Iran's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Nobitex, is controlled by the sons of the influential Kharrazi family, who concealed their ties for...

Iran proposes digital currency for Strait of Hormuz passage tolls. This move highlights a significant sanctions-evasion network. While legi...

Groups linked to Russia and Iran are increasingly using cryptocurrency to finance the purchase of low-cost military drones and components, ...

Alexander Vinnik, a Russian cryptocurrency expert involved in Bitcoin fraud, has returned to Russia following a swap that released American...

Circulating and advertising digital currencies is banned in Russia, although using cryptocurrency for international payments is now legal, ...

Russian companies are utilizing bitcoin and other digital currencies for international payments due to legislative changes countering Weste...

Russia has banned cryptocurrency mining in several Siberian regions and annexed areas of Ukraine to prevent winter power shortages. The ban...

GoI and RBI fear cryptocurrency as a ‘clear danger’ that could cause macro instability and dollarization. But it very well may be a lifeboa...

The Bank of Russia has long voiced scepticism over cryptocurrencies, citing financial stability concerns, and has advocated for a complete ...

Russian officials are wrestling with how to regulate the country's crypto market and use of digital currencies, with the central bank previ...

Russians are exchanging their rapidly devalued rubles for bitcoin to try and mitigate the impact of the economic sanctions imposed by the i...

Earlier, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiled Britain's largest-ever package of sanctions against Russia, targeting banks and wealthy R...

To apply sanctions, a government makes a list of people and businesses its citizens must avoid. Anyone caught engaging with a member of the...

The Bank of Russia has proposed banning cryptocurrency trading and mining due to the threat digital currencies pose to financial stability....

Finance Minister Anton Siluanov told state TV channel Rossiya-24 on Friday that he hoped disagreements could be ironed out and a bill regul...

Russia has argued for years against cryptocurrencies, saying they could be used in money laundering or to finance terrorism.

The move is the latest in a global cryptocurrency crackdown as governments from Asia to the United States worry that privately operated and...