The government's concerns about the crypto mining sector's high energy demands have prompted a temporary ban in key regions.

The Russian government has been a historic opponent of bitcoin, banning its use for domestic payments, but has recently come ...

Some businesses have begun using crypto, including bitcoin, to make international payments, Russia's finance minister said.

Power providers in the Siberian crypto mining hotspot of Irkutsk have discovered an illegal mining “farm” operating on their ...

Crypto mining is popular in Siberia because of low operating costs, Crypto News noted, due to the cool temperatures and cheap power supply. But many in Siberia have blamed crypto miners for power ...

Russia's largest bank has reportedly joined the country's digital ruble pilot program ahead of a mid-2025 launch of the ...

Russia has banned crypto mining in ten key regions of the country until 2031, citing its high energy consumption, according to Russian news sources. Dagestan, North Ossetia, and Chechnya are among ...

The governments of Japan and Russia have ruled out creating national Bitcoin (BTC) reserves in the near future. Find out more ...

Bitcoin has had such a historic year! Nearly 16 years after its network debuted, cryptocurrency solidified its status as a ...

It’s that quiet, end-of-December period for tech news. Still, alongside our usual retrospectives on tech in 2024, the Russian ...