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The Russian population’s investments in domestic cryptocurrency derivatives are growing, but pose no risk for the country’s financial system, according to the Bank of Russia. Most individual investors maintain relatively small portfolios, and the bulk of the trading volume comes from fewer large participants in the nascent market, the regulator has found. Russian households invest 3.7 billion rubles in crypto derivatives since May Household investments in Russian crypto-based derivative instruments amount to around 3.7 billion rubles (almost $47.3 million), the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) has estimated. The monetary authority has published the figures from the second and third quarters of 2025 in its periodic report on the state of the Russian financial market. According to the latest edition of the bank’s Financial Stability Review, the current level of this type of investment, which it permitted earlier this year, does not pose systemic risks. Part of the total is represented by Russian bonds, the yield of which is tied to the value of digital assets, the authors of the study elaborated, further detailing: “The volume of investments in such bonds by individuals and non-profit organizations serving the public amounted to 1.6 billion rubles as of the beginning of October. The volume of bonds outstanding at par value is only 2.9 billion rubles.” Investments in crypto-linked futures contracts made by private individuals on the Moscow Exchange (MOEX), Russia’s largest stock market, are also minimal, the central bank remarked. As of the beginning of last month, the volume of net positions in this case reached 2.1 billion rubles (close to $27 million), reveals the document, quoted by the Russian news agency Interfax on Thursday. The majority of the 1,900 investors trading the crypto futures have small portfolios of up to 500,000 rubles (approx. $6,400), the CBR pointed out. At the same time,…

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Filed under: News - @ November 27, 2025 8:28 pm