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S7 Airlines processed over $1 million through their blockchain payment system in July.

U.S. prosecutors are indicting a defunct crypto exchange and a senior executive for failing to comply with AML and KYC regulations and money laundering.

A Securities and Exchange Commission filing appears to reveal the first known Telegram ICO investor outside of Russia.

Demand for virgin Bitcoin is currently at its all-time high.

Waves founder Alexander Ivanov sold his stake in the firm’s blockchain project Vostok, with GHP Group becoming the sole owner.

The Foundation for Defense of Democracies has assessed current and future risks of cryptocurrency use by countries adversarial to the United States.

Russian mining and smelting giant Nornickel is planning to roll out a digital platform for trading in metals by the end of 2019.

Russia’s parliament, the State Duma, may defer the adoption of the country’s major crypto bill “On Digital Financial Assets” until autumn.

Russia will not develop separate regulations for Facebook’s cryptocurrency Libra, according to the country’s Deputy Finance Minister Alexei Moiseev.

Edward Snowden also brushed off claims that bitcoin is mainly used by criminals, arguing: “There are a hell of a lot more criminals that use the dollar.”

In Russia, fraudsters rarely use cryptocurrency to withdraw stolen money, according to the country’s central bank.

The Russian Ministry of Finance considers allowing cryptocurrency trading in the federation.

Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky released a survey revealing that only 10% of global consumers “fully understand how cryptocurrencies work.”

The chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on Financial Market said that Facebook’s forthcoming cryptocurrency Libra will not be legalized in Russia.