Russian Business Daily Publishes Article Advocating Russia to Court Cryptocurrency, Not Ban It
The leading business daily in Russia, the Vedomosti, a publication that pegs itself among the likes of the Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal has published an article titled “Deny or Lead the Cryptocurrency Economies”, which is also the editor’s choice at the time of publishing. An article published by the Vedomosti on December 23 argues that Russia is missing the opportunity to embrace an economy that will benefit from a cryptocurrency and is, instead, prohibiting cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin which is leading to Russia being transformed into a “passive consumer.”
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