
Russia
Binance hiring top money laundering lawyer = US criminal charges imminent
Neither the SEC's suit nor the CFTC civil suit filed against Binance/CZ includes money laundering charges—suggesting that the DoJ's long-anticipated...
Russia’s largest commercial bank allows customers access to tokenized assets
Russian banking giant Sberbank’s new offering will commence before the end of June and will cater to the needs of...
Rosbank to allow use of digital currencies in settling cross-border transactions
Russia pushes ahead with using digital currencies amid economic sanctions, with Rosbank devising plans to use them as cross-border transactions...
Georgian banking regulator to tighten AML screws for digital currency firms
Acting Governor of the NBG Archil Mestvirishvili confirmed that the Georgian central bank would float new anti-money laundering (AML) directives...
Russian gov’t shelves plan for national digital currency exchange
The previous national digital currency exchange plans drew criticisms over its infrastructure risks and antitrust issues, as well as privacy...
Russia’s CBDC initiative to target foreign access following proposed amendments
Russia's CBDC pilot program was pushed back to July following the decision of the State Duma Committee to amend the...