{"id":3349,"date":"2018-03-06T21:00:08","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T21:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.digit.info\/2018\/03\/06\/russia-drafts-law-to-criminalize-the-use-of-cryptocurrencies-as-money\/"},"modified":"2018-03-06T21:00:08","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T21:00:08","slug":"russia-drafts-law-to-criminalize-the-use-of-cryptocurrencies-as-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digit.info\/russia-drafts-law-to-criminalize-the-use-of-cryptocurrencies-as-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia Drafts Law to Criminalize the Use of Cryptocurrencies as Money"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"696\" src=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ms-768x768.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Russia Drafts Law to Criminalize the Use of Cryptocurrencies as Money\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ms-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ms-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ms-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ms-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ms-696x696.png 696w, https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ms-1392x1392.png 1392w, https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ms-1068x1068.png 1068w, https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ms-420x420.png 420w, https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ms.png 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\">The Russian Ministry of Finance is drafting a law to criminalize the use of cryptocurrencies as money substitutes. The Bank of Russia and the finance ministry have previously opposed the use of cryptocurrency in this way, citing that only rubles can be used for payments of goods and services in Russia. Also read:&nbsp;Indians Look to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/russia-drafts-law-criminalize-use-cryptocurrencies-money\/\">Russia Drafts Law to Criminalize the Use of Cryptocurrencies as Money<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/\">Bitcoin News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/russia-drafts-law-criminalize-use-cryptocurrencies-money\/\">Go to Source<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Russian Ministry of Finance is drafting a law to criminalize the use of cryptocurrencies as money substitutes. The Bank of Russia and the finance ministry have previously opposed the use of cryptocurrency in this way, citing that only rubles can be used for payments of goods and services in Russia. 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