Nikolay Shulginov, Russia’s Minister of Energy, has acknowledged the growing demand for energy from cryptocurrency miners in certain regions of Siberia. Media agencies covering cryptocurrency said that he said that more power plants may be needed to accommodate demand. Although Shulginov did not provide details. It is evident that the
Russia’s interim leader between Vladimir Putin’s two terms as president Dmitry Medvedev claims that the Bretton Woods monetary system will collapse next year, bringing down the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank with it. This week, he shared his predictions for the year 2023 in a series of funny
Draft legislation on the digital ruble, the CBDC issued by Russia’s monetary authority, has been submitted by a group of Russian legislators headed by the Chairman of the Financial Market Committee Anatoly Aksakov. Moreover, the paper proposes amendments to the law that would pave the way for its implementation. The
State Duma members will consider and vote on a bill in 2023. To allow cryptocurrency mining in the Russian Federation, according to the chairman of the Financial Market Committee, Anatoly Aksakov. Who made the announcement in remarks for the crypto section of the business news site RBC. The prominent senator,
Reports indicate that Alex Holden is a Ukrainian-born cyber intelligence professional. Emigrated to the United States from Kyiv as a youngster in the 1980s. Now resides in Mequon, Wisconsin, and claims to have hacked into Solaris, one of Russia’s major online drug marketplaces. His Hold Security crew helped him steal
The Bank of Russia intends to evaluate the use case of cryptocurrency for international payments within the regulatory sandbox framework. Olga Skorobogatova, the first Deputy Chairperson of the central bank stated this on Monday as per Tass. Skorobogatova stated that “They are currently preparing to test the use of cryptocurrency
Blockchain of Sber, the biggest bank in Russia and one of the largest in the world will be technically compatible with Ethereum, the biggest decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem in the world. The bank made the news during a global conference attended by blockchain industry leaders. The bank said at the
A key figure in the organization of Russia’s greatest financial pyramid in recent years, Finiko, has been arrested in the United Arab Emirates. After the arrest of Zygmunt Zygmuntovich. The other co-founder of the Ponzi scam, last month, news of Edward Sabirov’s incarceration in an Arab nation comes as a
According to Tass, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) has given its employees access to a new digital platform. It is named “Personal account of a law enforcement agency.” The government agency was told by the ministry that it is now utilizing the new technology. To determine who owns
Despite the volatile price of Bitcoin, a recent analysis by Kommersant shows that purchases of Bitcoin mining devices in the nation skyrocketed in the fourth quarter. Low costs for gear and power have also contributed to the dramatic growth. Sales at Chilkoot, one of Russia’s authorized dealers of cryptocurrency mining
