Russia’s Largest Bank Scraps Crypto Plans Even with Pro-Bitcoin CEO
By CCN: Sberbank, the largest bank in Russia, is scrapping its crypto plans, citing the anti-bitcoin sentiments of government regulators. ...
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Russia’s KGB Successor Warns Terrorists are Turning to Cryptocurrencies
By CCN: Terrorist organizations getting support in the form of cryptocurrency are becoming the norm, according to Russia’s FSB director ...
Industrial-Scale Adoption of Blockchain Likely in 1-2 Years, Says CEO of Russia’s Largest Bank
Industrial-scale adoption of blockchain technology will surge in the next year or two. That's the prediction of Herman Gref, the ...
Russia’s Central Bank Will Host an ICO Pilot on its Regulatory Platform
Russian banking giant Sberbank and the country’s National Settlement Depository will test an initial coin offering on a central bank ...
₽750 Million: Russia’s Largest Bank Buys Commercial Bonds on a Blockchain
The investment and corporate banking arm of Sberbank and telecom giant MTS have laid claim to conducting Russia’s first commercial ...
Vladimir Putin Says Russia Needs Blockchain, Cannot be Late in the Race
Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that the country needs blockchain technology and emphasized that it is important that Russia ...
Cryptocurrencies Should Not be Banned: CEO of Russia’s Largest Bank
Influential Russian banker and bitcoiner Herman Gref, head of Sberbank, has reaffirmed his position in opposing a ban of cryptocurrencies. ...
Russia’s Largest Bank Has Launched a Blockchain Laboratory
Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank by assets, has opened a blockchain lab to develop, test and pilot blockchain projects. The newly ...
Russia’s Biggest Bank Pilots Money Transfer on an IBM Blockchain
Sberbank has piloted the Russian banking industry’s first ever payment transaction over a blockchain. Sberbank, Russia’s biggest bank by assets, ...
Russia’s Largest Bank Joins Enterprise Ethereum Alliance after R3 Rejection
Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank by assets has joined the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, the world’s largest blockchain consortium. Initially founded by ...
R3’s Refusal of Russia’s Sberbank is Against the Principles of Blockchain
After long and careful consideration, R3CEV, better known as the R3 consortium, also simply called R3, reportedly denied the application ...
Blockchain Will Be Commercial in 2019, Says CEO of Russia’s Largest Bank
Noted blockchain advocate, bitcoiner and chief executive of Sberbank, Herman Gref, has stated that the commercial applications of blockchain technology ...
The CEO of Russia’s Largest Bank is a Bitcoiner
While Russian authorities and officials have frequently poured scorn on bitcoin and digital currencies, going as far as to craft ...
Russia’s Largest Bank & a Federal Agency Launch a Blockchain Project for Document Exchange
Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank by assets and the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation (FAS Russia) have launched a ...
Russia’s Biggest Bank Joins the Hyperledger Blockchain Project
The Linux Foundation-run Hyperledger Project will see a new member join the ranks, in Russia’s largest bank (by assets) Sberbank. ...
Chairman Of Russia’s Largest Bank Blasts Proposed Bitcoin Ban
Russia’s proposed bitcoin ban will hinder blockchain technology’s development in the Russian Federation, according to Herman Gref, chairman of the ...
Blockchain Tech Will Make Banks Disappear in 10 Years, Says VP of Russia’s Biggest Bank
The quotes are certain to raise eyebrows among bankers, everywhere. The Vice President of Sberbank, Russia’s biggest bank by assets ...
Russia’s Biggest Bank Wants to Join R3, Embrace Blockchain and Avoid Bitcoin
Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank in net assets intends to join the R3-led international blockchain consortium, according to reports. As reported ...
Litecoin Price Rebounds 14% as Halving Volatility Looms
Litecoin (LTC) has gained more than 14...
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