(Natural News) Russia’s financial regulator has proposed a ban on cryptocurrency-related activities such as trading and mining in the country. To back this proposal, it released a report outlining crypto’s potential use for criminal activity and the high energy requirement of crypto mining. The Central Bank of Russia (CBR) publicized its crypto report on Jan. […]

(Natural News) Blockchain security and data analytics firm Peckshield on Saturday, Dec. 4, revealed that hackers have taken $196 million from crypto trading platform Bitmart. Bitmart confirmed the hack in an official statement, branding it “a large-scale security breach” and saying that hackers withdrew about $150 million in assets – which is less than the estimate of […]