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Officials from Venezuela and Russia recently got together at a high-level meeting in Caracas where they talked upon different aspects of a “strategic partnership” to expand the economic cooperation between the two countries. Multiple topics were covered amongst which the most interesting being the use of Petro - Venezuela’s state-issued cryptocurrency, to buy automobile parts…
A chain of Russian hotels in the city of Kaliningrad has seen the recent interest in people with regards to cryptocurrency. They are hoping to capitalize on this trend during the 2018 Fifa World Cup. The hotels are hoping to lure in football fanatics, who also happens to be crypto enthusiasts to stay at their…
A gang of Russian and Ukrainian criminals allegedly robbed multiple global financial establishments for USD 1,24 billion and then laundered the money converting it into Bitcoins. A very intricate plan which lead the group to avoid getting caught for a long time. Luckily, the Spanish Police managed to apprehend these cybercriminals, putting an end to their…
At its inception, Cryptocurrency was initially introduced as an alternative to traditional currencies, viz a viz, as a decentralized currency. However, as the market evolved, so did the opinion surrounding the virtual currency. While a group of people still see it as an alternative to fiat money, others consider it as a property or asset….
Ari Sarker, the co-president of MasterCard’s Asia Pacific business said that the financial service is ‘very happy to look at’ the use of cryptocurrencies, but they need to be issued by central banks. Here is what the senior executive at MasterCard said to the Financial Times: “If governments look to create national digital currency we’d…
Russia seems to be the next country on the list to pass bitcoin regulations. On 5th, March, Vladimir Putin, Russian President announced plans to put cryptocurrency regulations in place by July 2018. This regulatory action will define the future of bitcoin and all other digital currencies in the country. Talks of passing crypto regulations have…