Despite US sanctions: Russia brings Bitcoin and USDT to the exchange
Original headlineTrotz US-Sanktionen: Russland bringt Bitcoin und USDT an die Börse
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Russia’s largest exchange, the Moscow Exchange (MOEX), has launched trading in Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT despite being under Western sanctions. The move brings major crypto assets onto a sanctioned Russian venue, expanding access for domestic investors and tying crypto liquidity more directly to Russia’s core financial infrastructure. It matters because it tests how sanctioned institutions can still participate in global crypto markets while offering a ruble-based route into BTC, ETH and the dollar-pegged USDT. What to watch next is whether volumes on MOEX build meaningfully, whether other Russian venues follow, and how Western regulators respond to a sanctioned exchange handling major tokens.
Muhabbit's AI wrote this summary in its own words from BTC-ECHO's report and translated it from German. It can get details wrong, so check the source.
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Moscow Exchange, USDT, Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Russia
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