Retail users may have to wait in much of the world, however.
Bank of Russia News
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Sberbank has applied with the Central Bank of Russia to launch a blockchain platform for its “Sbercoin” stablecoin.
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Anatoly Aksakov of the Russian State Duma suggested that global jurisdictions should ban Bitcoin as a payment method.
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The Association of Russian Banks is worried about regulators being unable to track illicit transactions of an offline-enabled digital ruble.
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With the declared intent of reducing risk, the moves look to cut new investors off from opportunities to get out of the ruble.
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The digital ruble will, most likely, take the place of other forms of money, but the intrigue is which ones: non-cash or cash?
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Russia's central bank wants the digital ruble to help businesses by cutting out financial middlemen.
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Russia wants to follow China’s approach of banning private stablecoins pegged to its national fiat currency.
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With new legislation on digital assets coming into effect in a month, Russian financial institutions are looking to act.
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The Ministry of Finance is proposing harsh prison sentences for crypto holders, but what about shadow exchanges and darknet criminals?
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The pandemic-induced crisis is galvanizing new trends across all aspects of the global economy, including digital currencies.
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Russia’s digital ruble will not have the same level of anonymity as cash, says official.
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Talk of CBDCs and Facebook's Libra headlined this week's policy news, as international organizations weigh in on both.
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The first pilots of Russia’s digital currency are expected to launch in H1 2021.
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Russia’s central bank wants to limit the amount of cryptos and digital rights acquired by non-professional investors.
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