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Financial Markets, Crypto, iGaming news about Russia

Is Russia Investigating Bitcoin Companies Such as BTC-e Or Not?

February 4, 2014

Yesterday, on the Volgograd Prefecture’s website, an announcement was made that they had filed a criminal investigation against leading bitcoin exchange BTC-e as well as Metabank. The two firms were being ci...

Russian Authorities File Criminal Case Against BTC-e and Metabank

February 3, 2014

(Update: Volgograd authorities retract announcement of criminal filing) Last week the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) issued a consumer warning against virtual currencies as well as deemed firms engaged in bein...

Russia’s Central Bank Bans and Warns About Digital Currencies

January 28, 2014

Using harsh language, the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) has issued a statement on virtual currencies as well as specifically mentioning bitcoins. According to the CBR, the issue of virtual currencies is illeg...