Russia | ForkLog - Part 115

ForkLog 37 28.05.2016

Russia May Introduce a National Cryptocurrency

According to Kommersant, a Russian news outlet, local officials are discussing introduction of a national cryptocurrency. The idea circulates across the Ministry of finance and the Central Bank, with some representatives of private banks involved.

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ForkLog 46 23.05.2016

Head of Sberbank Predicts Devolution of Russia Should It Ban Bitcoin

German Gref, head of Russia’s biggest state-owned bank Sberbank, said that penalizing Bitcoin in Russia will result in blockchain development’s halting and regress of the country in general.

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ForkLog 79 13.05.2016

Russian Mining: Interview with 51ASIC’s CEO

ForkLog’s editorial board has been pretty surprised when it found an online store selling mining equipment from Russian town of Smolensk. 51ASIC has been active since 2013. It services lots of clients, and, as it seems, has a good reputation attached. ForkLog talked with the company’s CEO, Evgeny Zolotoy, to know about the company’s future […]

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ForkLog 78 12.05.2016

Russian Parliamentary Candidate to Promote Bitcoin Legalization

Alexey Bragin, board member of Blockchain.community and coordinator at ReactOS, has confirmed he intends to stand as a parliamentary candidate to participate in primary elections in order to partake in elections for the Russian Parliament, the State Duma, this September.

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ForkLog 116 28.04.2016

Russia’s National Settlement Depository Successfully Tests Blockchain-based E-Voting System

National Settlement Depository has finalized development and successfully tested blockchain-based E-proxy voting electronic voting system’s prototype.

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ForkLog 62 27.04.2016

Russian Federal Financial Monitoring Service Says Bitcoin Ban Bill Should Be Revised

Pavel Livadny, deputy director of Federal Financial Monitoring Service of Russia (Rosfinmonitoring), has suggested that the bill implying ban of cryptocurrency in Russia will have to be revised.

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ForkLog 91 27.04.2016

Russian Central Bank Wants to Separate Blockchain from Bitcoin

Vadim Kalukhov, head of newly established Department of Financial Technologies, Projects, and Process Organization of the Bank of Russia, has confirmed the regulator’s interest for blockchain technology. In his interview with FutureBanking Kaluhkov, however, insists that terms “bitcoin”, “blockchain” and “distributed ledgers” shall be approached separately.

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ForkLog 182 21.04.2016

Leaked Letter: Russian Parliament to Hold a Cryptocurrency Conference

On 2 June 2016, Russian Parliament, the State Duma, will hold an international conference titled “Electronic Currency in Light of Contemporary Legal and Economic Challenges”. The letter describing the forthcoming event was signed by deputy chairman of Duma’s committee for security and anti-corruption Andrey Lugovoy.

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ForkLog 62 19.04.2016

Bank of Russia Open to Idea of National Digital Currency

Speaking at the conference titled “Blockchain and Open Platforms” held by Bankir.ru, Olga Skorobogatova, deputy chairwoman of the Bank of Russia, told about possible development of digital national currencies and banking industry’s interest to distributed ledgers.

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ForkLog 60 18.04.2016

Russian Investigative Committee’s Head Says Cryptocurrencies Are Threatening Country’s Financial Stability

In a major article on ‘hybrid war’ which he believes the US wages against Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, head of Russian Investigative Committee, claimed that cryptocurrencies may supersede real money from the market.

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ForkLog 87 18.04.2016

Bitcoin Trademark Officially Registered in Russia

Leader of Russian Blockchain.community and founder of fintech accelerator Alex Fork has registered Bitcoin as a trademark. As PLUSworld.ru reported, Bitcoin’s certificate of the trademark is numbered 552645. It is owned by Bitcoin LLC founded by Alex Fork. According to Fork himself, the patent expires on December 30, 2023. However, he said he wants to […]

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ForkLog 56 13.04.2016

Bitcoin Enthusiast Intends to Enter Russian Parliament to Defend Technological Innovations

Bitcoin enthusiast Alexei Bragin, earlier engaged in ReactOS and tutoring at Moscow State Technical University, decided to enter Russian parliament to defend “the interests of science and small businesses”.

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