Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Financial Markets Anatoly Aksakov told Interfax that the money purchased by citizens or received by miners kriptovalyuta should be used for operations on international markets and allowed the emergence of a domestic crypto exchange.
According to him, as the market develops further, when it becomes more predictable and understandable for both the regulator and market participants, then a special Russian platform (crypto exchange) may appear that will provide cryptocurrency trading.
An interesting nuance is that the deputy added that he wanted to submit a bill to parliament for consideration that would allow Russian citizens to open accounts linked to cryptocurrencies and then use them for payments abroad. However, representatives of the Bank of Russia informed Anatoly Aksakov that such a mechanism is already available to Russians.
It should be noted that back in August, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on an experimental legal regime for the use of cryptocurrencies in foreign economic activity, which also implies the possibility of conducting exchange trading in cryptocurrency under the control of the Bank of Russia. Representatives of Sber, VTB and Alfa Bank announced their readiness to participate in the experiment.
