Russia Imposes 6-Year Ban on Crypto Mining in 10 Regions, Citing Energy Use - They haven’t banned crypto for international payments and in fact Putin recently has been dicussing Bitcoin publicly. It’s a very interesting posture. It's like he’s saying 'you know about bitcoin, we know about bitcoin, would you like to dance?'. This might be the perfect time for western nations to head out onto the dancefloor. www.coindesk.com #