On October 12, 2026, the Bank of Russia added Sberbank to its Bank of Russia crypto register of organizations authorized to exchange digital currencies. The Sberbank crypto exchange approval immediately reshapes crypto banking for businesses and global business banking: it is no longer a fringe experiment but a nationally regulated track running parallel to the non-bank crypto platforms that already serve startups and DAOs. For founders and finance leads, the approval is a live case study of how crypto banking is splitting into two distinct compliance realities—and what you must audit before the December product wave hits.
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