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Policy
Crime
Russian Financial Crime Agency Plans AI Tool to Link Crypto Transfers to Users
Russia's anti-money laundering agency Rosfinmonitoring has already built a prototype blockchain analytics tool, according to a report.
Moscow.
By Anna Baydakova
Aug 12, 2020 at 11:04 a.m. UTC
Aug 12, 2020
CrimeRussiaBlockchain AnalysisCrypto Tracing
Sberbank
Tech
Russia
Russia's Sberbank Launches Blockchain on Hyperledger, Mulls Stablecoin in 2021
Russia's largest retail bank is launching a Hyperledger-powered blockchain for trade finance initially, and may add a ruble-linked stablecoin next year
Sberbank
By Anna Baydakova
Aug 6, 2020 at 2:16 p.m. UTC
Aug 6, 2020
RussiaSberbankHyperledger FabricStablecoins
Russian passport (Irina Tarzian/Shutterstock)
Tech
Russia
Russian Voters' Data on Sale After Blockchain Poll to Keep Putin in Power: Report
Russians voted electronically, using blockchain tech, to keep Putin in power. Now, hackers may be selling the personal data of over a million of those voters.
Russian passport (Irina Tarzian/Shutterstock)
By Anna Baydakova
Aug 4, 2020 at 3:07 p.m. UTC
Aug 4, 2020
RussiaBlockchain VotingHackers
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Policy
Law
Putin Signs Russian Crypto Bill Into Law
Russia's president signed the first of two bills on digital assets into law on Friday.
(Evgenii Sribnyi/Shutterstock)
By Anna Baydakova
Jul 31, 2020 at 3:24 p.m. UTC
Jul 31, 2020
LawRussiaRegulation
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Markets
Russia
Paxful Chips Away at LocalBitcoins' Russian P2P Market Dominance
Paxful’s year-old foray into Russian crypto markets is paying off for the peer-to-peer exchange.
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By Danny Nelson
Jul 30, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Jul 30, 2020
RussiaLocalBitcoinspeer-to-peerPaxfulCoinFlash
Enigma cipher machine (EQRoy/Shutterstock)
Policy
Russia
Russia's FSB Is Making Life Harder for Blockchain Companies
The FSB, Russia’s security agency, wants blockchain companies to certify with them. This could push foreign companies out of the market.
Enigma cipher machine (EQRoy/Shutterstock)
By Anna Baydakova
Jul 23, 2020 at 4:15 p.m. UTC
Jul 23, 2020
RussiaBitFuryMasterchainExonumCertificationWaves Platform
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Policy
Russia
Russia to Treat Crypto as a Taxable Property
Russia changed its draft bill regulating crypto and digital assets. You won’t go to jail for facilitating crypto deals in the country – at least, not just yet.
russia
By Anna Baydakova
Jul 21, 2020 at 6:41 p.m. UTC
Jul 21, 2020
RussiaRegulation
Moscow.
Markets
Fraud
Wanted Wirecard Exec Said to Be Sheltered by Secret Service in Russia
Jan Marsalek, a former board member of Wirecard who is wanted over allegations of fraud, is reportedly being sheltered in Moscow by the biggest Russian secret service.
Moscow.
By Daniel Palmer
Jul 20, 2020 at 8:10 a.m. UTC
Jul 20, 2020
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Markets
Russia
Microsoft Partners With Waves Enterprise to Tokenize Industrial Assets
The five-year agreement will see Microsoft and Waves collaborate on a possible asset tokenization platform for company equipment.
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By Paddy Baker
Jul 16, 2020 at 11:22 a.m. UTC
Jul 16, 2020
RussiaMicrosoftWavesCoinFlash
Alexei Navalny, Russian opposition politician (Konstantin Egorychev/Shutterstock)
Policy
Russia
Russian Activists Use Bitcoin, and the Kremlin Doesn't Like It
Activists and dissidents in Russia use crypto for fundraising – yet widespread adoption is still far away.
Alexei Navalny, Russian opposition politician (Konstantin Egorychev/Shutterstock)
By Anna Baydakova
Jul 15, 2020 at 9:01 a.m. UTC
Jul 15, 2020
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