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Russia’s Central Bank Approves Bitcoin, Ethereum Trading For Retail Investors

Open the sourceReported by CoinGape, coingape.com, 6 November 2026, by Boluwatife Adeyemi
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Russia’s Central Bank has approved retail trading of Bitcoin and Ethereum on exchanges, following the earlier passage of the country’s market structure legislation that established the legal framework for crypto activity. The approval opens one of the world’s largest retail markets to direct crypto trading through regulated venues, though the article provides no specific price, volume, or market-cap figures. It matters because Russia had previously restricted retail access to digital assets, and the central bank’s sign-off converts the legislation into an operational market for major tokens like BTC and ETH. What to watch next is how exchanges implement the rules and whether trading volumes ramp up as Russian retail investors gain regulated access.

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