Platforms authorized by the Russian government issued digital assets worth around a billion rubles in April, the local press reported. The spike in the volume has been attributed to Russian companies experimenting with new financial instruments amid limited access to traditional capital.
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Seven placements of digital financial assets (DFAs) for a total of about 1 billion rubles ($13 million) were made in Russia last month, the Kommersant reported. Experts quoted by the business daily note that while this market is still rather small, significant projects may be expected by the end of this year.
DFAs are relatively new instruments in Russia defined in the law “On Digital Financial Assets” that went into force in January 2021. Unlike decentralized cryptocurrencies, which are yet to be comprehensively regulated, these represent “digital rights” to securities or utility tokens and must have an issuing entity.
Most of the DFAs issued in April were sold by the majority state-owned Sberbank, Russia’s largest banking institution, followed by Alfa-Bank, the largest private bank in the country. The two are among the operators of DFA platforms authorized by the Bank of Russia, alongside Atomyze, which specializes in the tokenization of commodities, the fintech company Lighthouse, and the more recently licensed Masterchain.
In March, less than a year since the central bank-approved entities started issuing DFAs, placements had reached a total of 2 billion rubles ($26 million). Despite the significant increase in the following mon
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Author: Lubomir Tassev
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