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Bitcoin plunges as Putin announces ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine

Global crypto and stock markets plunged after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on a national broadcast that his army would conduct a “special military operation” in Ukraine. As the sun began to rise in Ukraine, the Russian army launched missiles around several areas of the country, including the capital of Kiev

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Vladimir Putin Offers Hope for Crypto in Face of Central Bank Call for Ban

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for a consensus between his country's government and central bank following the latter's recent call for an outright ban on crypto.Speaking in a video conference with government ministers on Wednesday, Putin asked for "some kind of unanimous opinion" between his government and the Bank

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Putin says Russia will Not Crack Down on Crypto Like China – Blockchain News, Opinion, TV and Jobs

Russian President Vladimir Putin is not going to crack down on cryptocurrencies the way China has done recently. He expressed his tolerance for digital currencies in an interview by CNBC, which was posted on the Kremlin website on Thursday. Cryptocurrencies have been drawing increased scrutiny from regulators around the world, because

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Too early to talk about using crypto for oil trading, says Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that it's “still premature” to use cryptocurrencies for settling trades of energy resources like oil.The Russian president discussed potential use cases of cryptocurrencies in a Thursday CNBC interview following a plenary session of the ​​Russian Energy Week forum.According to a full interview text published on

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Putin Orders Russia’s Public Officials to Report Crypto Holdings

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed an order obliging public officials to report any cryptocurrency holdings.According to the document, signed on Thursday, both current civil servants and people about to assume a government position must disclose which digital assets they own, as well as in what quantity and where they

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Bitcoin as a tool to fight authoritarian regimes: Vladimir Putin critic explains

Sergei Guriev, professor of Economics at Paris’ Sciences Po and a critic of Vladimir Putin, told Cryptox how Bitcoin can be used as a tool to combat authoritarian regimes despite having “no fundamental social value”.Unlike fiat currencies, the purchasing power of Bitcoin is not backed by any institution. That is

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