Annual Volume of Crypto Transactions Made by Russians Reaches $5 Billion, Ban...

Annual Volume of Crypto Transactions Made by Russians Reaches $5 Billion, Ban...

With the growing capitalization of the crypto economy, Russians have been making crypto transactions worth billions of dollars a year, data gathered by the Central Bank of Russia shows. Russian residents are some of the most active participants in the crypto market, the regulator has acknowledged. Russians Among Most Active Crypto Users, Central Bank Admits True to its hardline stance on decentralized digital money, the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) has recently stated that cryptocurrency operations “carry significant risks for financial stability and investors as well as....


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