Central Bank: Crypto May 'Infect' Russian Economy - Is a Crackdown Incoming?

Cryptoassets have the power to "infect" the Russian economy, the nation's crypto-skeptic Central Bank has warned. Per the domestic news agency Interfax, the bank's First Deputy Chairwoman Ksenia Yudaeva made the comments at a recent economic forum. She claimed that the government and regulators needed to ensure that cryptoassets were restricted to the fringes of economic activity....