By Isaac • October 14, 2026 8:13 pm •
Russia’s largest bank is preparing to put crypto trading inside the same digital channels millions of customers already use for ordinary banking.
The Decrypt report says the Bank of Russia added Sberbank to its register of authorized cryptocurrency exchange operators on October 12. That approval followed the bank’s earlier registration as a digital depository, giving it a regulated path to handle both trading and custody-related functions.
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Sberbank says it intends to begin with Bitcoin, Ether and Tether’s USDT on December 1 through SberBank Online, SberInvestments and SberBusiness. The date is not unconditional: the bank says the launch still depends on the central bank completing the secondary regulations that govern the new market.
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