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Russia Mulls Cryptocurrency Mining Disconnection Proposal

[Jan 25, 2024 11:30 AM] Cryptocurrency miners might be disconnected for up to 500 hours per year in Russia, according to a proposal supported by the State Duma Energy Committee to tackle the energy deficit in some regions. The initiative would be an alternative to…

Cryptocurrency Miner Kidnapped for Ransom in Russia

[Jan 1, 2024 9:00 AM] In Izhevsk, Russia, a 23-year-old bitcoin miner was forcefully abducted from his residence as kidnappers demanded a ransom of 15 million rubles ($166,000). 23-Year-Old Russian Bitcoin Miner Kidnapped for Ransom On Dec. 25, in a rapid sequence of…

Government of Russia Eyes Commodity-Like Crypto Exports

[Dec 15, 2023 11:30 PM] The government of Russia might allow crypto miners to sell their cryptocurrency like other exports such as gas. Ivan Chebeskov, deputy minister of finance, specified that this option was part of a bill to legalize cryptocurrency mining introduced…

Russian Crypto Exchange Moves Money for Gaza Groups, Report

[Oct 16, 2023 5:30 AM] Palestinian militant organizations, including a Hamas-linked Islamist group, have been using a Moscow-based crypto exchange to transfer millions, a press report revealed. The U.S.-sanctioned platform, which allows customers to convert Russian cash…

Moscow Exchange Plans to Issue Real Estate Digital Assets by 2024

[Oct 14, 2023 12:30 AM] The Moscow Exchange, the largest exchange in Russia, has announced plans to issue real estate digital assets in 2024. According to Sergei Kharinov, director of digital assets for the platform, this will lower the entry barrier for qualified and…

Estonia-Licensed Crypto Firms Blamed for €1 Billion in Damages

[Oct 9, 2023 10:30 PM] Bad actors exploited Estonia’s once liberal licensing regime for crypto companies to defraud investors and commit other crimes, an investigative report claims. The authors say they discovered dozens of such cases, including scams and schemes for…

Amidst Legal Battle, Binance to Exit Russia

[Oct 6, 2023 10:30 AM] The below is a piece from a recent edition of Bitcoin Magazine Pro, Bitcoin Magazine's premium markets newsletter. To be among the first to receive these insights and other on-chain bitcoin market analysis straight to your inbox, subscribe now…

Russian Banker States SWIFT ‘Needs to Be Killed’

[Oct 3, 2023 3:30 AM] Andrei Kostin, head of the VTB Bank, one of the biggest banks in Russia, has stated that the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), the standard messaging system for fiat payments, “needs to be killed.”…

Binance fully exits Russia with sale to CommEX

[Sep 27, 2023 2:14 AM] The financial details of the deal remain undisclosed. However, as a full exit from Russia, Binance will have no ongoing revenue split, nor any option to buy back shares, the companies said.

FBI Wanted Co-Founder of Crypto Exchange Wex Sentenced in Russia

[Sep 24, 2023 1:30 AM] Aleksey Bilyuchenko, co-founder of Wex, the successor of the infamous Russian crypto exchange BTC-e, will spend only a couple of years in prison. The Russian, who is charged in the U.S. with money laundering, has been sentenced in his homeland as…