Vitalik Buterin met Vladimir Putin in Russia
The inventor of Ethereum and a Russian born Vitalik Buterin met with the President of Russia this past week in a CEO Conference in St.Petersburg, Russia.
Source : Cointelegraph
Russia which recently annouced that they are developing there own national crypto currency form of the Ruble is now embracing the #Fintech #smartcontract and IR 4.0 - the New Industrial Revolution led by the #blockchain
This is an interesting story as for a long time Russia had considered cryptocurrencies as Illegal assets and that their citizens needed to be careful with this American invention.
Now with this recent meeting Vladimir Putin is saying he is a big fan of the #cryptoeconomy.
The world leaders are starting to value that this is a Tour de Force that cannot be stopped as mentioned by Bill Gates.
See quote -
Earlier during the Forum, the first Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said that Putin is really enthusiastic about the idea of building a new digital economy in the country and shared that at the moment at least three directions of Blockchain application are being explored and tested, which include the tracking of goods, building identity as well as ownership rights protection systems
SOURCES
https://cointelegraph.com/news/suddenly-vladimir-putin-meets-vitalik-buterin-endorses-ethereum