Russia News

Regulatory debates, mining, sanctions dynamics, and Russia’s complex crypto environment.

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Convicted Russian crypto scammer and his wife found murdered in the UAE

Russian crypto entrepreneur Roman Novak, convicted of large-scale fraud, was kidnapped and murdered in the UAE along with his wife after a failed ransom attempt.

5 months ago

Exchanges

Binance reportedly suspends fiat deposits via some Russian-issued bank cards

Clients of some sanctioned Russian banks are unable to deposit fiat or buy crypto on Binance.

4 years ago

Analysis

Bitcoin is now a top 15 currency as it surpasses Russian Ruble

Bitcoin’s valuation has surpassed that of the Russian Ruble and also institutions like JPMorgan, Meta and others.

4 years ago

Adoption

Barron’s says Bitcoin has decoupled from the stock market due to Russian sanctions

American financial newspaper Barron's argues sanctions on Russia worked in favor of Bitcoin as it may have decoupled it from the traditional stock market.

4 years ago

Analysis

Russians are paying up to $20,000 above market rate to buy Bitcoin

Sanctions bite leading to the collapse of the ruble. Data suggests Russians are turning to Bitcoin to protect themselves from the fallout.

4 years ago

People

Polkadot’s Gavin Wood to donate $5M to Ukraine, if they post a DOT address

As donations are pouring into various charities to support Ukraine, people are lining up to contribute. In a rather criticized tweet, Gavin Wood, co-founder of Ethereum, and founder of Polkadot, offers $5 million to Ukraine under the condition they post a DOT address.

4 years ago

Legal

Russia SWIFT sanctions “picked carefully” to avoid German energy crisis

As Western countries have agreed on imposing restrictions cutting off Russian banks from the SWIFT global payment system, affected Russian banks are “picked carefully” to minimize potential energy crises.

4 years ago

Adoption

With Russia cut off from SWIFT, could Bitcoin play a role in avoiding sanctions?

The U.S. as well as the U.K. and several other European countries have agreed to ban a number of Russian banks from SWIFT.

4 years ago

Analysis

Bitcoin pulls out the UNO reverse card on gold

Bitcoin bounces making back all of Thursday's losses, at the same time gold returns its gains throwing confusion on what constitutes a safe haven asset.

4 years ago