Central Bank of Russia to Present Blockchain Research in June
According to an article by Izvestia, the Central Bank of Russia wants to use this technology for all of the country’s financial institutions. This would allow transactions to be recorded in a distributed manner for all banks, and speed up transactions between institutions as well. Even though Russian government officials will not see eye-to-eye with Bitcoin and digital currency anytime soon, the Central Bank of Russia is forging ahead with their plans to integrate blockchain technology. This decision is in stark contrast to the political guidelines being proposed to ban digital currency....
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Central Bank of Russia to Accept Legalization of Cryptocurrency Mining
The monetary authority in Moscow is now ready to back the legalization of crypto mining under the condition that Russian miners are obliged to sell the coins they obtain in....
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