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ForkLog 10 01.02.2022

Moscow’s ground transport to be equipped with Face Pay

In 2023, the Moscow Central Diameters (MCD) and the capital's surface transport will be equipped with the Face Pay biometric payment system. Deputy Mayor for Transport Maxim Liksutov announced this.

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ForkLog 8 01.02.2022

Russian Finance Ministry Flags Risks in DeFi Development

The Russian Finance Ministry is watching the development of the decentralised finance (DeFi) sector with concern, as it is associated with significant risks due to the lack of proper regulatory oversight. This was stated by Deputy Finance Minister Alexey Moiseev to Interfax.

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ForkLog 14 01.02.2022

Media: Russian government orders mining to be included in cryptocurrency-regulation roadmap

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko has instructed that the roadmap for regulating the crypto industry include questions related to the legal status of mining. A government-source told Izvestiya.

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ForkLog 24 29.01.2022

Paul Krugman compared cryptocurrencies to the US mortgage crisis

American economist and Nobel laureate Paul Krugman, in his NYT column, compared the fragility of the digital asset market to the US mortgage crisis.

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ForkLog 15 28.01.2022

In northern Moscow, 50 mining servers were shut down

On January 21, in Moscow, Rosseti Moscow Region branch staff discovered a mining farm showing signs of unaccounted electricity consumption.

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ForkLog 17 27.01.2022

CERT-UA finds potential link between attack on Ukrainian sites and ‘miner from the WEX exchange’

Analysts at CERT-UA say there may be a link between the organiser of January's attacks on Ukrainian government sites and the 'miner' acting on behalf of the client of the collapsed WEX exchange.

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ForkLog 24 27.01.2022

A third of Russians polled by VCIOM back Bitcoin ban

64% of Russians know about cryptocurrencies, of whom 32% back a full ban on Bitcoin operations in the country.

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ForkLog 21 26.01.2022

Kazan proposed as a pilot zone for regulating cryptocurrencies

The head of the Ministry of Digital Development of Tatarstan Ayrat Khairullin proposed making Kazan a pilot zone for testing the regulatory possibilities of the cryptocurrency market in the Russian Federation.

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ForkLog 28 26.01.2022

Unknown actors in Russia sent bomb-threat letters impersonating a cryptocurrency entrepreneur

The name of Indefibank CEO Sergey Mendeleev was used in a series of false bomb-threat messages across various regions of Russia.

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ForkLog 13 26.01.2022

Ministry to devise plan giving AI developers access to anonymised government data

to develop a plan to provide businesses with access to anonymised government data for training artificial intelligence algorithms.

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ForkLog 14 26.01.2022

Darknet publishes database of Russians’ vaccination QR codes; Rostelecom calls it invalid

A darknet forum began selling a database of QR codes for those vaccinated against COVID-19, comprising 48 million records.

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ForkLog 12 25.01.2022

Duma deputy says FSB pressure on the Bank of Russia is a fabrication, outlines concept for regulating the crypto market

The deputy chair of the State Duma's security committee said that reports of FSB pressure on the Bank of Russia regarding a crypto ban are not true.

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