Russia 's largest search engine , Yandex , has said that it is interested in integrating Bitcoin into its financial platform , ' Yandex . Money ' , which will enable its merchants to make payments in advance . The media relations manager of the company remarks at a recent FinTech forum that Bitcoin fits perfectly with the platform it offers . This news may come as a suprise given the hard line Russian authorities have taken to all cryptocurrencies , with a law recently coming into place that imposes large fines on any individuals or companies found to be conducting any activities in cryptocurrency .
Russia's largest search engine, Yandex, has said that it is interested in integrating Bitcoin into its financial platform, 'Yandex.Money', which would allow its merchants to receive payments in Bitcoin. The media relations manager of the company remarks at a recent FinTech forum that Bitcoin fits perfectly with the platform Yandex offers. This news may come as a suprise given the hard line Russian authorities have taken to all cryptocurrencies, with a law recently coming into place that imposes large fines on any individuals or companies found to be conducting any activities in cryptocurrency.