Olga Skorobogatova News

Twelve Russian banks including Sberbank, VTB and Tinkoff Bank will help the Bank of Russia test the digital ruble in January 2022.

New reports suggest a “Russian Bitcoin” developed by banking partners will be the country’s only freely exchangeable cryptocurrency.

Bank of Russia has introduced Masterchain, an Ethereum-based Blockchain prototype. As stated in the official report, the Masterchain platform was created to serve interests of the financial market actors and is being tested.