Russia

In its effort to stifle entities that attempted to influence U.S. elections the Treasury Department sanctioned several bitcoin addresses.

According to local news reports, a Russian financial monitoring service will be tracking bitcoin-to-fiat transactions.

Bitcoin mining-focused media company HASHR8 has launched a series of insightful reports on the state of the industry from around the world.

Federal agencies in Russia are reportedly developing proposals for confiscating cryptocurrencies by 2021. What could it mean for the country?

A Russian aluminum plant, whose owner has been hit by U.S. sanctions, will lease space to a cryptocurrency mining company.

A Russian law firm claims it can recover funds for victims of the 2014 Mt. Gox hack. But critics see some flaws in the outlined plan.

An importer of cryptocurrency mining gear is reportedly under investigation for dodging $1.2 million in Russian customs fees.

A two-year investigation into whether or not the Trump campaign colluded with Russia has found that an intelligence branch of the Russian government used bitcoin to fund cyberwarfare efforts and traced this bitcoin to a U.K. exchange.

Texas Securities Commissioner Travis J. Iles has issued emergency ordinances against three separate fraudulent cryptocurrency schemes linked to Russian scammers.

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