Putin Condemns Bitcoin, Calls for Russian Ban of Digital Currencies

in #bitcoin7 years ago

Russian government-owned RT and Reuters both report that Vladimir Putin has decided to take a stand against cryptocurrencies in general, and Bitcoin in particular. RT reports that Putin believes digital currencies could be used to finance terrorism, evade taxes and launder money, and that Bitcoin itself is a pyramid scheme.

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too bad.
but that's OK...it gives everyone else a YUGE advantage.
actually it's kinda nice of Comrade Putin to do that...
he's handicapping Roosia...

The big players are slowly moving out of the game. Firstly China and Now Russia. Doesn't is sounds bad for Crypto ??

nope...it sounds good actually.
remember what Ghandi said?

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