National Bank of Ukraine Struggles to Clarify Bitcoin’s Legal Status as Mining Farms in Kyiv Raided by PoliceAccording to the official comment by Oleg Chupriy, the deputy chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine, Bitcoin has no legal status in Ukraine.
Ukraine’s Law Enforcement Launch Raids on Local MinersEven though Ukraine’s legislation does not include any direct bans on cryptocurrency mining, miners have become objects of interest for the SBU, the country’s security service, and other law enforcement agencies.
BTC-e Publishes a Roadmap for Debt Settlement, Plans to Relaunch Under a New NameRepresentatives for the trouble-plagued cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e have published a roadmap that describes settlement of its debts.
Russian Minister Compares Cryptocurrencies to Ponzi SchemesAccording to Russian Economic Development Minister Maksim Oreshkin, the global development of cryptocurrencies resembles a pyramid scheme.
Waves Platform Strikes Strategic Partnership with Gazprombank DigitalAfter initial hesitancy concerning bitcoin and blockchain, Russia is now embracing the new suite of technologies — and Waves is at the forefront of the movement.
BTC-e Pledges to Return Customer Funds Despite Servers Seized by FBIA Bitcontalk forum account associated with the operators of the BTC-e digital currency exchange has posted new statements claiming its a week-long downtime was due to “FBI agents entering its data center.”
Ukraine’s Real Estate Title Registration to Start Using Blockchain in 2018According to the president of investment group Univer Taras Kozak, the government of Ukraine intends to use the distributed ledger technology for real estate title registration as of January 1st, 2018.
Russian National Settlement Depository to Develop Digital Assets PlatformRussia’s National Settlement Depository (NSD) is considering building a platform to serve digital assets including cryptocurrencies and tokenized assets.