Russia | ForkLog - Part 114

ForkLog 61 19.07.2016

Russia Considers Defining Bitcoin As a Foreign Currency

According to Alexei Moiseeev, Russia’s Deputy Finance Minister, the authorities are drafting a new law that would bring bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies under definition of foreign currency.

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ForkLog 89 14.07.2016

Russia’s Party of Growth Leader Says Blockchain Means Living without Lies

Boris Titov, the Presidential Commissioner for Entrepreneurs’ Rights in Russia, insists his country should take advantages of the struggling economic situation in the country by becoming one of the leading nations in the blockchain space.

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ForkLog 69 28.06.2016

Russian Central Bank: Evolution of Fintech Companies Will Cause Bank Affiliations to Disappear

Development of financial technologies and fintech companies will optimize the Russian banking network, while the banks themselves will be engaged in creating infrastructure for fintech companies providing various services to their customers. This is the brief extract of the speech given at Fintech Lab 2016 on June 28 by Vadim Kalukhov, director for financial technology […]

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ForkLog 55 23.06.2016

Russian President’s Internet Advisor Calls Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies a Virus

German Klimenko, internet advisor for Russian president, told TV channel Tsargrad that blockchain technology, as well as cryptocurrency, is but a usual hype related to people’s desire to make profits from a trending theme. “There’s a word, ‘hype’, which means that discussion omits some reasonable issues, or a trending theme, a brain virus. Blockchain and […]

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ForkLog 108 23.06.2016

The Moscow Exchange Joins HyperLedger

The Moscow Exchange has become Russia’s first-ever organization to join an international blockchain consortium.Â The exchange is now a member of HyperLedger, a project headed by the Linux Foundation.

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ForkLog 58 18.06.2016

Head of Post Bank Believes Government Will Inevitably Lose Control Over Money Transactions

Speaking at Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum, Dmitry Rudenko, Head of Russia-based PostBank, stated that the development of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies is profitable for Russia due to its infrastructure and nature features.

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ForkLog 109 10.06.2016

New Head of Russian Blockchain Community Reveals its Plans

June 6, the position of Blockchain.community’s board chairman, previously occupied by Alex Fork, was taken by Artem Tolkachev, the managing partner at law firm Tolkachev & Partners and expert in legal regulation of cryptotechnologies. ForkLog talked with the newly elected chairman to find out more about the organization’s plans and objectives. FL: Â What do you […]

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ForkLog 282 06.06.2016

Well-Known Lawyer to Head Russian Blockchain Community

Â June 6, the management board of Blockchain.community elected Artem Tolkachev as its chairman instead of Alex Fork.

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ForkLog 106 06.06.2016

Russian Central Bank to Use Blockchain for a Register of Depositors

Russia’s Central Bank intends to use blockchain technology in creating a unified register of bank depositors. According to the Central Bank’s experts, the technology may solve the so-called problem of off-balance depositors.

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ForkLog 77 03.06.2016

The Cryptocurrency Roundtable in the Russian Parliament: Results and Possible Consequences

On June 2, the Russian parliament held a roundtable, or a conference, titled Perspectives of Implementation and Development of Blockchain Technology in Russia.

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ForkLog 96 02.06.2016

RosFinMonitoring: Bitcoin and Blockchain Have to Be Legally Regulated

Deputy director of Russia’s Federal Service for Financial Monitoring Pavel Livadny deems it necessary to introduce a regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology as a federal law.

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ForkLog 71 01.06.2016

Russian Internet Ombudsman Calls Bitcoin Banning Attempts ‘Downright Ludicrous’

According to Dmitry Marinichev, Russia’s Internet ombudsman, the government’s attempts to interfere in the development of blockchain technology, and to ban bitcoins, are totally meaningless.

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