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Russian Authorities Launch Criminal Probe Into Telegram CEO Pavel Durov
Russia’s Federal Security Service has opened a criminal investigation into Telegram CEO Pavel Durov over alleged facilitation of terrorist...
EU Moves to Ban All Crypto Transactions With Russia in New Sanctions Push
The European Union is preparing its 20th sanctions package against Russia, including a proposed ban on all cryptocurrency transactions with ...
Russia’s Crypto Law to Cap Retail Bitcoin Buys at $4,000 a Year Ahead of 2027 Launch
Russia will introduce a crypto regulatory framework in July, with legislation covering crypto exchanges and penalties for unregistered opera...
Australia, U.S., and U.K. Sanction Russian Cybercrime Infrastructure and Crypto Laundering Network
In an allied show of cooperation against cybercrime, the governments of the U.S., Australia and UK have sanctioned a network of Russian-base...
Russia Sets Deadline for ‘Digital Ruble’ Rollout Despite Resistance to CBDC Payments
Russia’s lower house of parliament, known as the State Duma, has passed a bill requiring the nation’s major banks and all companies with...
Ditch the Dollar: Russian Official Backs Local Stablecoin Development
Following the freezing of Russia-linked wallets holding USDT, the country’s Finance Ministry is now calling for homegrown stablecoin solut...
Russia and China Use Bitcoin to Circumvent Sanctions in Oil Trades
Bitcoin’s evolution from a speculative asset to an international trade tool might be further along than most think—especially if the lat...
Russian President Vladimir Putin Questions Dollar for Forex, Says Bitcoin Inevitable
After advocating for digital assets at the BRICS summit held in Kazan this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin has once again recognised ...
Bitcoin Is Flying High—These Countries Are Considering a National Reserve
Some countries are mulling a national Bitcoin reserve amid a historic market run-up that has pushed the world’s largest cryptocurrency to ...
Putin Advocates for BRICS Digital Asset Platform Targeting Emerging Markets
The BRICS bloc, which now includes Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the UAE alongside Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, recently ext...
Russia Soon to Start Crypto Exchange Trials and Digital Cross-Border Payments
For the best part of crypto’s lifespan, Russia has been staunchly anti-digital currencies. All of that has changed in recent times, follow...
Putin Signs Law to Allow Crypto Trading on Russian Platforms and Mining
In a bid to avoid Western sanctions, Vladimir Putin has officially legalised cryptocurrency mining in Russia, according to the Russian news ...