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Russian Blockchain and Cryptocurrency News Round-Up

Here are some of the top stories from the blockchain and cryptocurrency space in Russia over the past week.

Russian IT Giant Mail.Ru Enables Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash Payments

Using BitPay, users can pay and be paid with bitcoin and bitcoin cash on Mail.Ru sites, as well as on social networks Odnoklassniki and Vkontakte.

Cryptocurrency News Round-Up From Russia: Highlights

The first in a series of weekly news highlights about blockchain technology and cryptocurrency in Russia.

Cryptocurrency-Friendly Regulations in Belarus Could Attract Foreign Capital and ICOs

At the end of 2017, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko signed a “Digital Economy Development Ordinance,” aimed at developing the country’s IT sector and attracting blockchain...

“Bitcoin Laundering” Study: Where Do Criminals Turn to Mask Illicit Cryptoassets?

A recent study (PDF) from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance and blockchain analytics company Elliptic explored the...

Russian Real Estate Firm Experiments With Selling a Luxury Mansion for Bitcoin

The owner hired the real estate company to sell his mansion for $8 million worth of BTC.

Moscow’s Blockchain Hackathon Reflects Booming Blockchain Industry in Russia

Since Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed interest in Ethereum at his meeting with Vitalik Buterin at the World Economic Forum held in St. Petersburg,...

Meeting the Russians Who Hope to Strike It Rich on ICOs

Our reporter went to a meetup in St. Petersberg. Here are his observations.

Russia’s Crypto-Winter Shows Signs of a Thaw in Saint Petersburg

Having skipped Russia’s second-biggest city for the past two years, Smile-Expo re-introduced its Eastern European conference tour in Saint Petersburg last Thursday.

More Mainstream Use Cases Needed to Secure Bitcoin’s Legitimacy

Blockchain technologies like the one that underpins Bitcoin are gaining wide acceptance across industry sectors from finance to healthcare to real estate. Bitcoin itself,...
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