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ForkLog 13 23.12.2020

Professor at the Russian School of Economics: the digital ruble will be a safer form of money than fiat

The security of the digital ruble will be guaranteed by obligations from the Bank of Russia. This was stated by Oleg Shibanov, professor at the Russian School of Economics, in a VTimes podcast.

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ForkLog 12 22.12.2020

Nornickel’s Palladium Fund Issues First Tokens

The palladium fund established by Nornickel, Global Palladium Fund, issued the first tokens to digitize part of the mining and metallurgical company's contracts with industrial partners.

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ForkLog 5 17.12.2020

Toward tougher regulation: regulatory trends shaping Russia’s crypto industry

In 2014 the Russian central bank called bitcoin a 'monetary surrogate', and in 2020 the State Duma passed a law regulating the circulation of cryptocurrencies on Russian territory. Nevertheless, the Federal Law 'On Digital Financial Assets (DFA)' and amendments thereto are largely prohibitive in nature.

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ForkLog 10 17.12.2020

Voronezh woman loses 800,000 rubles in bid to profit from cryptocurrency

The Voronezh police opened criminal cases into fraud and theft after a local resident's report. She became a victim of criminals trying to profit from cryptocurrency, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs site.

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ForkLog 7 16.12.2020

Russia weighs proposal to allow transfers via anonymous electronic wallets

A bill has been submitted to the State Duma of the Russian Federation authorising citizens to transfer funds using anonymous electronic wallets.

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ForkLog 9 15.12.2020

The Guardian: Australian Bitcoin scam sites registered to Russian residents

Tens of thousands of Australians were harmed by fraudulent investment offers using images of local celebrities. The scheme's operation centers on five addresses in central Moscow. The Guardian reports.

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ForkLog 9 15.12.2020

Hackers who stole 20 million rubles from Russians’ bank cards arrested; funds moved into cryptocurrencies

Law enforcement in Chuvashia identified hackers who, over five years, stole more than 20 million rubles from customers of Russian banks. The criminals converted the stolen funds into cryptocurrencies, according to RIA Novosti.

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ForkLog 8 14.12.2020

Peter Schiff criticises MicroStrategy CEO

Bitcoin-sceptic and gold bug Peter Schiff criticized MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor's decision to publicly announce in advance plans to buy cryptocurrency with $650 million raised by the company.

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ForkLog 15 10.12.2020

ViaBTC and BitCluster form strategic partnership

The ViaBTC mining pool and the Russian industrial mining operator BitCluster announced a strategic collaboration to develop integrated solutions for efficient cryptocurrency mining, according to representatives of the Russian company.

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ForkLog 12 09.12.2020

Court orders blocking of Bestchange mirror over information about counterfeit Bank of Russia banknotes

On 1 December, the Oktyabrsky District Court of Arkhangelsk ordered the blocking of the site Bestchange.net – the mirror of the online aggregator of cryptocurrency exchanges Bestchange.ru. The state prosecutor asserts that the resource disseminates information about the sale of counterfeit Bank of Russia banknotes.

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ForkLog 19 09.12.2020

LocalBitcoins: Russia, Venezuela and Colombia accounted for 40% of trades in 2020

The largest volumes of bitcoin trades via the LocalBitcoins p2p trading platform this year were carried out by users from Russia (17.4%), Venezuela (12.3%), and Colombia (11.3%). The data are provided in the company's blog.

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ForkLog 6 09.12.2020

Bitcoin seller robbed of 12 million rubles in Moscow pub

After the sale of cryptocurrency, a Moscow resident had 12 million rubles stolen, according to the local police.

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