Bank of Russia's Aug. 11 draft sets a ruble ceiling for non-qualified investors and clears just three assets for public exchange trading.
▸ · Aisha RahmanRussia's FSB charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov under Article 205.1 and put him on an international wanted list, per Interfax.
▸ July 29, 2026 · James CorriganState Duma takes final two votes July 21 on a law licensing exchanges, capping retail crypto buys and opening a sanctions-bypass channel for firms.
▸ July 20, 2026 · Tomas KellerMoscow cuts the wallet-tracking trigger to 60,000 rubles and adds a 1M-ruble trade-flow feed as nearly $650M in daily crypto activity comes into view.
▸ July 10, 2026 · Aisha RahmanAlfa-Bank joins Sberbank and T-Bank in pre-building digital depositories tied to Russia's September 2026 digital currency law — a deposit-share race before licensing even…
▸ July 9, 2026 · Tomas KellerBitcoin and stablecoins stayed flat after the 90-minute Trump-Putin call, but $8.3M in seized USDT shows crypto is now sanctions infrastructure.
▸ July 5, 2026 · Aisha RahmanThe EU's latest sanctions package names crypto infrastructure alongside Russian banks, a shift from earlier SWIFT-focused measures since 2022.
▸ July 4, 2026 · James CorriganBank of Russia confirms September rollout readiness for its CBDC while weighing stablecoins as a parallel cross-border settlement tool.
▸ July 4, 2026 · Tomas KellerThree data sources on the sanctioned ruble stablecoin diverge sharply, with TRM Labs flagging 34% of tracked volume as circular flow.
▸ July 3, 2026 · Aisha Rahman
