March 28, 2024

Russian legislators are discussing the launch of a national cryptocurrency exchange

According to a statement by Anton, a member of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, Information Technologies and CommunicationsTkachev, parliamentarians are currently discussing the creation of a national cryptocurrency exchange.

At various venues, including the State Duma, this issue is being raised. But until the Central Bank has announced its position in general regulation, it is useless to talk about it,” Tkachev said.

According to Tkachev, the national cryptocurrency exchange should exist “together with a bank in which the maximum percentage of shares will belong to the state.”

The main task of creating a national exchange, according toaccording to the deputy, is to receive additional deductions to the budget. The motivation is understandable, as earlier this week the Ministry of Finance reported that Russia's budget deficit in the first decade of March amounted to 3.3 trillion rubles, exceeding the target of 2.93 trillion rubles for the whole of 2023.

Tkachev insists that talk about legalizationcryptocurrencies are not used as a means of payment, on the other hand, the deputy said that “it will become easier for individual entrepreneurs to conclude contracts with friendly countries. People will be able to buy real estate or cars, which will affect the growth of purchasing power and help reclaim empty square meters of housing.”

In the meantime, even the launch of the digital ruble on real transactions has been postponed to a later date, since the State Duma was unable to adopt the necessary regulations.

Yes, the bill was adopted only in the first reading. There were a lot of comments, they are not threatening, but still a lot of comments from the coordinating institutions.

In early April, we will probably only consider all the amendments. In mid-April or early May, there may be an adoption, - said Anatoly Aksakov, head of the State Duma committee on the financial market.

Source: https://1prime.ru/cripta/20230331/840249930.html