Russia

The Russian embassy in Paris reported that crypto billionaire Vyacheslav Taran, 53, creator of Forex Club and Libertex, died in a suspicious helicopter accident. The site of the deceased was determined to be Villefranche-sur-Mer, a distant…
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On the streets, Russians are swapping cryptocurrency for fiat cash. The editors of BeInCrypto spoke with representatives of street exchange offices in order to determine how they operate and how transactions are handled.In the Russian…
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Russia is using blockchain technology to combat the economic isolation caused by sanctions imposed in response to its invasion of Ukraine.The lower house of the Russian legislature, the State Duma, has enacted a measure exempting the…
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Gazprom, one of the world's major emitters of carbon dioxide, intends to lessen its carbon impact by supplying its flare gas for Bitcoin mining.Despite its scepticism over the legalisation of cryptocurrency trade and payments, the…
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The Central Bank and the Ministry of Finance have yet to agree on how to regulate cryptocurrency, despite the fact that the Russian government wants to use it for international payments.In an effort to thwart the effects of Western…
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The trading of digital assets using crypto assets in Russian government officials' families' Binance accounts has been banned.As international sanctions mount in reaction to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the trading platform said that…
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Last year, an FSB-affiliated financial regulator requested Binance to provide over user data tied to Alexei Navalny, an opposition politician.According to a Reuters investigation, Binance allegedly provided Russian financial…
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One of Binance's largest markets has been shut down only weeks after the exchange said it would not comply with EU restrictions against Russian users.Just a few weeks ago, Binance said that it would not bow to EU penalties against…
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The Ministry of Finance said that it "partially supported" the proposal, but added that it should be further considered.Russia's Federal Tax Service (FTS) has entered the discussion over cryptocurrency legislation in the country with…
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Despite its pledge to serve individual individuals, the new round of penalties has compelled the open-source platform to exclude even former workers of sanctioned organizations.GitHub, a popular development site, has apparently…
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