Unqualified investors in Russia will not be admitted to crypto assets
The State Duma plans to limit investments in virtual currencies at the legislative level
07.10.2021 - 12:50
330
1 min
0
What's new? The State Duma is going to limit investments of unqualified investors in cryptocurrency assets at the legislative level. This was announced by the head of the financial market committee Anatoly Aksakov, Interfax says.
Material on the “Interfax” website
What is the deputies’ purpose? Aksakov explained that investments in virtual assets are “ill-conceived”, as they involve a lot of risk. Restrictions for unqualified investors should protect them, because cryptocurrencies are “quite complex instrument.”
“Digital assets is a topic of our close attention, and here we will look at maximizing protection of our citizens in digital currencies investments”, the official stressed.
What is the attitude of the Bank of Russia to cryptocurrencies? As aforementioned, at the end of September, the Central Bank opposed to digital assets and stated that it considers transactions with them to be suspicious. Since October 1, one of the regulatory acts (N5599-U) was amended. According to it, transactions related to the circulation of digital currency fall into the zone of additional attention of banks.
Useful material?
Telegram 
Twitter Technologies
Network fees will be integrated into the cost of swaps
Nov 22, 2024
Market
The company’s unrealized profits from investing in its first cryptocurrency approached $14 billion
Nov 19, 2024
Incidents
The search, the reason for which was not announced, took place a week after the election, the results of which Polymarket users predicted quite accurately
Nov 14, 2024
Market
Analysts point to the growing popularity of the first cryptocurrency as a safe haven asset
Nov 13, 2024
Market
The product will begin trading on the Swiss Exchange on November 19
Nov 12, 2024
Market
The company’s unrealized profits from investing in the first cryptocurrency approached $13 billion
Nov 12, 2024
Cryptocurrency rates
-
Bitcoin
$97 869
BTC
-1.11%
-
Ethereum
$3 416.48
ETH
+3.17%
-
BNB Smart Chain
$579.4
BSC
+1.23%
-
Ripple
$1.47
XRP
-0.32%
-
Dogecoin
$0.431074
DOGE
+6.44%
-
Cardano
$1.06
ADA
+9.62%
-
Stellar XLM
$0.508852
XLM
+69.95%
-
Polkadot
$8.57
DOT
+36.04%
-
Bitcoin Cash
$509.42
BCH
+4.35%
-
Litecoin
$98.89
LTC
+9.34%