Politics
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Sep 22, 2022
Iran begins testing state digital currencyThe main aim of the authorities is “to turn banknotes into a programmable entity”
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Sep 21, 2022
US Treasury Department calls crypto mixers problem for sanctionsAccording to the agency’s employees, such services allow Russia, Iran, and the DPRK to circumvent the restrictions imposed
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Sep 19, 2022
Russia’s Ministry of Finance questions the possibility of decentralizing the financial system of the Russian FederationDepartment employee Ivan Chebeskov also spoke about the details of the draft law on cross-border crypto payments
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Sep 14, 2022
Bank of Russia explains skepticism about the legalization of private crypto assetsFirst Deputy Governor of the Bank of Russia believes that the country’s economy should develop through the digital ruble
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Sep 13, 2022
More than 100 crypto companies form a committee to support candidates for the US Congressional electionsCircle, Kraken, and other Blockchain Association representatives will support crypto-friendly candidates
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Sep 12, 2022
Chinese authorities to expand the use of digital yuanThe country is gradually increasing the number of regions that have launched a pilot project to use e-CNY
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Sep 12, 2022
Central Bank of Norway releases prototype of national cryptocurrency based on EthereumMining, transferring, and burning ERC-20 tokens are available in the testnet
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Sep 12, 2022
Cryptocurrency advocate becomes head of the Conservative Party of CanadaPierre Poilievre intends to stop the development of CBDC and make the country “the blockchain capital of the world”
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Sep 9, 2022
Deputy Aksakov allows the possibility of adopting distributed ledger technologies in the Russian Federation by 2024The official also believes that there will be a boom in the issuance of digital financial assets in the same year
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Sep 9, 2022
Russia’s Ministry of Finance allows the possibility of using BTC, ETH, and stablecoins to pay for exportsThe Deputy Finance Minister believes that platforms with high liquidity should be used for such operations
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Sep 8, 2022
Bank of Russia will support cross-border payments with the digital rubleThis was announced by the head of the regulator, Elvira Nabiullina