As Russia’s Bitcoin Sites Fight to Lift Ban, Btcsec.com Founder Expresses Cautious Optimism
A court in Ekaterinburg, Russia has set a hearing for May 15 regarding the Russia’s crypto community representatives’ complaint against the government’s ban of Bitcoin-related websites. The founder of btcsec.com, Ivan Tikhonov, believes that the court hearings have so far been positive for the banned websites despite the ban not being lifted as of yet. The court has rejected the prosecutor office’s demands to stop the appeal. Now, the representatives of the websites will have a chance to present their case during the first hearing on May 15. CoinTelegraph asked Tikhonov about the chances....
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