Russia

Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a measure expanding the country's prohibition on cryptocurrency payments to include other token kinds. Anatoly Aksakov, a member of the…

Sberbank has completed the first transaction using a digital financial asset on its own blockchain-based platform. Sberbank, the biggest bank in Russia that is majority-owned by the…

With the adoption of a new law aiming to regulate the issue of cryptocurrencies, Russian authorities are advancing cryptocurrency regulation. The measure introduced on June 22 and now…

The Rostec Group is a government entity comprised of many technological enterprises. They have declared that they have constructed a blockchain platform for the introduction of a digital…

In Russia, cryptocurrencies were legalised on January 1 of this year, but they can't be used to buy goods or services. Cryptocurrency laws have been introduced in Russia in the last few…

In light of the new restrictions, BitRiver's data centre in Siberia may not be able to operate at full capacity. According to a Reuters story, the United States has imposed fresh…

On Friday, Russia's finance ministry filed a finished bill regulating cryptocurrencies in the country. According to Kommersant, the measure titled "On Digital Currency" establishes a…

For some time now, the issue of digital currency circulation and mining in Russia has been a topic of discussion. According to a report by the Russian news source Kommersant on April 15,…

The European Union has imposed further sanctions on Russia in response to its aggressive activities toward Ukraine. This fifth set of sanctions includes a variety of measures aimed at both…

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its second month, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that the financial sanctions placed on the invading country,…