Category: Russia
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Law Decoded: Bank payments going global with stablecoins and CBDCs, Jan. 15–22
Retail users may have to wait in much of the world, however.
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Some Russian officials are being forced to sell their crypto by April 2021
Some Russian public officials have to disclose their crypto holdings, while other officials are obliged to hold zero crypto by April 1, according to a new law.
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Top Russian bank Sberbank plans to launch its stablecoin by spring 2021
Sberbank has applied with the Central Bank of Russia to launch a blockchain platform for its “Sbercoin” stablecoin.
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Russian court order removes Binance website from regulator’s blacklist
The Binance website has been formally blacklisted in Russia since at least September 2020, but the restriction has not impacted Binance Russia trading.
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Nornickel to use blockchain for its new ETCs on Deutsche Börse and LSE
A palladium fund founded by Norilsk Nickel will launch exchange-traded commodities for metals custodied using blockchain at the Deutsche Börse and London Stock Exchange.
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After alleged hack, Russian crypto exchange Livecoin shuts down
Russian cryptocurrency exchange Livecoin has announced a full shutdown following an alleged hack in December 2020.