- The Bank of Russia has added 17 firms to its crypto exchange register since 6 October, including Sberbank and VTB.
- VTB plans to open crypto trading to retail investors in November; Sberbank is targeting 1 December.
- Retail buyers will be limited to 300,000 roubles a year per intermediary, while qualified investors face no cap.
Russia’s central bank is rapidly widening the list of firms allowed to trade crypto, as the country’s two biggest lenders prepare to sell Bitcoin and other coins to ordinary customers before the end of the year.
The Bank of Russia added a 17th company, Prosto LLC, to its register of crypto exchange providers on Thursday, according to a notice on the regulator’s website. The register had four members when it opened on 6…
