Putin Adviser Demands Crypto in Russia’s Trade Data, Calls Bitcoin a “Hidden Export”

Russia’s growing reliance on crypto is grabbing attention and the Kremlin now seems ready to acknowledge it. Maxim Oreshkin, President Vladimir Putin’s top economic adviser, says digital assets have become a real part of Russia’s trade flows and should finally be counted in the country’s official balance-of-payments data. He called Bitcoin mining an “undervalued export … source: https://coinpedia.org/news/putin-adviser-demands-crypto-in-russias-trade-data-calls-bitcoin-a-hidden-export/