Platforms authorized by the Russian government issued digital assets worth around a billion rubles in April, the local press reported. The spike in...

Russia is launching a new payment system that is “bound by no restrictions” where digital currencies could be used in cross-border payments, said...

The National Bank of the Republic of Belarus has prepared a pilot program for a central bank digital currency (CBDC), according to the official...

Russia has postponed the launch of its pilot project with the digital ruble to early May. The decision is to launch the digital ruble...

According to local media reports, the Russian State Duma approved draft laws establishing a system to issue and regulate central bank digital currencies (CBDC)...

An official at Russia’s biggest bank, Sberbank, has proposed that the use of blockchain technology is the direction in which the nation should go...

Moscow Credit Bank has issued a blockchain-based bank guarantee denominated in Chinese currency, claiming the product is the first in the country. The bank...

The Central Bank of Russia plans to launch test operations with digital ruble transactions between real customers at the beginning of April. More...

The first consumer pilot for the nation’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) will be rolled out by the Bank of Russia on April 1,...

Gazprombank, which is an unit of the main Russian government-owned gas business, Gazprom, has openly recommended that banks be given extra time before the...

Russian banks may be the main losers from the introduction of a digital ruble while retailers will save on acquiring fees, analysts have predicted....

The Central Bank of Russia has detailed two methods for implementing the digital ruble and other state-backed coins in international settlements. The monetary...