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BRICS Watch: Russian Finance Minister Highlights Digital Assets’ Role for Bloc’s Future

Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov specified that digital financial assets were among the options that BRICS was considering for securing independence from third-party nations in the economic trade arena. BRICS…

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Unnamed Insiders Allege Russia Taps Crypto Assets to Facilitate Oil Trade With China and India

Based on whispers from unnamed insiders quoted by Reuters, Russia is reportedly turning to bitcoin, ether, and stablecoins as tools in its oil trade with China and India. These insiders,…

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Russia Opens to Cryptocurrency: Central Bank Unveils Trading Sandbox Proposal

The Bank of Russia introduced a proposal to allow highly qualified investors to purchase and sell crypto under an experimental framework lasting three years. Nonetheless, peer-to-peer transactions and payments would…

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Elliptic Uncloaks $60B in Illicit Garantex Transactions, Aiding US Takedown

The U.S. Secret Service, supported by blockchain analytics firm Elliptic, dismantled sanctioned Russian cryptocurrency exchange Garantex and froze $26 million in cryptoassets, authorities announced Friday. U.S. Secret Service, With Elliptic’s…

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