Organized by Smile Expo, Blockchain Conference Moscow is part of an international series of events gathering local and global industry experts and players. The Moscow edition will be held for the eighth time. Intended for developers, entrepreneurs, investors, startup founders, as well as financiers, economists, lawyers, and marketers. It will highlight blockchain and cryptocurrency trends …
A San Francisco-based startup, Propy, founded by Russian immigrant Natalia Karanyaeva, has powered Europe’s first real estate deal on blockchain. Previously, the project secured the first property transaction of $10 as a part of a pilot program in the state of Vermont in the USA. The EU’s first property sale on blockchain took place in …
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Avast, a global leader in digital security solutions, has announced an increase in attempts to infect Russians’ browsers with so-called cryptojacking malware in September. In just a month, about 5.1 million such attacks were recorded in Russia, as confirmed by an Avast study. The study has revealed an interesting trend: the frequency of cryptojacking attacks …
Last month crypto mining service provider CryptoUniverse launched what it claims to be Russia’s biggest data center for cryptocurrency mining. Located in the industrial park Levoberezhnyi at Kyryshy, a town in the the Leningrad (St. Petersburg) region, the facility occupies 4,000 sq. m. and hosts 3,000 machines to mine Bitcoins and Litecoins. “We are offering …
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While authorities in Moscow are still fine-tuning their revamped crypto legislation, to be presented for public discussions in October, participants in last week’s Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok have been busy discussing regulatory matters related to cryptocurrency mining and the circulation of digital coins in the vast country. Several Russian regions have been mentioned multiple …
Last week the Russian Association of Cryptoindustry and Blockchain (RACIB) unveiled the details of its upcoming voluntary certification program for crypto traders. The program will be launched in October, RACIB Vice President Andrei Grachev told the Russian media. It is equally intended for traders and funds. The assessment is based on such criteria as reporting, workflow, customer …
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For two years already, Blockchain technology has inspired corporate projects in a variety of industries in Russia – from banking, to capital markets, to universities, to cite just examples. Russian Railways (RZD) is also embracing the trend, with a blockchain-based digital trading platform already operating since last year and new projects under plans. The state monopoly is aiming to manage the repair …
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The emergence of bitcoin and other cryptocurrency market news received a relatively large echo in Russia over the past year or two even beyond the narrow circles of blockchain engineers or professional investors. ROMIR, a major Russian marketing and media research company, has studied the level of knowledge and the attitudes towards cryptocurrencies among the …
Dbrain, a startup that “turns raw data into real-world AI,” has just raised $5.7 million from Angelvest and Bitfury Group. Two distinct deals were closed in late July, the startup’s press service told us: an equity and a private token sale, of $3 million and $2.7 million respectively, with a group of cryptocurrency traders contributing to the token sale. …
Co-founded in 2012 by Maria Dokshina, Evgeny Gavrilin and Ruslan Tugushev, Russian crowdfunding platform Boomstarter is delving into the cryptosphere. The company has just announced that it “raised $1 million in early financing as venture funds and private companies join its ongoing token sale.” While still operating its classic crowdfunding site, Boomstarter.ru, the company now aims to launch “the first …
A state university in Russia has announced that it will store diploma records using blockchain technology, the institution announced in an official statement June 26. According to the statement and a tweet from the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, the institution has recorded “all diplomas issued over the past ten years” using …
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The private banking branches of Sberbank, Russia’s national savings bank, and Alfa-Bank, a major retail bank, will offer cryptocurrency-based investment options to their clients, the business daily Kommersant reported last week. The new products will combine six of the most frequently traded cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, and Litecoin. The cryptocurrency composition of the …
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