Drone strikes on three Yandex data centers disrupted access to its financial services
Drone strikes damaged three Yandex data centers between Oct. 8 and Oct. 11, the Kyiv Independent reported. Yandex's fintech head said many users could not check balances or pay. Site protection now belongs in the cyber-risk register.
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- Evidence40
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- Hype gap+10
- Incentives55
- Confidence50
Sber says it will take USDT and Ether as loan collateral once the Bank of Russia permits public trading, which means the menu is set by the listing tests the central bank published on 11 August, not by the bank's appetite.
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- Investor 46%
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- Evidence62
- Adoption18
- Hype gap+25
- Incentives50
- Confidence64
Russia's finance ministry puts 20 million crypto owners at about $2,200 apiece
Ivan Chebeskov's 3.7 trillion ruble estimate covers coins and products linked to them, and the same ministry says at least 10 million wallets belonging to Russian citizens sit on foreign exchanges it wants back.
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- Evidence38
- Adoption30
- Hype gap+30
- Incentives72
- Confidence46
Sberbank quotes 0.3% to move Russian trade payments onto crypto rails
Sber has put a price on moving Russian trade payments out of the fiat system, and the price is the only quantity it published; the app that would make it self-service is not due until the end of 2026.
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- Evidence28
- Adoption22
- Hype gap+44
- Incentives78
- Confidence42
Binance handed Russia's FSB the donor trail in a $6,500 terrorism case
A data-sharing arrangement struck with Rosfinmonitoring in 2021 turned exchange records into evidence. The sum at issue was roughly $6,500.
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- Evidence26
- Adoption18
- Hype gap+34
- Incentives66
- Confidence28