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ForkLog 13 26.09.2020

BNY Mellon Accused of Involvement in OneCoin Cryptocurrency Pyramid

The Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon) has become one of the defendants in a class-action suit by investors against the organizers of the OneCoin cryptocurrency pyramid, in which $4 billion disappeared.

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ForkLog 17 25.09.2020

Cloud-mining salons in Tatarstan did not survive the pandemic

"Crypto exchange" Walcoin, which for almost two years has conducted gambling-like activity in Naberezhnye Chelny under the guise of cloud-mining salons, has closed due to a lack of customers. Local media report this.

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ForkLog 7 25.09.2020

Moscow facial-recognition system to be deployed in ten more Russian cities

NtechLab, the company behind Moscow's facial-recognition system, has launched pilot versions of similar systems in ten major Russian cities, Kommersant reports.

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ForkLog 11 23.09.2020

Russian Deputy Prime Minister names blockchain a priority technology for development

Among the technologies whose development will be a priority for Russia in the coming years, First Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Belousov named blockchain, TASS reports.

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ForkLog 9 22.09.2020

Russian Prosecutor-General’s Office blocks another privacy-focused email service

The Russian Prosecutor-General's Office has added the Mailbox domain and IP addresses of the privacy-focused mail service to the register of banned information, according to «RosKomSvoboda».

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ForkLog 17 22.09.2020

Khakassia’s top narcotics officer jailed for eight years for a bitcoin-bribe

The former head of the Khakassia Interior Ministry's drug-control department has been found guilty of receiving a bribe in cryptocurrency worth 52,000 rubles and of disclosing state secrets. The press service of the Investigative Committee of Krasnoyarsk Krai said.

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ForkLog 8 21.09.2020

Russia seeks to ban concealing website names; experts call the bill ‘strange’

The Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation has tabled a bill banning the use on Russian territory of encryption protocols that hide the names of the websites and pages visited.

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ForkLog 7 21.09.2020

Russia cancels third sovereign Runet drill

Russia's Ministry of Digital Development did not conduct the exercises planned for September 20 to ensure the resilience and security of the internet's operation, according to TASS citing the ministry's press service.

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ForkLog 11 21.09.2020

Vladikavkaz resident embezzles 1.8 million rubles under pretext of cryptocurrency investments

The court found a Vladikavkaz resident guilty of fraud for embezzling 1.8 million rubles under the pretext of investing in cryptocurrencies.

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ForkLog 12 21.09.2020

Survey finds 10% of Russian bank clients want to invest in cryptocurrencies

The vast majority of Russian bank depositors are not yet ready to invest in cryptocurrencies, according to a survey by IDF.

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ForkLog 16 18.09.2020

Poll: 16% of Russian women prefer to invest in Bitcoin

Russia ranked second in the world for the number of women investors during 2018–2020. A sixth of them prefer to invest in cryptocurrency, Forbes writes citing a study by Investing.com.

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ForkLog 9 14.09.2020

A Russian man lost more than 1.5 million rubles in an attempt to invest in cryptocurrencies

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Karachay-Cherkessia has opened a criminal case into fraud related to offers to invest in cryptocurrencies. This was reported on the department's website.

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