Bank of Russia sends draft rules to Justice Ministry to launch crypto regulation
- —Acts adopted to allow custodians and crypto exchanges into the legal market
- —Minimum capital for a depository without open-blockchain wallets is 50 million rubles
- —A depository with wallets on open blockchains needs at least 100 million rubles
- —A settlement depository for organized trading needs at least 250 million rubles
Why it matters: A legal framework for Russia's crypto market is taking shape: licensed intermediaries and their capital requirements are being defined.
Source: BeInCrypto RU