Unless its a permissionless blockchain its just hype.
   Warrant Canary creator

   On Aug 17, 2017 8:23 PM, "Zenaan Harkness" <[1]zen@freedbms.net> wrote:

     Well, well, well :)
     I remember when I was a youngish child hearing my significant elders
     using the phrase "how about those clever Japanese!" in relation to
     some new SONY Walkman or whatnot.
     Perhaps the phrase for for our 3rd millennium shall be "how about
     those rational Russians!"
     (BTW, since it's a thousand years, not a million years, surely it
     should be called a thillenium, not a millenium?)
     ** Russia Turns to Cryptocurrencies to Counter US Sanctions
     [2]http://russia-insider.us9.list-manage1.com/track/click?
     u=fa2faf7034c3c3c413cb3652f&id=bd3d211491&e=5110f4b440
     [3]https://tomluongo.me/2017/08/13/russia-embrace-blockchain-
     counter-sanctions/
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     by Tom Luongo on Wed, Aug 16, 2017
     The central depository for the Moscow Exchange, National Settlement
     Depository (NSD), announced that it is developing a platform to
     provide accounting services for digital assets like
     cryptocurrencies.
     The platform looks to be build a unit of account, very important in
     the volatile crypto-space, for people to value their assets in and
     have access to through a wallet platform. In short, the Moscow
     Exchange is taking a page out of Dan Larimer’s BitShares and its
     OpenLedger exchange to provide trading and accounting and banking
     services all validated and accessible through the blockchain.

References

   1. mailto:zen@freedbms.net
   2. http://russia-insider.us9.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=fa2faf7034c3c3c413cb3652f&id=bd3d211491&e=5110f4b440
   3. https://tomluongo.me/2017/08/13/russia-embrace-blockchain-counter-sanctions/