Crypto exchange platform BestChange in the dark over Russia blockCirculating and advertising digital currencies is banned in Russia, although using cryptocurrency for international payments is now legal, ...
12 Feb, 2025, 11.58 AM IST
Russia restricts cryptocurrency mining in low-energy regionsRussia has banned cryptocurrency mining in several Siberian regions and annexed areas of Ukraine to prevent winter power shortages. The ban...
19 Nov, 2024, 10.10 PM IST
Russia to improve crypto transaction monitoring as regulation draws closerThe Bank of Russia has long voiced scepticism over cryptocurrencies, citing financial stability concerns, and has advocated for a complete ...
08 Jul, 2022, 07.16 PM IST
Russia's central bank sees space for crypto in international tradeRussian officials are wrestling with how to regulate the country's crypto market and use of digital currencies, with the central bank previ...
31 May, 2022, 08.56 PM IST
Unfolding global developments pose downside risks for Indian economy, RBI saysThe Reserve Bank of India in its March 2022 Bulletin has said that the ongoing geopolitical crisis, i.e, the Russia-Ukraine war, has height...
17 Mar, 2022, 05.33 PM IST
EU to sanction more Russian oligarchs, Belarus banks over Ukraine invasion -sourcesThe draft sanctions were adopted by the EU executive on Tuesday morning and will be discussed by EU ambassadors at a meeting starting at 14...
08 Mar, 2022, 04.59 PM IST
Coinbase, Binance will not ban Russians from using crypto platformsSome of the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchanges are staying put in Russia, breaking ranks with mainstream finance in a decision that e...
05 Mar, 2022, 04.23 PM IST
Crypto exchanges won't bar Russians, raising fears of sanctions backdoorBut many of the world's largest crypto exchanges - including Binance and U.S.-based Kraken and Coinbase - have stopped short of a blanket b...
02 Mar, 2022, 08.31 PM IST
Russian finance ministry to consider central bank proposals on cryptocurrenciesThe Bank of Russia has proposed banning cryptocurrency trading and mining due to the threat digital currencies pose to financial stability....
21 Feb, 2022, 02.35 PM IST
Russian authorities clash on plans for crypto regulationFinance Minister Anton Siluanov told state TV channel Rossiya-24 on Friday that he hoped disagreements could be ironed out and a bill regul...
19 Feb, 2022, 05.42 PM IST
RBI’s crypto ban talks give the shivers to small investorsPreviously, RBI governor Shaktikanta Das had said in a monetary policy press conference that private cryptocurrencies were a threat to the ...
16 Feb, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
IMF asks El Salvador to drop bitcoin, more countries clamp downThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged El Salvador to drop bitcoin as a legal tender, citing risks to the nation's financial stabi...
26 Jan, 2022, 04.04 PM IST
Russia proposes ban on use and mining of cryptocurrenciesRussia has argued for years against cryptocurrencies, saying they could be used in money laundering or to finance terrorism.
21 Jan, 2022, 02.55 PM IST
Top cryptocurrency prices today: Bitcoin dips below $40,000, other altcoins bleedBarring Terra and dollar-pegged stablecoins, all other seven out of top-10 digital tokens were trading lower during early trade on Thursday...
21 Jan, 2022, 11.05 AM IST
Russia's central bank calls for crypto crackdownThe move is the latest in a global cryptocurrency crackdown as governments from Asia to the United States worry that privately operated and...
21 Jan, 2022, 09.40 AM IST
Crypto can be used as a means of payment, says PutinRussia has sought alternatives to trading in dollars since being slapped with sanctions in 2014 following the annexation of Crimea, and Put...
15 Oct, 2021, 12.47 PM IST
Blanket ban on cryptocurrency may prove to be futile, claim expertsBan can lead to growth of these currencies through illegitimate sources such as dark web.
03 May, 2019, 11.13 AM IST