The biggest stock exchange in Russia is adding futures trading for asset management titan BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT), one of the biggest exchange-traded funds in the world, to its suite of products.
In a new announcement, Moscow Exchange (MOEX) – the government of Russia’s venture into the world of crypto assets – says that starting on June 4th, it’s adding support for the product, though only to accredited investors.
“Please note that today, June 4, 2025, trading in the IBIT-9.25 (IBU5) futures contract, permitted only to qualified investors, begins… Qualification checks on the exchange side will be implemented from June 23, 2025.”
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IBIT, which launched in January 2024 after years of having its approval halted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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