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ForkLog 13 07.09.2021

In Kazan, the Finiko pyramid’s vice-president was detained

The police detained one of the participants in the Finiko financial pyramid, Ilgiz Shakirov, who had obtained the status of vice-president of the company.

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ForkLog 24 07.09.2021

CEO of NorNickel’s palladium fund explains tokenisation of precious and base metals – interview

In an exclusive ForkLog interview, Global Palladium Fund CEO Alexander Stoyanov spoke about foreign investors' interest in their projects, attitudes toward current regulation of digital assets in Russia, and the role of blockchain in increasing transparency in heavy industry.

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ForkLog 21 06.09.2021

NorNickel Palladium Fund Lists Token on Vienna Stock Exchange

The NorNickel-founded palladium fund Global Palladium Fund placed a nickel-backed digital exchange-traded instrument (ETC) on the Vienna Stock Exchange.

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ForkLog 23 06.09.2021

Russian government approves ‘Masterchain’ for digital mortgage pilot

The Russian government approved the use of the blockchain platform Masterchain for data exchange within a pilot for digital mortgage.

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ForkLog 13 03.09.2021

Fraudsters announce Bitcoin giveaway via hacked Ryazan city administration site

The Ryazan city administration's website was hacked. The attackers posted on the page what appeared to be a Bitcoin giveaway, local media said.

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ForkLog 8 02.09.2021

Suspects in attack on cryptocurrency trader detained at Kemerovo airport

The police have identified two suspects in the theft of 50 million rubles from a resident of Tomsk, which he had received from selling cryptocurrency.

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ForkLog 26 01.09.2021

Chainalysis: Finiko pyramid investors from Eastern Europe lost more than $1.5 billion

The Finiko financial pyramid collected over $1.5 billion in bitcoin from investors in Eastern Europe. The majority of this sum originated from Russia and Ukraine.

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ForkLog 25 01.09.2021

Media reports: Official losses in Finiko case exceed 250 million rubles

The official losses in the Finiko pyramid case have risen to 250 million rubles. This is stated in the revised indictment filed by the Tatarstan interior ministry against Finiko founder Kirill Doronin.

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ForkLog 10 01.09.2021

Two suspects detained in Irkutsk region over theft of ASIC miners

Authorities in the Priangarye region identified two suspects in the theft of Bitcoin-mining equipment.

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ForkLog 7 31.08.2021

Survey: 77% of Russian investors say Bitcoin is more promising than ‘traditional currencies’ and gold

Nearly 77% of Russian investors believe buying cryptocurrencies is more promising than investments in traditional national currencies and gold, according to a survey by the Association of Forex Dealers (AFD) in August.

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ForkLog 15 31.08.2021

Russian and Belizean prosecutors to monitor illicit bitcoin activity

Russian and Belizean prosecutors agreed to exchange information on cybercrime, including matters related to the cryptocurrency market.

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ForkLog 11 31.08.2021

Analysts: Token-fraud volume in Russia reaches 2.2 billion rubles

The volume of fraud involving digital assets in the first half of 2021 totaled $1.5 billion, two to three times higher than in the same period in 2020. This was reported by analytics firm Zecurion.

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