Business 2 weeks ago

Russian crypto website sees ban overruled on appeal

The cryptocurrency space in Russia just receive a little bit of hope. A crypto website, bitcoininfo.ru, was handed a victory in an appeals court in Saint Petersburg, which has now ordered the website to be ...

Business 3 weeks ago

Huobi wants to be a crypto one-stop shop in Russia

In October, Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange Huobi announced that it was expanding across the Middle East and Africa. That is just part of a global expansion plan currently being undertaken by the third-largest crypto exchange—based on ...

Press Releases 1 month ago

Legislation, oil business, blockchain analytics discussed at Blockchain Conference Moscow

Blockchain Conference Moscow will take place on November 20 bringing together leading local and foreign industry experts. Blockchain Conference Moscow will be held for the eighth time. The organizer, international Smile-Expo company, clings to the ...

Business 1 month ago

Russia Duma said to be considering launching stablecoin

Venezuela already has its Petro stablecoin in circulation and Peru is said to be next with its PeruCoin, which is expected to be launched soon. Now, it looks like Russia might be considering its own ...

Business 1 month ago

Russia’s crypto sector appoints arbitrator to handle disputes

Russia’s cryptocurrency sector has given up waiting for legal certainty and taken regulation into its own hands, following the decision of an industry body to establish an arbitration body. The Russian Union of Industrialists and ...

Business 2 months ago

After cryptocurrency, Russia’s digital assets bill loses ‘mining’ references

Lawmakers in Russia are making progress on creating regulations to govern blockchain and digital assets-related activities in the country. According to local reports released on October 21, the Russian parliament is almost done with a ...

Tech 2 months ago

Crypto-mining church in Russia fined for excessive energy use

A Protestant church from the city of Irkutsk in Russia has been court-ordered to pay a fine of 1.1 million rubles ($16,600) after it was discovered to have been consuming large amounts of electricity for ...

Business 2 months ago

Russian crypto exchange YoBit advertises pump scheme

Russia-based cryptocurrency exchange YoBit has announced a scheduled pumping of coins selected at random. In its tweet, YoBit gave no specific reasons for its action, wherein “we will buy one random coin for 1 btc ...

Business 3 months ago

Russian removes cryptocurrency from draft bill

Russia has been undergoing a lot of experiments with crypto lately, both physically and theoretically. Most recently, it completed its own initial coin offering (ICO), which was reportedly a huge success. The amount of time, ...

Business 3 months ago

Russia’s ICO a success, but legal obstacles remain

Russia’s initial coin offering (ICO) pilot has ended, and according to its administrator, the Bank of Russia, it has been a complete success. While everything went according to plan, the country’s central bank added that ...

Business 3 months ago

Police crack down on crypto ATMs across Russia

Cryptocurrency and blockchain technology have been making steady advancements into the mainstream market in many countries around the world, but apparently, this was not the case in Russia. According to local media reports, Russian police ...

Business 3 months ago

Russia goes after crypto wallets of criminal suspects

It's about to be harder of criminal suspects in Russia to keep hold of their cryptocurrency holdings. According to reports, Rosfinmonitoring, a government agency responsible for monitoring and preventing financial crimes in Russia, is planning ...