Russia: Holding Bitcoin is Okay, But Using and Mining It Isn’t

The Duma (parliament) representative in Russia may finally have given some clarity on cryptocurrencies, albeit inadvertently. While announcing potential fines for miners, it stated that owning bitcoin was possible. The revelation came during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, during an interview with Anatoly Aksakov, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Financial Markets. Anybody Caught Mining Bitcoin Will Be Fined Aksakov told press at the event that: …actions with cryptocurrency, unconditional due to RussianRead MoreThe post Russia: Holding Bitcoin is Okay, But Using and Mining It Isn’t appeared first on Bitcoinist.com.