On October 12, 2026, the Central Bank of Russia added Sberbank to its authorized cryptocurrency exchange register under the country’s new digital asset rules, according to CoinGape. The state-controlled lender says its first crypto products will arrive December 1, 2026, through existing banking platforms. For business leaders watching the slow convergence of traditional finance and digital assets, this is more than a Russian headline: it is a measurable step in regulated crypto banking moving from experiment to infrastructure.

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The Sberbank Approval: A Milestone for Crypto Banking

The reported fact is narrow. On October 12, 2026, CoinGape reported that Russia’s Central Bank had approved Sberbank to offer…