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ForkLog 11 20.12.2021

Court sentences former Saratov police officer caught mining

A court in Saratov found a former traffic police officer, who was mining at his workplace, guilty of exceeding official powers.

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ForkLog 33 20.12.2021

Aksakov: Russians Invested 5 Trillion Rubles in Cryptocurrencies

Russians invested in the cryptocurrency market 5 trillion rubles, according to Anatoly Aksakov, head of the State Duma committee on the financial market.

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ForkLog 10 17.12.2021

Russian demand for mining equipment grows fourteenfold

Russian demand for cryptocurrency mining equipment rose significantly in 2021.

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ForkLog 19 16.12.2021

Experts say a Bitcoin ban in Russia would make little sense

If cryptocurrencies were fully banned in Russia, their holders would go underground, and the state would lose the ability to collect taxes from this market. This is the view expressed by experts interviewed by ForkLog.

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ForkLog 9 16.12.2021

Sixteen residents of Irkutsk Oblast gave scammers 2.5 million rubles in bid to start mining

Several residents of Irkutsk Oblast fell victim to scammers who duped them when buying equipment for cryptocurrency mining or renting premises for farms. The local МВД reported this.

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ForkLog 15 15.12.2021

Aksakov: mining has no social significance, and the sector does not need state support

Miners do not need sector support, as their activity does not have social significance, said Anatoly Aksakov, head of the State Duma committee on the financial market.

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ForkLog 18 15.12.2021

Duma threatens Bitcoin miners with prison over electricity theft

State Duma deputy Andrei Lugovoy threatened to jail cryptocurrency miners for illegal connections to power grids.

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ForkLog 16 14.12.2021

Tether accused of unlawful and deceptive practices

Investors filed a class-action lawsuit against the issuer of the stablecoin USDT. They accused the company of "immoral, unethical, discriminatory and unscrupulous" practices.

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ForkLog 20 14.12.2021

Kemerovo resident sells his home and hands over 3 million rubles to scammers in bid to profit from cryptocurrencies

A resident of Kemerovo fell victim to scammers posing as cryptocurrency investors who extorted 3 million rubles. The police reported.

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ForkLog 9 14.12.2021

In Ivanovo Oblast, unknown assailants stole a mining rig valued at 2.5 million rubles

A mining rig belonging to a resident of Kokhma in Ivanovo Oblast was stolen for a regional-record sum.

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ForkLog 21 10.12.2021

Digital ruble to be available to non-residents

The Bank of Russia will enable exchange of the digital ruble for foreign currency and will allow non-residents to open wallets.

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ForkLog 10 10.12.2021

Kaluga resident wired 5 million rubles to two fake Bitcoin exchanges

In Kaluga, police are searching for scammers who lured a Russian citizen out of 5 million rubles under the guise of cryptocurrency investments.

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