The Russian Steem sidechain has received 240 BTC or over 11
mln rubles in an ongoing ICO, which so far is the most successful crowdsale debut in Russia.
The weekly bitcoin - ruble trading volume on the LocalBitcoins exchange has exceeded 215.5
mln rubles ($ 3.3 mln).
Weekly bitcoin trading at LocalBitcoins has reached 193.5
mln rubles.
The official rhetoric gradually softened after the Bank of Russia launched its own blockchain project, whereas the weekly volume of local bitcoin trade exceeded 250
mln rubles (about $ 4 mln) in September.
The assailants made off with 24
mln rubles ($ 425,000).
Cointelegraph Bitcoin has passed $ 15,000 and one
mln rubles in its latest landmark against fiat.