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Russia's top economic aide Maxim Oreshkin said crypto assets should be included in the country's balance-of-payments statistics, calling Bitcoin mining an "underrated export." He noted Russian firms are using crypto for cross-border imports and selling mined coins, with a tangible impact on the FX market. Luxor Technology estimates Russia accounts for ~16% of global hashrate, second only to the U.S. Sergey Bezdelov, head of the Russian Industrial Mining Association, said miners produced roughly 55,000 BTC i ...