
Telegram’s Gram token could go live in October (after $1.7 billion ICO)
After months of anticipation, messaging app Telegram is inching closer to launching its Gram token. The “first batches” of the cryptocurrency are set to…
Regulatory debates, mining, sanctions dynamics, and Russia’s complex crypto environment.

Recent news that “Russia will buy $10 billion in Bitcoin and ditch the U.S. dollar” is backed by the flimsiest of evidence. Publications such…
A U.S. Justice Department indictment against seven Russian officers on Oct. 5, 2018, revealed the country allegedly used Bitcoin to fund illegal interests in…
Maintaining its positive, yet careful, stance on cryptocurrencies, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs is considering making all unauthorized cryptocurrencies a criminally-liable offense, according…
Even prior to Donald Trump's November 2016 U.S. presidential election, the notion of Russian interference in the election was under investigation by U.S. intelligence…
Alfa-Bank and Sberbank — two of Russia's largest players in the banking market — are currently in the testing phase of cryptocurrency-based investment options…

In January, the popular messaging app, Telegram, announced that it would launch an ICO to fund its Telegram Open Network. This new platform would…



