updated regulation lists cryptocurrencies among the assets that candidates should report to the sta...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
A Russian independent news company has raised more than $250,000 in cryptocurrency donations from supporters in order to continue reporting independent news under a barrage of Russian government propaganda and censorship. Meduza, a Latvian-based Russ...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Leading U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase has reportedly notified certain Russian customers that their accounts may be blocked at the end of this month. According to Russian media, the trading platform has offered them to withdraw their funds unless they...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The United States offered a reward of up to $15 million for information on the Russia-based cybercrime organization Conti, which has been accused of cyber-extortion attacks around the globe, State Department spokesman Ned Price said.
The Conti hacker...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Many of the financial pyramids identified in Russia during the first quarter of the year have been associated with cryptocurrencies, a top central bank official has revealed. Fraudsters are actively exploiting the hot topics of the day, including the...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
It has been argued that Russia may avoid Western sanctions for invading Ukraine by using cryptocurrencies.
However, is it viable?
The small scale of the cryptocurrency market restricts Russia’s capacity to use cryptocurrencies to bypass interna...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Russia’s ability to employ cryptocurrencies to circumvent international sanctions is restricted by the limited size of the crypto market, according to Moody’s. Despite increased use in small transactions, low liquidity is another factor...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The anti-monopoly service of Russia has suggested that Russians minting digital currencies at their homes should pay more for the spent electrical energy. The proposal comes after the submission of a bill tailored to regulate cryptocurrency mining to...
Cryptocoins Exchanges / Binance - 2 years ago
Whenever the daughter of a Kremlin official sought to use Binance after Russia was hit with the economic sanctions, the exchange suspended her account. Binance also announced that Kirill Malofeev, the son of Konstantin Malofeev, a businessman accused...
by COINS NEWS - 2 years ago
I just received the following email from the help at coinbase com address. Is this a fucking joke? I don’t even live in Russia. Is this real? „Important: Action required by May 31, 2022 to avoid losing access to your Coinbase account. To comply with...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Bankoff, a platform offering virtual cards that could be topped up with cryptocurrency, has told customers its cards are no longer supported by payment systems Visa and Stripe. They allowed Russians to pay abroad after major processors restricted the...
More / Bitcoin Reddit - 2 years ago
Sorry if I posted in the wrong section, but I don't know where else to post. I already wrote in the Bitstamp thread, but the post was blocked without comments.So 2 weeks ago I saw that my account is blocked, they don't let me trade and also withdraw...
by COINS NEWS - 2 years ago
Sergey Mendeleev, the CEO of Indefibank, received a letter from unknown people threatening to extract cryptocurrency from him in exchange for fraudulent mining reports on his behalf. This was revealed to ForkLog by the businessman. Cryptocurrency sca...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
A hacking group linked to the Anonymous collective has allegedly hit the popular Russian payment processor Qiwi. Network Battalion 65 announced on social media it had managed to gain access to the platform’s databases — a claim the comp...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The crypto industry is lobbying U.S. lawmakers against two bills aimed at preventing Russian oligarchs from using cryptocurrency to avoid sanctions. The U.S. and many other countries placed sanctions on them after Russia began its invasion of Ukraine...
Cryptocoins Exchanges / Binance - 2 years ago
Binance has banned many accounts linked to the Russian government as part of its ongoing efforts to prohibit the Russian government from using cryptocurrencies to mitigate the consequences of sanctions. Binance bans account with ties to the Kremlin....
Cryptocoins Exchanges / Binance - 2 years ago
Binance, also recognized as the enormous cryptocurrency exchange around the world withholds on the matter which says that it aided Russian Authorities to track the donations of Russia's opposition leader Alexei Navalny. This question showed up wh...
Cryptocoins Exchanges / Binance - 2 years ago
In reaction to a recent media report, Binance, a massive worldwide cryptocurrency exchange, vehemently denied it had assisted Russian authorities in tracking down payments to the opposition. As per reports, Binance's chief of Eastern Europe and R...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
A draft law tailored to regulate cryptocurrency mining has been filed with the lower house of Russian parliament, the State Duma. The legislation provides a legal definition for the extraction of digital currencies and envisages the establishment of...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Crypto asset exchange of digital assets Binance has suspended accounts with ties to Russian government officials’ relatives.
Faced with escalating international sanctions in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the trading platform s...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Only a small share of cryptocurrency transactions have illicit purposes and the use of digital coins in illegal activities is for the most part a myth, a high-ranking Russian lawmaker has recently stated. Andrey Lugovoy, who is one of the deputies wo...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Exchange of digital assets Binance has suspended accounts associated with relatives of Russian government officials. In the face of escalating international sanctions in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the trading platform has stated th...
Cryptocoins Exchanges / Binance - 2 years ago
In reaction to a Reuters report published on Friday, Binance, a major global cryptocurrency exchange, vehemently denied it had assisted Russian authorities in tracking down payments to the opposition. According to Reuters, Binance's head of Easte...