Fri, November 15

Russia’s Invasion is Litmus Test for Cryptocurrency Exchanges.

Cryptocurrency is a value reservoir, unaffected by fiat and government policy instruction. Russia’s central bank accepts crypto payments. To defend against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, many corporations have withdrawn from the country and all western countries banned financial services to Russia but still, top crypto exchanges are supporting financial services

June 4, 2022 2 mins read

Central Bank of Russia Welcomes Crypto Payment

A green flag may be given to crypto payments for international trading. The first deputy of CBR thinks ‘usage within the country involves a high-risk factor’. Ksenia Yudaeva, First Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Russia, made a statement in a press conference saying that Russia is not opposing

June 1, 2022 2 mins read

Bank of Russia Speeds Up Ruble’s Digital Counterpart Launch

Russian central bank had initially planned to begin the digital ruble pilot. Digital ruble wallets were established using mobile applications. Moscow has been persuaded by sanctions imposed over its invasion of Ukraine to speed up the construction of the ruble’s digital counterpart, Forbes reported in Russian, citing CBR First Deputy

May 30, 2022 2 mins read

Russia’s Deputy Minister of Industry & Trade Calls For Regulation on Mining

Shpak believes in bringing the sector into the open and making it accountable. Russia’s parliament was presented with a measure to accomplish legitimizing in late April. Russia’s Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Vasily Shpak, said that the actions of miners extracting digital currency account for more than 2% of

May 29, 2022 1 min read

Russian Prison Officials Running Crypto Mining Seized

Many Russians are turning to subsidized and even unauthorized power. Machines used over 8,400 kW of power paid for by the government. The Butyrskaya jail in central Moscow’s Tverskoy District is under scrutiny for a high-ranking prison official’s crypto mining farm. The oldest Russian jail, also known as Butyrka, was

May 23, 2022 1 min read

Binance Shuttered Accounts Associated with Relatives of Russian Officials

Binance is the world’s largest and leading cryptocurrency exchange popular among all crypto users till today. Even now, it ranks in the top list in the U.S markets by its daily trading volume. As we all are aware about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, from then Binance slowly limited its service

April 29, 2022 2 mins read

Binance Refutes Allegations of Sharing Client Data With Russia

It has been reported that Navalny has been jailed upon his return to Russia. An employee claims to have received texts from the company’s regional leader. It seems that Binance, the world’s most popular digital asset exchange, has agreed to send over client data to Russia’s financial intelligence agency, according

April 24, 2022 2 mins read

Binance Helped Russia With Alexi Navalny’s Donation Data

Binance provided Russia donation data of Alexi Navalny.  Reports from Reuters have confirmed the source. Crypto donations in millions have been donated to Alexi Navalny. When it comes to internal political affairs within a country, the crypto industry of the particular nation has no other choice, rather than to abide

April 23, 2022 2 mins read

Russia’s War on Ukraine Affects the Country’s Crypto Boom!

Ukraine’s crypto industry was severely affected.  Many crypto firms and exchanges were forced to be shut down, without employees. Firms branches operating elsewhere tend to run the show and keep Ukraine’s crypto industry alive. The war is yet to come to an end, and the still on throttle battle, prohibits

April 20, 2022 2 mins read

Association of Banks of Russia Proposed Criminalizing Crypto Storage in Non-custodial Wallets

The group also recommended criminal responsibility to refuse keys to official authorities. An official assessment states that a seizure of such assets is very difficult. One of Russia’s largest financial institutions has proposed criminalizing the possession of private crypto keys. More than 300 Russian banks and financial organizations are members

April 18, 2022 1 min read