Source: prokop.photo/Adobe Russia’s Central Bank says there has been a drop in the number of citizens trading crypto – with citizens staying away from major overseas trading platforms. Per RBC, the bank’s data shows Russians’ crypto activity “decreased in the second and third quarters of 2023.” The bank said it had recorded a fall in…
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Source: Larisa/Adobe The launch of the Russian digital ruble will trigger the nation’s “largest monetary reforms since the 1990s,” a media report has claimed. Per ProGorod, Russia’s CBDC project will be the biggest transformative event in the nation’s economic history since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The digital ruble “real-world” pilot began in August…
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Source: evgris/Adobe Moscow will give Russian bailiffs more new powers to seize digital rubles and cryptoassets in bankruptcy cases. Per Comnews, the plan is the brainchild of the Ministry of Justice and the Russian Federal Bailiff Service (FSSP). The ministry wants to give bailiffs a range of new legal powers over the next few years.…
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Anton Siluanov, the finance minister of Russia, has announced that the Central Bank of Russia will expand the pilot phase of the digital ruble next year to include the execution of still undefined targeted budget expenditures. Digital Ruble to Be Leveraged for Budget Expenditures The digital ruble, Russia’s central bank digital currency (CBDC), is now…
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Source: Alex Zarubi/Unsplash Russian lawmakers want the country’s Central Bank to ditch its current retail model digital ruble in favor of a wholesale alternative. Per Interfax, three State Duma committees submitted a joint response to the Central Bank’s monetary policy report for 2024-2026. The committees said they want the Central Bank to “return to considering” …
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Russian crypto holders have reportedly used simple workarounds to evade sanctions – and trade on overseas crypto exchanges. In the wake of the war in Ukraine, Western leaders have imposed sanctions on most leading Russian banks. Account holders at these banks, thus, are effectively blocked from using fiat on/off ramps at major international crypto exchanges.…
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Source: Oksana/Adobe Russia’s trade ministry says it has developed a tool that can help crypto miners evade Western sanctions. In a DumaTV post on the RuTube video-sharing platform, lawmakers explained that the Ministry of Industry and Trade had “developed a tool for conducting industrial mining activities.” The tool, they said would “help [Russian] businesses make…
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Source: pisotckii/Adobe Russian banks are reportedly “fighting back” against the digital ruble amid claims a CBDC launch would cost them $684 million a year. Per a report from Comnews, even the Central Bank’s commercial bank partners are “looking for ways” to “avoid” dealing with the coin and “preserve” the banking status quo. The report pointed…
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Binance Russia users will have slightly more than two months to withdraw their rubles from the exchange, or until Jan. 31, 2024. Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is progressing with its exit from Russia and is preparing to terminate local currency deposits next week. Binance will stop accepting deposits in Russian rubles starting Nov. 15, 2023, the…
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Source: brudertack69/Adobe The Kremlin believes the number of crypto transactions conducted in Russia has risen by three times in 2023, with transfer volumes “doubling.” The claims were made by Yuri Chikhanchin, the head of Rosfinmonitoring, in an interview with the Russian media outlet Izvestia. Formally known as the Federal Financial Monitoring Service, Rosfinmonitoring is a…
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