Bitcoin Client Downloads in Russia Decline by 90% in One Month
Russian rubles from 1995. Photo via LostBob Photos. It seems that Russia's ban on the usage of Bitcoin is working. As early as this time last month, Russia was actually in the top 3 when it came to ranking Bitcoin client download totals by country. It seemed that Russians were extremely interested in the digital currency, until certain members of the Russian government started to talk about Bitcoin in a negative manner. Russia is now in seventh place when it comes to Bitcoin downloads per week, which is a rather low spot for one of the largest countries in the world. China and the United....
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