2020-3-28 23:00 |
Russian police have taken down an illegal mining farm for stealing state electricity origin »
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The Russian Federal Ministry of Economic Development has proposed new legislation that seeks to legalize crypto as well as blockchain-based initiatives through a special regulatory framework. The Ministry of Economic Development has already crafted and introduced a draft legislation to the State Duma, Russian Parliament, in a bid to enable the testing of blockchain and […]
2020-3-25 23:44 | |
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Two unnamed individuals reportedly infected hardware at Russian state organizations with a program that mines cryptocurrency via a web browser
2019-12-18 11:06 | |
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Two Russian nationals are being prosecuted for allegedly crypto mining on Russian government-owned computer systems, state news agency TASS reported Monday.
2019-12-17 00:24 | |
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The Bank of Russia has backed a potential ban on cryptocurrency payments, according to a state news agency.
2019-11-30 15:42 | |
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While several countries are wading into the cryptocurrency industry by issuing CBDCs and releasing their own national cryptocurrencies, Russia has confirmed that it won’t be following suit. According to Russian state media, Elvira Nabiullina, Head of the Russian Central Bank, asserted at a recent event that the bank seems to find that there is no […] The post Russia’s Central Bank dismisses any need to issue national cryptocurrency appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2019-10-10 14:56 | |
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Russia has reportedly just enacted a new “digital rights act” that defines smart contracts and cryptocurrency tokens. Russian news outlet Regnum reported the act came into force yesterday. The new laws were first announced earlier this year and outlined how smart contracts and digital tokens would be thought of, legally speaking.
2019-10-2 18:00 | |
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Ex-Overstock CEO, Patrick Byrne, has liquidated his $90 million stake in the company in order to fund investments in bullion and cryptocurrency. According to Bloomberg, Byrne did this to “battle the deep state” that he reportedly helped in an investigation against a Russian activist who is currently in prison for attempting to influence United StatesRead MoreRead More.
2019-9-20 12:45 | |
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Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on Financial Market Anatoly Aksakov says the country will not legalize the use of Facebook's Libra despite recent bills meant to loosen the grip on the use of cryptocurrency.
2019-6-20 00:02 | |
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By CCN Markets: Russia is continuing to explore the possibility of a gold-backed cryptocurrency for use as a cross-border settlement alternative with other countries. Under heavy sanctions from the US, the potential of a value-pegged cryptocurrency could help Russia escape from the usage of the Dollar as a currency standard.
2019-6-17 15:17 | |
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Lack of Regulatory Clarity Regarding Use of Cryptos Vladimir’s latest order looks a lot like the order he made regarding cryptocurrency regulation last year. According to the latest orders, the Russian Duma is being urged to introduce administrative penalties for crypto miners who mine virtual currencies through open blockchains, the Chairman of the State Duma […]
2019-6-12 03:27 | |
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In an interview with a Russian media outlet, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Financial Markets, Anatomy Aksakov, revealed that Russian lawmakers might potentially introduce a penalty for mining cryptocurrency on an open blockchain, as reported by Finance Feeds on June 10, 2019.
2019-6-11 19:00 | |
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Bitcoin has traditionally been mined over open blockchains around the globe. However, according to a recent report, mining over open blockchains will lead to heavy fines being imposed on Russian miners.
2019-6-10 19:00 | |
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The Duma (parliament) representative in Russia may finally have given some clarity on cryptocurrencies, albeit inadvertently. While announcing potential fines for miners, it stated that owning bitcoin was possible.
2019-6-10 12:00 | |
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The Russian oblast of Nizhny Novgorod is reportedly testing a blockchain-based application for public administration
2019-5-29 22:58 | |
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Russia’s Central Bank could be considering a gold-pegged cryptocurrency, according to a report by Russian news agency, RIA on May 23, 2019. However, the apex bank states that virtual currency would not act as a substitute for the Russian Ruble.
2019-5-26 01:00 | |
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Russian state-owned holding conglomerate Rostec has proposed a $1.3 billion-worth plan to apply blockchain in all the state data systems
2019-5-25 18:14 | |
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Russia under the press of stifling international sanctions is looking for ways to conduct international settlements. A variant with crypto is being considered – this is reported by the Russian state news agency TASS with reference to Elvira Nabiullina, the head of the Bank of Russian.
2019-5-25 14:02 | |
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By CCN: A top official with Russia’s State Duma (the Russian Parliament) warned that bitcoin has the capacity to ruin governments because it could facilitate the offshoring of massive amounts of money.
2019-5-21 20:25 | |
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Russian news agency, TASS, reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s advisor has suggested the state of Crimea adopt a digital… The post Just In: Russia Considers Crypto To Bypass US Sanctions appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.
2019-4-23 11:56 | |
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Runet, the Russian segment of the internet, is about to be isolated from the rest of the web. A new law adopted by the State Duma aims to do so in order to supposedly protect it from external threats and turn it into a “sovereign” space.
2019-4-20 23:30 | |
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Two agents of the Russian Federal Security Service were charged with extortion of 65 million rubles in bitcoins. According to the investigation, they promised not to tighten proceedings against the ex-director of the state publishing house "Izvestia".
2019-4-22 17:38 | |
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Russian economist, Vladislav Ginko, is out with another bold claim. This time he says that some companies and wealthy individuals in Russia have bought 1. 8 million bitcoin (about $8. 6 billion).
2019-4-3 22:00 | |
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According to the local media outlet TASS, the State Duma of the Russian Federation decided to postpone the consideration of the bill “On Digital Financial Assets. ” The consideration will be taking place as soon as April 2019.
2019-3-24 22:13 | |
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Russia’s parliament has postponed consideration of the bill “On Digital Financial Assets” for April 2019
2019-3-23 03:15 | |
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Bitcoin skeptic Vladimir Putin has set a July 2019 deadline for crypto regulations to be put in place in Russia. Putin made the announcement on the Kremlin website in a February 27 notice. In his order, President Putin told the Russian State Duma and the Council of the Federation of Russia to adopt cryptocurrency rules by July 1.
2019-3-1 00:52 | |
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the state to adopt digital asset regulation by July 1, 2019 after making a similar order last year
2019-2-28 21:39 | |
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CoinSpeaker Petro-Like Crypto Allegedly to be Issued in Russia, New Crypto Regulation on the Way In March, Russian State Duma will review the regulation of cryptos. If approved, the new law will allow Russia to continue its development in the crypto sphere.
2019-2-25 12:46 | |
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Russia’s State Duma is planning to pass a resolution on a pending cryptocurrency regulation bill, reported a local source. Oleg Nikolayev, a member of the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy, said that the Russian assembly house had led cryptocurrency regulations to its final stages.
2019-2-24 17:04 | |
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The former Energy Minister Igor Yusufov is proposing an oil-backed crypto, and the Russian State Duma reportedly plans to review and adopt new cryptocurrency regulation in March
2019-2-24 19:32 | |
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Russia’s Minister of Justice, Alexander Konovalov, has indicated that it is unnecessary to give cryptocurrencies a legal definition at this point in time, according to the country’s state-owned news agency TASS.
2019-2-15 13:59 | |
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Russian state-owned tech giant and blockchain company sign cooperation agreement to improve state operational systems
2019-2-15 12:36 | |
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Facebook today removed multiple accounts, Pages, groups, and Instagram profiles that were related to Russian networks. The accounts in question were masquerading as news organizations and interest pages to spread misinformation.
2019-1-18 14:00 | |
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Elina Sidorenko, head of the Legislative Risk Assessment Group in Russia, says there is no merit to rumors that the country will invest as much as $10 billion in bitcoin. Russia: Cryptocurrency Framework Not Yet in Place Speaking to Forklog, Sidorenko said the country doesn’t yet have the regulatory structure to invest state funds in cryptocurrencies.
2019-1-17 17:00 | |
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Rumors spread last week that Russia might be pondering the possibility of acquiring a considerable amount of Bitcoins as a means of fighting U. S. -imposed economic sanctions may not be entirely accurate.
2019-1-17 03:10 | |
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Cryptoruble Coming Soon According to a Russian Official, a cryptocurrency version of the Russian Ruble will be coming in the next 2 to 3 years. The Discussion This came during an interview on local news show RIO Novositi where Anatoly Aksakov, chairman of the financial markets committee at Russia’s state parliament the Duma, made the […]
2019-1-16 23:07 | |
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Russian economist, Vladislav Ginko, says Russia is looking to invest $10 billion in Bitcoin as the State Duma has put cryptocurrency legislation high on the agenda for 2019. Rumored $10 Billion Bitcoin Investment Ginko, an economist with ties to the Kremlin, says the Russian government will convert some of its USD reserves into Bitcoin, a move that could start as early as February.
2019-1-14 20:00 | |
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The State Duma, the lower house of Russia’s parliament, has postponed the second reading of a long-awaited bill intended to regulate cryptocurrencies in the country. Lawmakers will review the draft law “On Digital Financial Assets” during the spring parliamentary session next year, the house deputy speaker Sergey Neverov announced.
2018-12-20 21:00 | |
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Anatoly Aksakov, the chairman of Russia’s State Duma Committee on Financial Markets, has affirmed that a state-backed stablecoin would necessarily be the equivalent to a digital fiat currency in digital space that would be state-operated.
2018-12-4 11:00 | |
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The state of North Dakota recently ordered the shutdown of a fake cryptocurrency website which carried out unregistered and fake securities in the state. Cryptocurrency Website Imitating Union Bank AG According to an official press release by North Dakota, Securities Commissioner, Karen Tyler, issued a cease and desist order against a fake virtual currency company, […] The post North Dakota Sanctions Fraudulent Russian Cryptocurrency Company appeared first on Ethereum World News.
2018-11-21 10:49 | |
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Financial regulators of North Dakota have ordered a dodgy Russian cryptocurrency company to cease and desist operations in the state, after discovering it had impersonated a bank in Liechtenstein to falsely market an initial coin offering (ICO).
2018-11-20 20:00 | |
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Russia may be on the way to adopting its own central bank digital currency, according to Anatoly Aksakov, chair of the State Duma’s Financial Market Committee. The Russian Parliament is studying three bills, introduced in March, to regulate smart contracts, digital currencies, cryptocurrency mining, and initial coin offerings (ICOs).
2018-11-9 02:00 | |
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As Bitcoin approaches its 10th anniversary, its community, old and new, has begun taking stock of how a decade has come to alter or define the cryptocurrency — and what Bitcoin has done to alter or define the decade.
2018-11-7 19:56 | |
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Texas Securities Commissioner Travis J. Iles has issued emergency ordinances against three separate fraudulent cryptocurrency schemes linked to Russian scammers. The orders were issued on September 18, 2018, against DGBK Ltd.
2018-9-20 00:05 | |
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The Texas State Securities Board issued three emergency cease and desist orders Tuesday, Sept. 18, to shut down a Russian cryptocurrency scam, charge DigitalBank and two principals for threatening immediate and irreparable harm to the public, and charge a forex and Bitcoin trader of guaranteeing false ROIs, respectively.
2018-9-19 13:00 | |
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A California Senate bill awaiting Governor approval would make it illegal to create and operate a social media “bot” for the purpose of influencing a political vote or obtaining money unless it was made explicit that it was a bot.
2018-9-8 19:25 | |
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Russia, they are on the fence about cryptocurrencies, but when it comes to blockchain technology, authorities and services over there see blockchain as a favourable innovation. Latest reports from Russia suggest that the Russian State Pension Fund (PFR), a social service within Russia, are set to start working with blockchain technologies in order to make the most of smart contracts, to issue employment contracts between employers and new employees.
2018-8-30 08:00 | |
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Govermedia Develops A White Label Messaging Platform For Use Within Banks GoverMedia is a company with a fully owned Russian technology subsidiary and is based in Vancouver, Canada. GoverMedia has developed a fully operational state of the art internet platform offering all-inclusive online services such as, social media, e-commerce, multimedia, crowdfunding, corporate database, corporate auctions, […]
2018-8-20 13:19 | |
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The wide adoption of cryptocurrencies in Russia has been put on hold after the State Duma postponed the final reading of three crypto bills for its fall session. Nevertheless, Russian companies are already planning to introduce crypto payments as soon as the regulations are in place.
2018-8-4 15:05 | |
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Cryptocurrency investors are wasting their money on candy wrappers, according to the head of the State Duma Committee on Information Technologies and Mass Communication Leonid Levin.
2018-7-26 20:42 | |
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