Russia News

Russian banks tap Bitcoin services abroad while the government at home sees no future for private cryptos.

13.6 acres of cold and barren land in Siberia will be put to good use with the support of international investors.

Russia is purportedly taking a fast-second strategy for the digital ruble.

The parliament member claimed that there are no anti-blockchain voices in the Russian government

The move reverses a 2018 decision that officials did not have to declare crypto holdings.

Crypto seems to be nearly as popular as gold among Russian investors.

Despite unclear crypto regulations in the country, Russia may become the leader in sustainable crypto mining.

Talk of CBDCs and Facebook's Libra headlined this week's policy news, as international organizations weigh in on both.

The first pilots of Russia’s digital currency are expected to launch in H1 2021.

Russia’s central bank wants to limit the amount of cryptos and digital rights acquired by non-professional investors.

Russia’s central bank says that the digital ruble can be an “additional form of money alongside cash and non-cash.”

LocalBitcoins’ website has been blacklisted in one of its key markets.

The former owner of a Russian bank seems to be pivoting to the decentralized space.

The website of the Binance exchange is still available without additional access tools, platform says crypto funds are safe.

To ban crypto or to tax, that seems to be the question.