Russia's Central Bank Adds Sberbank, VTB and T-Bank to First Crypto Custodian and Exchange Registries
- —Five companies entered the digital depository registry, four joined the crypto exchange registry
- —VTB was approved in both registries
- —The Digital Currencies law took effect on September 1, 2026
- —Full compliance with the rules is required by September 1, 2027
Why it matters: Russia is building a regulated crypto market infrastructure, with legal transactions routed through approved intermediaries subject to asset tracing and origin checks.
Source: BeInCrypto RU
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