Vladimir Putin

Russia: New law greenlights digital assets use for cross-border payments
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16 March, 2024

Russia: New law greenlights digital assets use for cross-border payments

The provisions of the newly minted law reveal that only tokenized assets issued by the Bank of Russia are authorized...
Putin signs digital ruble bill into law, enabling CBDC in Russia
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27 July, 2023

Putin signs digital ruble bill into law, enabling CBDC in Russia

Under the newly signed law, the Bank of Russia is tasked with storing digital ruble assets and will be the...
EU bans all digital asset transactions to Russia
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12 October, 2022

EU bans all digital asset transactions to Russia

Digital asset transactions from Europe to Russia had been capped at $9,900, but the European Union says there was still...
Russia nukes digital assets as payments mechanism
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19 July, 2022

Russia nukes digital assets as payments mechanism

The bill amends certain banking laws to permit the use of digital assets as investment vehicles, with the goal of...
IMF: Russia could evade sanctions by mining BTC
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21 April, 2022

IMF: Russia could evade sanctions by mining BTC

The IMF recently released a report that Russia might have found a way to evade international sanctions stating that block...
US Treasury adds digital currency rules to Russia sanctions guidance
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3 March, 2022

US Treasury adds digital currency rules to Russia sanctions guidance

In addition to the new regulations regarding rules for digital currencies, the U.S. Treasury also warned exchanges not to facilitate...
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