Russian Duma wants to regulate crypto mining as business
Russia is moving to regulate cryptocurrency mining after legitimizing the broader crypto industry in January. As Russian cryptocurrency advocates are working to attract global crypto mining operators, local lawmakers have gotten more serious about regulating the industry.Anatoly Aksakov, chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on Financial Markets, claimed that Russian lawmakers are now considering recognizing the crypto mining industry as a form of entrepreneurship under local business laws, TASS news agency reported Sept. 8.“As this [crypto mining] is a type of entrepreneurial....
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