# Russia’s Finance Ministry introduces digital currency bill, brushes off Central Bank’s objections

# Russia’s Finance Ministry introduces digital currency bill, brushes off Central Bank’s objections

“# Russia’s Finance Ministry introduces digital currency bill, brushes off Central Bank’s objections ” Russia’s Ministry of Finance has upped the stakes in its drawn-out showdown against the country’s Central Bank by formally introducing a bill that proposes to regulate digital assets rather than banning them. On Feb. 21, the Ministry introduced a draft of…

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# Crypto bill incoming: Russia’s finance ministry kicks off public comment period

# Crypto bill incoming: Russia’s finance ministry kicks off public comment period

“# Crypto bill incoming: Russia’s finance ministry kicks off public comment period ” The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation has officially initiated work on the country’s cryptocurrency regulation bill, filing the first public notice on the federal legal portal.  Russia’s finance ministry on Thursday filed two development notices announcing the start of the…

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# Russian central bank registers nation’s first digital asset manager

# Russian central bank registers nation’s first digital asset manager

“# Russian central bank registers nation’s first digital asset manager ” The Bank of Russia has registered tokenization service Atomyze as the country’s first digital asset management company, the central bank officially announced Thursday. According to the announcement, the Bank of Russia has formally deemed the rules of the company’s information system and the platform’s…

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# Russia houses 0B worth of crypto, Kremlin estimates

# Russia houses $200B worth of crypto, Kremlin estimates

“# Russia houses $200B worth of crypto, Kremlin estimates ” Russian citizens reportedly own 16.5 trillion rubles ($214 billion) worth of cryptocurrencies, according to government estimates. A Bloomberg report noted that Russians own about 12% of the total global crypto holdings. The crypto holdings estimates were calculated by analyzing IP addresses of some of the most…

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