Farming Business in a Russian Village Transferred onto BlockchainA farming business located in a small village Kolionovo outside of Moscow has integrated its activities onto blockchain.
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Farming Business in a Russian Village Transferred onto Blockchain
Russia Plans to Become a Blockchain Leader by 2035According to Russian news agency TASS, the country’s authorities are planning to propel Russia to the top of technologically advanced nations. For that purpose, they created National Technological Initiative focused on long-term strategy of technological advancement.
Russia Considers Defining Bitcoin As a Foreign CurrencyAccording to Alexei Moiseeev, Russia’s Deputy Finance Minister, the authorities are drafting a new law that would bring bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies under definition of foreign currency.
Russia’s Party of Growth Leader Says Blockchain Means Living without LiesBoris Titov, the Presidential Commissioner for Entrepreneurs’ Rights in Russia, insists his country should take advantages of the struggling economic situation in the country by becoming one of the leading nations in the blockchain space.
Russian Central Bank: Evolution of Fintech Companies Will Cause Bank Affiliations to DisappearDevelopment of financial technologies and fintech companies will optimize the Russian banking network, while the banks themselves will be engaged in creating infrastructure for fintech companies providing various services to their customers. This is the brief extract of the speech given at Fintech Lab 2016 on June 28 by Vadim Kalukhov, director for financial technology […]
Russian President’s Internet Advisor Calls Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies a VirusGerman Klimenko, internet advisor for Russian president, told TV channel Tsargrad that blockchain technology, as well as cryptocurrency, is but a usual hype related to people’s desire to make profits from a trending theme. “There’s a word, ‘hype’, which means that discussion omits some reasonable issues, or a trending theme, a brain virus. Blockchain and […]
The Moscow Exchange Joins HyperLedgerThe Moscow Exchange has become Russia’s first-ever organization to join an international blockchain consortium. The exchange is now a member of HyperLedger, a project headed by the Linux Foundation.
Head of Post Bank Believes Government Will Inevitably Lose Control Over Money TransactionsSpeaking at Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum, Dmitry Rudenko, Head of Russia-based PostBank, stated that the development of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies is profitable for Russia due to its infrastructure and nature features.