Petro: Within 120 Days the Token Will Become Legal Tender for All Government Transactions
In February, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced the release of the Petro, a controversial digital currency backed by the country’s ...
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US Treasury Department Considers Sanctioning Cryptocurrency Addresses
The US Treasury Department has announced it may start adding the cryptocurrency addresses of blacklisted persons to their list of ...
President Trump Issues Executive Order Preventing Any U.S. Involvement With Venezuela’s Petro
In the latest move by the U.S. government to restrict the Maduro regime’s access to capital, President Donald Trump has ...
North Korea Taps Bitcoin to Circumvent US Sanctions, More Hacks to Follow
North Korea seemingly wants to bypass the sanctions imposed upon the nation by the US government. Doing so will require ...
Iran: Central Bank Doesn’t Recognize Crypto, Plans to Create Its Own
Late last year, it was reported that the Iranian government was interested in utilizing Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as a way ...
Russia to Launch Cryptorouble to Evade Sanctions
In October last year, Russia heavy-handedly clamped down on cryptocurrencies by blocking public access to exchange websites. The move was ...
North Korea Behind Recent YouBit Hack?
Cybercrime experts are attributing the most recent Bitcoin heist to North Korea. The Wall Street Journal report that the South ...
Iran Preparing Cryptocurrency Infrastructure
According to the Iranian Deputy Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Amir Hossein Davaee, Iran have been conducting studies into ...
QIWI Set Up a Russian Banking Consortium Blockchain Technology
Russia may soon have its own consortium of banks led by the country's leading payment services provider QIWI. It is ...
Banks in Russia to Get Bail-In Support from Depositors
Russia is recovering from a slew of sanctions imposed by the Western nations for annexing Ukraine. In addition to a ...
