Russia has moved to shut down crypto mining operations across 13 regions, targeting an estimated 50,000 miners in what ...

A Moscow court has reportedly ordered BitRiver CEO Igor Runets to remain under house arrest as investigators pursue tax evasion charges. The founder and CEO of Russian Bitcoin mining firm BitRiver, ...

From Bhutan's hydropower rigs to Iran's sanctions workaround, sovereign bitcoin mining is bigger than most investors realize.

Illegal cryptocurrency mining is causing billions of rubles’ worth of damage to the Russian state and economy, according to an estimate made public in the country’s parliament. Despite severe ...

Cryptocurrency mining is one of the factors contributing for a stronger ruble lately, the head of the Bank of Russia has acknowledged. The statement confirms the claim of a Kremlin official, who ...

MOSCOW, February 2. /TASS/. Igor Runets, founder of the Bitriver mining company, has been charged with tax evasion, law enforcement agencies told TASS. "Runets is charged under Part 11 of Article ...

Russia is planning criminal penalties, including forced labor, to curb widespread unregistered bitcoin mining after legalization. Russia is preparing to escalate its crackdown on unregistered ...