News
15 January 2019

Russia plans to tackle US sanctions with Bitcoin investment

Region:
Americas, Europe

Russia is preparing an investment in Bitcoin to replace the US dollar as a reserve currency in a bid to tackle US sanctions, according to a Russian economist with close ties to the Kremlin. Vladislav Ginko, an economist at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public...

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