Although the event is called “Electronic Currency in Light of Contemporary legal and Economic Challenges”, it is clear this conference talks about cryptocurrency and not digital cash. Whether or not the organizers will focus on regulation of Bitcoin in the country as well, remains unknown for now. This news is a rather surprising turn of events, given Russia’s stance on Bitcoin in recent months. Not only have they blocked various news sites related to Bitcoin and cryptocurrency, but...
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Interesting. Definitely a turn of events from hearing in the last couple months that Russia was going to ban it again. This demonstrates that bitcoin and crypto are unstoppable and governments are going to have to figure out how to work with it.