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ForkLog 17 01.03.2021

Media: Russian presidential and parliamentary candidates to be obliged to disclose cryptocurrency deals

Government bill-drafting commission reviews the Ministry of Labour's draft on mandatory disclosure of deals with digital financial assets (DFAs) and digital currencies by candidates for elective offices, according to Vedomosti, citing sources familiar with the situation.

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ForkLog 25 01.03.2021

What is Sbercoin: a competitor to the digital ruble or a hybrid loyalty system

Sberbank first announced in August 2020 its intention to issue a stablecoin linked to the Russian ruble. The new payment instrument named Sbercoin was initially intended for acquiring various digital financial assets (DFA).

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ForkLog 16 01.03.2021

Media: Russian authorities take an interest in the operations of P2P exchanges

The Centre for National Projects (CNP) of the Analytical Center under the Russian government studied the activities of P2P exchangers. A report detailing the results will be sent to Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko, Baza reports.

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ForkLog 35 26.02.2021

Former FSB officers sentenced to 9 and 12 years in prison for extorting a bribe in Bitcoin

The court sentenced two former FSB investigators Sergey Belousov and Alexey Kolbov to nine and twelve years in a strict-regime prison for extorting a large bribe in Bitcoin, according to TASS.

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ForkLog 10 25.02.2021

Alexander Lebedev: I prefer DeFi to Bitcoin

Russian entrepreneur Alexander Lebedev said that he is “less sympathetic toward Bitcoin” than the decentralised finance (DeFi) sector, and added that he is not interested in cryptocurrencies from a profitability standpoint. He said this during an online conference on cryptocurrency regulation in Russia.

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ForkLog 34 25.02.2021

Berkshire Hathaway rules out investing in bitcoin

Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway's board, Charlie Munger, said that Warren Buffett's company does not plan to buy the first cryptocurrency due to the asset's high volatility.

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ForkLog 35 25.02.2021

Nassim Taleb calls Bitcoin supporters amoebas

The philosopher and author of the cult work 'The Black Swan', Nassim Taleb, again criticised supporters of the first cryptocurrency. According to him, they 'think in binary form'.

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ForkLog 9 24.02.2021

Duma says cryptocurrency legalisation must come before taxation

To tax cryptocurrencies, their transactions must be legalised. This was stated by Pavel Krasheninnikov, head of the State Duma Committee on Legislation, Interfax reports.

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ForkLog 7 24.02.2021

Putin signs into law penalties for violating the sovereign Runet law

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law penalties for violations of the requirements to ensure a stable Runet.

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ForkLog 10 24.02.2021

Resident of Mari El Republic jailed for four years for theft of mining rig worth 600,000 rubles

The court found a resident of Mari El guilty of fraud in the theft of mining equipment.

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ForkLog 15 22.02.2021

Woman in Sverdlovsk Oblast loses 800,000 rubles to cryptocurrency scammers

A woman from Kachkanar became a victim of criminals, losing a total of 800,000 rubles. She was promised earnings from cryptocurrency trading, according to the Sverdlovsk Region Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD).

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ForkLog 21 19.02.2021

Rosfinmonitoring develops service to track cryptocurrency transactions

Rosfinmonitoring, together with law enforcement and the Academy of Sciences, has developed a service to track cryptocurrency transactions. This was announced at a meeting with President Vladimir Putin by Yuri Chikhanchin, the head of the agency.

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