How to bury the idea of a crypto-country: The Belarus story

    Several years ago, Belarus made noise worldwide as the first country to introduce all the basic concepts related to blockchain and cryptocurrencies into legislation. It also gave nearly free rein to the cryptocurrency business. However, in time, all the positive initiatives were completely destroyed by bureaucracy. In recent news: Belarusian Railway (BCh) has issued $…

    The Union State of Russia and Belarus may implement the first CBDC of the former Soviet Republics.

    This is more of an assumption, but the progression of events, the documents being adopted, and the author’s own information sources all indicate that the state digital currency of the Union State of Russia and Belarus could arrive completely out of the blue. The dramatic events unfolding in Belarus since August of last year are…