Russia Has Changed its Mind: Digital Ruble May Be Launched in 2021
Russian authorities and regulators have been in a series of talks about releasing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) dubbed digital ruble for a long time.
Read More »World Gold Council Survey Shows Cryptocurrency Investment the 5th Most Popular in Russia
According to a recent research survey, cryptocurrency investment is a touch more popular than gold in Russia. An organization called the World Gold Council surveyed 2,023 investors and cryptocurrency turned…
Read More »The Ministry of Finance of Russia Wants Cryptocurrency Users To Declare Their Wallets and Transaction
The Ministry of Finance of Russia has recently represented an update for the regulation of cryptocurrencies. Their new proposal includes an obligation for all Russian cryptocurrency holders to declare transactions…
Read More »Ukraine and Russia at the Forefront of Embracing Cryptocurrency
Eastern European countries are topping the list in cryptoasset adoption speed. Particularly, Ukraine and Russia have topped others because they have unduly intensive cryptocurrency usage. This shows that a bigger…
Read More »Bitfury and Kaspersky Have Reportedly Partnered to Build Russia’s Next Public Voting System
Political and public consensus voting has a huge potential use case for blockchain technology, ever since the latter’s rise in popularity. Several governments around the world have tested or are…
Read More »Russia to Use Blockchain-powered Voting to Determine President Putin’s Fate
Russians are going to the polls to determine whether or not President Putin will stay in power as the president of the Russian Federation for another 12 years. Two regions…
Read More »Russia’s Largest State-owned Bank Introduces 5,000 Blockchain-based ATMs
Sberbank, Russia’s largest state-owned bank, expands and installs blockchain-based ATMs to expand contactless transactions. Thanks to the distributed ledger tech (DLT), the ATMs will provide effective, safe, secure and fast…
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