IOST Partners Top Russian Crowdfunding Platform to Access Eastern Europe

Jul 19, 2019

Asian blockchain infrastructure IOST says it has partnered with the largest crowdfunding platform in Eastern Europe to help motivated entrepreneurs broaden their fundraising reach. The partnership is with Russia-based Boomstarter, a platform that has so far helped projects raise over $7.5 ...

Russia is Concerned With Bitcoin Tax Evasion and Laundering, Regulations to be Imposed

Oct 11, 2017

Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, has told reporters in Russia that the government and its central bank are concerned with the usage of Bitcoin by investors and users to evade taxes, launder money, and finance terrorism. In a statement obtained by RT, Putin said: “In a number ...

Russians seek to break Chinese Bitcoin ‘mining centralization’

Aug 10, 2017

The saying that the Chinese are the leaders when it comes to Bitcoin mining could be a subject of debate henceforth if the proposed plan by a Russian company to start using semiconductor chips designed in Russia for use in satellites to minimize power consumption in computers for crypto mining ...

What a Trump presidency may bring for China’s Bitcoin

Jan 21, 2017

Bitcoin’s growth rate will henceforth be somewhat affected by the outcome of two key events -- Donald Trump’s inauguration in the U.S. and the PBoC’s release of its report on its investigation into the three key exchanges in China. Starting from late last year, there have been predi...