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Markets

What the Oil Market Says About Bitcoin's 'Safe Haven' Status

“I don’t think any asset is safe right now – except cash, U.S. dollars.”

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Finance

Russian Oligarch, Ex-Cabinet Minister Invested in Telegram's ICO, Court Filing Says

Roman Abramovich, owner of the Chelsea soccer club, invested $10 million in Telegram’s $1.7 billion token sale through a British Virgin Islands-based entity, court papers indicate.

CAPTAIN OF INDUSTRY: Roman Abramovich, owner of the Chelsea soccer club, invested $10 million in Telegram’s token sale through a British Virgin Islands-based entity, court papers indicate. (Image: Shutterstock.)

Finance

Russian Smelting Giant Nornickel Launches Metal Tokenization Platform for Testing

The Russian mining and smelting giant will issue metal-backed tokens on Atomyze, a Hyperledger-based blockchain platform.

Norilsk nickel melting shop

Markets

Russia's Central Bank Proposes New Token Framework, but Labels Crypto Transactions 'Suspicious'

Russia is looking at creating a regulatory distinction between asset tokenization and 'pure' cryptocurrencies.

Bank of Russia

Markets

Binance Adds Support for Fee-Free P2P Trading With Russian Rubles

Users can now trade rubles directly with bitcoin, ether, tether and binance coin without any transaction fees.

Moscow.

Markets

Alleged BTC-e Operator Will Be Extradited to France After Greek Supreme Court Ruling

Greece's supreme administrative court found that a ruling to extradite alleged BTC-e operator Alexander Vinnik to France was lawful. Vinnik can no longer appeal the decision.

Alexander Vinnik being escorted to the Supreme Court in Greece in 2017 (Alexandros Michailidis/Shutterstock)

Markets

Kraken Futures to Expand Into Russia After New Hire

Kraken Futures is ramping up its Russian expansion with the hiring of a new representative, ICBIT founder Aleksey Bragin.

Aleksey Bragin, representative for Kraken Futures in Russia

Finance

A Russian Nuclear Plant Is Renting Space to Energy-Hungry Bitcoin Miners

A state-owned nuclear power plant in Russia may soon fuel a bitcoin mining hub.

Sergei Nemchenkov, the head of data centers and digital products at Rosenergoatom / Anna Baydakova for CoinDesk

Markets

Alleged BTC-e Operator Alexander Vinnik to Be Extradited to France: Reports

Alleged BTC-e exchange operator and money launderer Alexander Vinnik is finally being extradited to France, say reports.

Alexander Vinnik

Tech

2 Russian Nationals Charged With Mining Crypto on State Computers

Two Russian nationals are being prosecuted for allegedly crypto mining on Russian government-owned computer systems, state news agency TASS reported Monday.

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