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Who we are
Coinspot is Russian independent information and news source covering everything about current and future fintech trends, cryptocurrency and decentralized technologies and their implementation in modern financial world.

Launched in 2013 today we are among leading Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency websites for Russian-speaking audience. We created a well-known brand in local community and act as information source both for local and foreign media and as media sponsor for offline events and conferences. Now we’re open to global community.

Why we do this
With current political situation and government attitude it’s not so easy for global Bitcoin community to find a reliable source of information from Russian Federation and neighbor countries. Despite challenges local community is constantly growing and participating in worldwide activity in cryptocurrency and decentralized finance field.

Our goal is to build a bridge between 1/7 of the land and professionals or enthusiasts from all around the world bringing actual information, news and analysis to worldwide community. We want to become a reliable source for everyone looking for news from local scene.

Why we’re cool
What you’ll find here is trusted and exclusive information and analysis from local sources. We are in touch with local business, media and developer community and constantly tracking local cryptocurrency and fintech area to bring actual information to our readers.

Whether you are a bitcoin fan or developer, trader or investor, startup member or business owner, blogger or journalist, activist or official and looking for any related information from Russian decentralized finance and technology market – you came to the right place.

Stay tuned, we are just getting started. Coinspot (http://eng.coinspot.io)

Good luck.

Are there any interesting Bitcoin businesses/startups/projects in Russia (apart from you guys).

Where do most Russian Bitcoiners buy their Bitcoin from?

I am not from Russia, but I think that most of the Russians trade with their Bitcoins using BTC-e. They have direct deposit/withdrawal agreements with various banks in Russia, Ukraine, and the other former-USSR nations. But recently the BTC-e website was banned in Russia. Many of the users are now accessing it via VPN.  >:(

Never encountered problems with accessing to btc-e from here (Russia) past ~ 1.5 year

Great work, just bookmarked your site. Will be good to read some bitcoin news that isn't solely focused (biased) towards the US (and European) developments.

With or without Tor ?

Guys, thanks for your support, that's really appreciated.
Let's just please keep all politics aside, we have 25% of Ukrainian traffic at our main website and we are in good relations with BF Ukraine and their community reps.
We've just launched the website but we plan to fill it more and more, any suggestions are welcome.


Sure but unfortunately your business can't deal with cryptocurrency officially so business owners either prefer to leave or to work semi-underground.
Most use BTC-E or local exchanges like EXMO, localbitcoins or individual p2p exchangers, there's really no problem here to buy bitcoins. Our team was the first in the country to have a Lamassu ATM back in 2014 http://www.newsbtc.com/2014/04/23/coinspot-brings-bitcoin-atm-contentious-russia/ but we had to sell it as we had no possibility to operate it here.
One of the reasons we started this is that information from here often turns to be misrepresented or wrongly interpreted by large media like Coindesk and others. We also plan to cover local related fintech area and any monetary activities or decentralized technologies.
Twitter also coming soon.

Thanks again.

Congratulations on your site. It does provide an opprtunity for those of us outside of Russia to lean about the Russian bitcoin scene and in particular the whole issue regarding the legal status of Bitcoin and other crypto - currencies in Russia.

I think, EXMO is a global exchange similar to BTC-e. Is it located in Russia ?

Yea, they are registered in offshore zones but their head offcie is here.

In 2012, I did a whois search on BTC-E.com and go an address near Moscow. It is now hidden behind a privacy service. Their server has always been on Moscow time.

Is it possible to register Bitcoin-based ventures, such as exchanges and investment sites in Russia, as I have heard that there is a de facto ban on Bitcoins there? Also, are the Russian banks ready to co-operate with such ventures? In countries such as India, the local banks refuse to open bank accounts for Bitcoin exchanges.

Why do you think the Russian government unnofficially ban Bitcoin? Has there been any official communication from them about this?

I have a theory that most non-western countries are hesitant to allow Bitcoin, due to the strong Western influence in the developers side of the protocol. {That said... Wladimir is a Russian ..right?}

Most people from the outside seem to think, that Russia wants to have 100% control of the currency being used in their country, and for that reason they are opposed to using it.  ???

Do you think the Russians will be left behind, when Bitcoin goes mainstream?   

good luck for your site, i wish bitcoin could legallize by goverment as soon as posible and more and more user of bitcoin in rusia from time to time, all i have to do just keep support and alwayas positive thinking about bitcoin.

Government is so busy in corruption and politics that they may rarely get an attention by bitcoin . Think of the last time there was a news of bitcoin in realtimeworld . I have not seen any news of it in TVs , at least its not in India .

Stop the hate. Stop reading tabloids.
Wake up, FFS.

Are you fucking kidding?  You think Russia was right to take Crimea?  LOL.  Nations quit taking over ownership of other nations a long time ago. 

Go ask Crimeans about how their land was 'taken' by Russia. They will laugh at you, at best.

• http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-annexation-of-crimea-to-russia-opinion-poll/5430781
• http://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2015/03/20/one-year-after-russia-annexed-crimea-locals-prefer-moscow-to-kiev/

If people support what was done to them, then it was right. It's a simple principle.

PS. The thread is derailed, thank TKeenan, lol.

I'm reading coinspot regularly, it's a good site IMO.

Thanks alot
We public more and more;)
For exmaple (http://eng.coinspot.io/2015/07/14/how-russian-businessmen-make-business-on-cryptocurrency/)^^

Good site, you should add more content on your site, for example: bitcoin price ticker.

Well with Putin recently statement, i think he is start to realized how precious bitcoin is ::)