The co-founders of crypto mining service HashFlare, Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turogin, have pleaded guilty in the United States to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. As part of the plea agreement, they agreed to give up all digital assets frozen by the United States. HashFlare, which they ran, defrauded users of more than $550 million between 2015 and 2019 and raised $25 million from investors in 2017 through Polybius, a fake digital bank that was never established. The two were arrested in Estoni...
加密挖矿服务 HashFlare 联合创始人 Sergei Potapenko 和 Ivan Turogin 在美认罪,承认共谋实施电信欺诈。作为认罪协议的一部分,他们同意放弃美方冻结的所有数字资产。两人运营的 HashFlare 于 2015-2019 年间欺诈用户超 5.5 亿美元,并在 2017 年通过一家从未成立的虚假数字银行 Polybius 项目向投资者筹集 2500 万美元。 两人 2022 年在爱沙尼亚被捕,2024 年 5 月引渡至美国,原面...
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said it was too early to discuss a unified currency due to differences in financial regulation among the BRICS member countries. Instead, the focus remains on strengthening financial sovereignty and exploring the use of national currencies for trade. Ryabkov stressed that the BRICS countries are working to strengthen their economic independence and that the authorities are actively working on building an interconnected financial marekt.
Sergey Bezdelov, director of the Russian Industrial Mining Association, revealed that about 54,000 BTC worth more than $3 billion were mined in Russia last year. These mining activities generate about 50 billion rubles (about $556 million) in tax revenue for the Russian government. Bezdlov believes that the recent legalization of cryptocurrency mining will increase investor interest and further increase taxes. In July, the Russian State Duma passed a bill...
Sergei Gorev, risk manager at YouHodler, said that as two important moving averages, a "death cross" has formed between the 50 and 200-day moving averages, indicating that the cryptocurrency market, despite a short-lived rally, could still fall further. Furthermore, BRN analyst Valentin Fournier said: "The decline in Bitcoin unpositioned squaring contracts has exceeded the decline in token prices, indicating that investor confidence and interest have declined as volatility remains high. Trading ...