Bank of Russia News

The Russian president has not excluded the possibility that, at some point, crypto will become a “means of accumulation.”

The Bank of Russia also wants to slow down transactions to crypto exchanges to prevent “emotional” crypto purchases.

The exchange was previously known as BTC-e, though its name was changed to WEX following legal difficulties in 2017.

As Russia works to “more clearly prohibit the use of cryptocurrency,” the country’s largest data center operators aren’t really worried.

The Russian central bank is planning to slow down payments to crypto exchanges and combat suspicious crypto activity.

Russia is moving to regulate cryptocurrency mining after legitimizing the broader crypto industry in January.

Da Vinci’s artwork has received the highest bid at 150,500 BUSD in the Hermitage’s first NFT auction on Binance.

The Russian government keeps insisting that payments in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin would ruin its financial system.

As the largest banking and financial institution in Russia and one of the world’s biggest public companies, Sber’s move into digital assets is a significant one.

Russian investors now look at digital financial assets as an investment tool rather than just a “hype product,” AFD head Evgeny Masharov said.

The Bank of Russia has expressed concerns over the increasing number of local investors pouring their money into Bitcoin.

A Russian company indirectly backed by Russia's largest bank will build a crypto tracking platform as part of a $200,000 procurement contract.

According to the court, Sber had no reason to keep the account service blocked after the client provided detailed information about his Bitcoin trades.

A new survey of 3,000 Russians suggested that most people strongly disagree with receiving salary payouts in a state-controlled digital currency.

The Bank of Russia’s new stock exchange recommendations do not apply to central bank digital currencies and authorized digital assets issued in Russia.