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Bank of Russia publishes digital depository register including Sberbank, VTB
Коротко
The Bank of Russia has published a register of digital depositories that includes Sberbank and VTB, and VTB was also entered in the register of organisations conducting digital currency exchange. VTB said it expects to open crypto trading to a broad group of investors through VTB My Investments in November 2026 and through its own exchange desk in December 2026, while Sberbank has said its first crypto products are planned for 1 December 2026, subject to central bank decisions and subordinate rules.
Почему это важно
The registers set out which Russian banks and companies may handle digital currencies, opening crypto trading to a wider investor base through products VTB and Sberbank have said they plan for late 2026. Because licensing sits with the central bank and the companies say launch dates depend on its decisions and on subordinate rules, the pace of the rollout remains in the regulator's hands.
Ключевые факты
- The Bank of Russia published a register of digital depositories that includes Sberbank and VTB. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
- VTB was also entered in the register of organisations conducting digital currency exchange, according to Interfax. [ 2 ]
- VTB said it expects to open digital currency trading to a broad circle of investors through VTB My Investments in November 2026 and directly through the bank's exchange desk in December 2026. [ 2 ]
- VTB's broker reported concluding its first digital currency deals, with stablecoins, for legal entity clients, settled through a digital depository created on the basis of VTB Depository. [ 2 ]
- T-Technologies said its group companies Atomyze and T-Invest lab received licenses to work on the crypto market. [ 2 , 3 ]
- Sberbank said on 5 October that it planned to launch its first crypto products on 1 December 2026, with the date depending on a central bank decision and the readiness of subordinate acts. [ 2 ]
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Пока неясно
- The full list of companies entered in the registers. Only Interfax named entities beyond Sberbank and VTB — AO Voltari, OOO Cloud Infrastructure and Atomyze as depositories, and OOO Zefir, OOO Sistema Kripto and T-Invest lab as exchange operators — while TASS referred only to the largest Russian banks; the documents do not reproduce the registers in full.
- When the law regulating the crypto market took effect. vc.ru states that the law came into force on 1 September 2026, while Interfax refers to the central bank determining a procedure under which companies operate from 5 October; the documents do not reconcile the two.
- Whether Sberbank's first crypto products will launch on 1 December 2026. This is a company-stated plan reported by a single outlet, and Interfax says the date depends on a central bank decision and on the readiness of subordinate acts.
- Whether VTB will meet its stated November and December 2026 timelines for opening trading. The dates come from VTB executives quoted in a single outlet and are described as expectations.
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- TASS reports that the Bank of Russia has published the register of digital depositories, which it says includes the largest Russian banks. [ 1 ]
- Interfax reports that Sberbank and VTB were entered in the digital depository register and that VTB was also entered in the register of digital currency exchange operators. [ 2 ]
- vc.ru reports that the central bank issued digital depository licenses to Sber, VTB and T-Technologies. [ 3 ]