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ForkLog 6 29.12.2020

Court orders miners to pay 22.8 million rubles to Rosseti Center Lipetskenergo branch

Lipetsk's Pravoberezhny District Court upheld the claim of the Rosseti Center Lipetskenergo branch for compensation of damage amounting to 22.8 million rubles caused by the mining farm.

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ForkLog 37 25.12.2020

Nouriel Roubini: Biden to Crack Down on the ‘Cryptocurrency Cesspool’

An economics professor and cryptocurrency critic Nouriel Roubini again predicts Bitcoin's death—this time at the hands of the new Biden administration.

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ForkLog 8 24.12.2020

Russian court denies consumer status to owner of mining equipment

A resident of Yekaterinburg could not obtain compensation for the delay in the delivery of mining equipment, as the court held that consumer protection law does not apply to it.

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ForkLog 19 23.12.2020

Otkritie Factoring joins Factorin blockchain platform

A blockchain platform for trade finance Factorin and the fintech company Otkritie Factoring have signed a partnership agreement.

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ForkLog 14 23.12.2020

Professor at the Russian School of Economics: the digital ruble will be a safer form of money than fiat

The security of the digital ruble will be guaranteed by obligations from the Bank of Russia. This was stated by Oleg Shibanov, professor at the Russian School of Economics, in a VTimes podcast.

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ForkLog 16 22.12.2020

Nornickel’s Palladium Fund Issues First Tokens

The palladium fund established by Nornickel, Global Palladium Fund, issued the first tokens to digitize part of the mining and metallurgical company's contracts with industrial partners.

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ForkLog 6 17.12.2020

Toward tougher regulation: regulatory trends shaping Russia’s crypto industry

In 2014 the Russian central bank called bitcoin a 'monetary surrogate', and in 2020 the State Duma passed a law regulating the circulation of cryptocurrencies on Russian territory. Nevertheless, the Federal Law 'On Digital Financial Assets (DFA)' and amendments thereto are largely prohibitive in nature.

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ForkLog 14 17.12.2020

Voronezh woman loses 800,000 rubles in bid to profit from cryptocurrency

The Voronezh police opened criminal cases into fraud and theft after a local resident's report. She became a victim of criminals trying to profit from cryptocurrency, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs site.

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ForkLog 12 16.12.2020

Russia weighs proposal to allow transfers via anonymous electronic wallets

A bill has been submitted to the State Duma of the Russian Federation authorising citizens to transfer funds using anonymous electronic wallets.

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ForkLog 10 15.12.2020

The Guardian: Australian Bitcoin scam sites registered to Russian residents

Tens of thousands of Australians were harmed by fraudulent investment offers using images of local celebrities. The scheme's operation centers on five addresses in central Moscow. The Guardian reports.

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ForkLog 10 15.12.2020

Hackers who stole 20 million rubles from Russians’ bank cards arrested; funds moved into cryptocurrencies

Law enforcement in Chuvashia identified hackers who, over five years, stole more than 20 million rubles from customers of Russian banks. The criminals converted the stolen funds into cryptocurrencies, according to RIA Novosti.

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ForkLog 9 14.12.2020

Peter Schiff criticises MicroStrategy CEO

Bitcoin-sceptic and gold bug Peter Schiff criticized MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor's decision to publicly announce in advance plans to buy cryptocurrency with $650 million raised by the company.

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