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The spread and regulation of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology in the banking industry and fintech applications.

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ForkLog 12 17.02.2022

Russian banks propose charging commissions to cryptocurrency holders

Russian banks may offset the costs of integrating a system for monitoring cryptocurrency turnover at the expense of users.

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ForkLog 8 16.02.2022

FSB Urges Global Standards for Assessing Risks Linked to Cryptoassets

There is a need to develop global standards for assessing risks associated with cryptoassets. In a new report, the G20 Financial Stability Board (FSB) urged the G20 to set global standards.

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ForkLog 14 16.02.2022

National Police opens criminal case into DDoS attacks on Ukrainian websites

National Police officers are investigating a series of DDoS attacks on a number of Ukraine's information resources.

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ForkLog 20 15.02.2022

Access problems hit PrivatBank, Oschadbank, and the Ukrainian defence ministry website

Customers of PrivatBank and Oschadbank have experienced access issues. The site of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine is also down.

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ForkLog 16 15.02.2022

Sberbank says banking infrastructure is ready for the cryptocurrency market

Sberbank agreed with the government's position on the need to regulate rather than ban cryptocurrencies in Russia.

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ForkLog 17 14.02.2022

Valliance Bank to offer crypto trading and custody through Bakkt

Valliance Bank, based in Oklahoma (USA) with $580 million in assets, announced that it would offer buying, selling and custody of digital assets. Technical support will be provided by Bakkt's institutional platform.

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ForkLog 8 11.02.2022

Hapoalim Bank refuses to credit pensioner’s Bitcoin profits

The largest bank in Israel, Hapoalim Bank, filed a response to the lawsuit by 69-year-old Esther Freiman, requesting that her demand to deposit 1 million shekels (~$320,000) earned from Bitcoin investments be rejected. Ynet reports.

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ForkLog 11 07.02.2022

Banks to tighten oversight of Russians’ transfers under crypto-regulation roadmap

As part of the government's roadmap for regulating the cryptocurrency industry, Russian banks will tighten oversight of clients' money transfers by the end of November.

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ForkLog 12 01.02.2022

Binance plans to launch cryptocurrency card in Ukraine

Binance is working on launching a cryptocurrency-balanced payment card in Ukraine, according to Kirill Khomyakov, the company's country manager.

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ForkLog 15 31.01.2022

Visa processed $2.5 billion in crypto-card transactions over three months

Users of Visa-style crypto cards conducted $2.5 billion in transactions in October–December 2021. The figures were disclosed by CFO Vasant Prabhu during an analysts’ briefing, CNBC reports.

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ForkLog 25 27.01.2022

Russian finance ministry accused of drafting bitcoin-market regulation to favour a single player

The concept of regulating the crypto market by the Russian Ministry of Finance is a positive sign for bitcoin holders, but the proposed measures conflict with the nature of digital assets and are probably tailored for a specific player, ForkLog experts said.

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ForkLog 9 25.01.2022

The Bank of Russia discussed tokenisation of cashless payments with banks

The Russian central bank held a working meeting at the end of last year on implementing tokenised cashless payments.

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