VTB Pushes to Open Russia’s First Bank-Run Bitcoin Trading Desk as Kremlin Moves to Classify Mining as an Export

Dec 05 2025 bitcoin


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VTB Pushes to Open Russia’s First Bank-Run Bitcoin Trading Desk as Kremlin Moves to Classify Mining as an Export

Russia’s second-largest lender, VTB, is moving to become the country’s first major bank to offer direct bitcoin and crypto trading.

This post VTB Pushes to Open Russia’s First Bank-Run Bitcoin Trading Desk as Kremlin Moves to Classify Mining as an Export first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Micah Zimmerman.





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