Time for Russia ‘To Ban Bans’ Says Putin Business Advisor

Time for Russia ‘To Ban Bans’ Says Putin Business Advisor

Russian president Vladimir Putin’s business advisor has said the country should “become the world leader in the Blockchain space.” Putin’s Advisor: ‘Time to Ban Bans’. Speaking to news resource Znak, Boris Titov, who also leads the rival, supposedly Kremlin-allied Party of Growth, advocated Bitcoin’s underlying blockchain technology as Russia’s gateway....


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