- The lower house of Russian parliament, the State Duma, has voted against a piece of legislation designed to regulate cryptocurrency mining.
- Which also aimed to legalize crypto payments in the country, another draft law on mining, which permits cross-border transactions with digital assets, is expected in the legislature in the near future.
- Its members noted that it provides for the use of cryptocurrencies for payments inside the Russian Federation, when the country’s constitution defines the Russian ruble as the only legal tender and bans so-called “monetary surrogates”.
Russian Parliament Rejects Mining Bill Allowing Crypto Payments, Expects New Draft
