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Bank of Russia Confirms September Rollout for Digital Ruble, With Top Banks ‘Ready and Connected’

Alla Bakina, Director of the Bank of Russia’s National Payment System Department, highlighted that most private banks in Russia are ready to provide digital ruble services on September 1. The…

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A7 Exec Warns: ‘Western Compliance Pressure’ Will Push Russia Fully into Independent Digital Payments

Stanislav Lazarev, Deputy General Director for Sales at A7, believes that the cross-border payments ecosystem will shift toward independent solutions, including digital assets, as participants seek to complete these disbursements…

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UK Sanctions Strike Russia-Linked Crypto Networks in Sweeping Crackdown

Crypto exchanges face new U.K. enforcement pressure after Britain targeted Russia-linked sanctions-evasion networks using digital assets. The package names 18 exchanges, banks, payment providers, corporate entities, and individuals tied to…

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Russia’s Moscow Exchange to Launch SOL, XRP, Tron and BNB Crypto Indexes on May 13

Russia’s Moscow Exchange (Moex) will begin publishing four new cryptocurrency indexes for solana ( SOL), XRP, tron ( TRX), and BNB starting May 13, expanding its regulated crypto benchmark suite…

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Chainalysis: EU’s New Sanctions on Russia Mark ‘a New Era’ of Crypto Enforcement

The blockchain intelligence agency highlighted that the recently issued sanctions package against Russia was perhaps the most comprehensive crypto-focused action by the EU, targeting the whole Russian cryptocurrency sector rather…

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