Russia’s New Crypto Rules: Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT

Russia’s central bank on Tuesday added Bitcoin, Ethereum and Tether’s USDT to a list of cryptocurrencies that may be publicly traded on Russian exchanges, as the country moves toward establishing a regulated market for digital currencies.

The Bank of Russia said in a statement that its selection was based on several factors, including market capitalization, average daily trading volumes and the history of price formation on foreign trading platforms, The Caspian Post reports, citing TASS.

The regulator said that all three…