September 17, 2020 Russian crypto hackers sanctioned for stealing $16.8M via spoofing Two Russian hackers were sanctioned on Wednesday.They raked over $16 million via phishing attacks.US authorities plan to enforce more measures to curb crypto phishing attacks.…
September 15, 2020 Russian star transfers song rights on blockchain as major labels watch Russian musician Oleg Kenzov transferred the digital rights to one of his songs through a government-backed blockchain platform.…
September 15, 2020 Nearly 30,000 blockchain votes were recorded in Russian elections — The most ever Has Russia fixed its elections with permissioned blockchain technology from Waves? Close to 30,000 votes were recorded on the blockchain during the Russian parliamentary elections in what appears to have been the biggest case of blockchain-based voting yet.…
September 15, 2020 Russia’s largest bank joins blockchain trade finance platform The Swiss arm of Russia’s largest bank is exploring blockchain-based trade finance. A subsidiary of Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, has joined a blockchain-based platform for commodity trade finance.Sberbank…
September 15, 2020 Eastern Europe’s sixth-largest crypto service is a darknet market A new report from Chainalysis has found that Eastern Europe is responsible for more darknet activity and ransomware volume than any other region.…
September 14, 2020 Crypto mining and remote work drive GPU sales boom in Russia Miners in Russia are purportedly buying more equipment amid regulatory uncertainty. Graphic cards’ sales in Russia are surging amid an increase in remote work as well as the apparent growth in cryptocurrency mining, a new report says.According…
September 11, 2020 Law Decoded: Governments vs. blockchain privacy, Sept. 4-11 Taking account of more aggressive crypto tracking measures and what they mean for future government adoption of blockchain.…
September 11, 2020 Russia’s crypto law is a mixed bag, according to industry execs Crypto businesses are unsure how to react to new regulations in the Russian Federation. Russia’s new cryptocurrency-related law, “On Digital Financial Assets,” or DFA, seems to have had little impact on the local cryptocurrency industry so far.In…
September 10, 2020 US Treasury blacklisted a non-existent ETH address in connection with alleged Russian election interference Either the treasury made a typo, or Russian hackers are so good, their wallets don't even have to exist.…
September 10, 2020 US charges operators of Russian troll farm with fraud over crypto accounts New wire fraud charges against St. Petersburg trolls allege that they stole the identities of U.S.…
September 10, 2020 New US sanctions target crypto addresses of Russian hackers accused of election interference As new U.S. election nears, the Treasury adds new names and crypto addresses to its specially designated nationals list Sept.…
September 7, 2020 Binance Card still on its way to Russia despite local crypto payments ban Russia’s law on digital assets has not affected Binance's business in any way. International cryptocurrency giant Binance is not going to give up launching the Binance Card in Russia despite the upcoming ban on crypto payments.Binance,…
