The Russian government press office said that three senior officials had joined the board of payment company A7.PSB estimates that its ruble stablecoin A7A5 has a cumulative trading volume of approximately 140000000000 USD。
The Bank of Russia has added Sberbank to its register of cryptocurrency trading service providers. The bank plans to December 1 launch trading services through its existing client platform, while the list of supported tokens is yet to be determined.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said that if the issues related to the Strait of Hormuz had been resolved, the United States would not need to seek help from Russia; he said that this shows the crisis is still ongoing.
The Russian Ministry of Energy stated that cryptocurrency miners connecting to the power grid should apply under the fourth power-supply reliability category, and power may be directly cut off in relevant areas at any time. The category permits technical connections in energy-shortage areas.
The UK Foreign Office announced a new round of Russia-related sanctions, alleging that crypto and payment platforms including Cryptomus, Heleket, and TokenSpot may have assisted Russia in evading sanctions.
The UK announced a new round of sanctions against Russia, designating crypto and payment platforms including Cryptomus, Heleket, TokenSpot, and others.TRM Labs stating that the relevant platforms have links to sanctioned trading platforms and A7 networks through funds or wallet infrastructure.
According to TASS, the Moscow Exchange plans to provide cryptocurrency trading services under the new legislative framework from December 1 and will continue testing before launch.
The Japanese government reportedly decided to impose additional sanctions on Russia, restricting services related to 35“shadow fleet” vessels and adding organizations involved in using crypto assets to circumvent financial sanctions to the asset-freeze list.
Japan announced that it would add the Russian cryptocurrency exchange Garantex to the asset-freezing list and restrict related payments and capital transactions, while also sanctioning other organizations, individuals, and the “shadow fleet.”
Russian Deputy Finance Minister Ivan Chebeskov said that at least 20000000 Russians hold approximately 3700000000000 rubles in crypto assets, mainly for trade settlement, mining, trading, and savings.