A Russian court, the Supreme Court of Tatarstan, has issued an arrest warrant for three founders of Finiko. Finiko posed as an investment company but turned out to be a Ponzi scheme. 

Newyork based property management company, Magnum Real Estate Group, will accept payments in Bitcoin for the sale of three ground-level shops located in Manhattan. The Bitcoin payment service provider, Bitpay, would be responsible for processing all the cryptocurrency transactions.