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The Council of the EU on 23 July formally adopted a new package of sanctions against Russia which, as stated, "delivers a powerful blow to Russian energy, financial services and cryptocurrencies". It ...
News Russia » North West » Cryptocurrencies: Russia’s central bank proposes framework for publicly trading major cryptocurrencies
Russia’s Central Bank on Tuesday proposed allowing investors to trade Bitcoin, Ether and Tether on official Russian exchanges, establishing a regulated infrastructure for cryptocurrency trading set to ...
News Russia » North West » Cryptocurrencies: Russia will let investors trade three major cryptocurrencies
Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law to provide comprehensive regulation of cryptocurrencies in the country for the first time. Following his nod, the country's central bank has ...
News Russia » North West » Cryptocurrencies: Russia: PM Medvedev Sees Promise In Cross-National Crypto Regulation
Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev thinks that cryptocurrency regulation isn’t effective at the single-country level, but should be implemented across the whole Eurasian Economic Union. Russian Prime Minister ...
News Russia » North West » Cryptocurrencies: How Rogue Nations Are Using Cryptocurrencies to Evade Sanctions
Iran, Russia, North Korea and other targets of sanctions have dramatically increased their use of virtual currencies to duck U.S. pressure, handling around $100 billion worth of crypto last year alone ...