According to the head of the State Duma Committee on the Financial Market, Anatoly Aksakov, they are interested in the crypto market, includingincluding unqualified investors, TASS reports.
The Russians have invested 5 trillion rubles in the crypto market. This was announced at parliamentary hearings in the State Duma by the head of the committee of the lower house of parliament on the financial market Anatoly Aksakov.
«5 trillion rubles, according to some sources, have already been invested by Russians in cryptocurrency», — he said.
Aksakov noted that unqualified investors are also interested in the crypto market.
«We need to put an end to cryptocurrencies.We need to decide how we relate to this phenomenon and, accordingly, it is quite strict to prescribe liability in the legislation if we prohibit or limit something.», — he added.
Head of the Bank of Russia Elvira Nabiullina atpress conferences following the meeting of the board of directors of the regulator on December 17 said that the Central Bank of the Russian Federation is in favor of the fact that the Russian financial infrastructure is not used for transactions with cryptocurrency.
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