Russia Moves to Expand Oversight of Crypto Transfers Above 60,000 Rubles
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Russia's proposed legislation would materially tighten crypto oversight by granting the financial monitoring agency broad visibility into transactions, imposing enhanced reporting for transfers above 60,000 rubles and large cross-border flows, and expanding the central bank's power to restrict certain activity. A proposed 1% cap on banks' digital-asset exposure further limits institutional participation. Near-term, the news raises compliance and counterparty frictions for crypto flows linked to Russia.
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According to BlockBeats, Russia's government on July 10 introduced accompanying draft legislation that would authorize the Federal Financial Monitoring Service to monitor cryptocurrency transactions and require expanded data collection for larger transfers. Under the proposal, crypto transactions exceeding 60,000 rubles, as well as cross-border crypto transfers above 1 million rubles, would be subject to enhanced reporting.
Russian digital custodians and foreign financial institutions would be required to submit the payer's and payee's names (or business names), wallet addresses, physical addresses, dates of birth, and tax identification numbers. For transactions below 60,000 rubles, reporting would be limited to the name (or business name) and wallet address.
The bill also proposes limiting banks' exposure to digital assets to 1% of a banking group's capital and expanding the Central Bank of Russia's powers to restrict or ban certain cryptocurrency transactions.
The measure had been slated to take effect on July 1, but the review has been delayed and it may now enter into force on September 1.
