Russian Central Bank Still Wants to Ban Bitcoin & Crypto Mining, Despite Backlash
Russia’s crypto-skeptic Central Bank appears ready to climb down over some aspects of its proposed crypto ban – but still wants to ban mining, despite recent comments on the matter from President Vladimir Putin. VC.ru re...
Russia’s crypto-skeptic Central Bank appears ready to climb down over some aspects of its proposed crypto ban – but still wants to ban mining, despite recent comments on the matter from President Vladimir Putin.
VC.ru reported that the Central Bank has now repeated its calls for a ban “at least” on crypto mining – if not on trading itself....
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