The American agency reported the reason for such a step.
According to foreign media, FSB officers persuaded the head of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation Elvira Nabiullina to support a complete ban on transactions with cryptocurrencies in Russia.
Such information is provided by Bloomberg with reference to anonymous sources.
According to journalists, the reason for such attention to the cryptocurrency could be an increase in payments in support of the opposition, a number of organizations of which are recognized in Russia as undesirable.
Security officials are concerned that Russians have begun to frequently use the cryptocurrency financing channel, noting that the movement of funds there is difficult to track.
The publication says that in total, about 7 trillion rubles have accumulated on the accounts of 17 million crypto wallets in our country.
Despite the fact that the financing of the opposition is a small part of this amount, the security forces are talking about the impending deterioration of the situation.
Recall that last December, the head of the Central Bank, Elvira Nabiullina, said that the regulator opposes operations with cryptocurrency due to high risks.
The Bank of Russia also pointed to the conduct of non-controversial and even illegal operations with cryptocurrency.
Earlier, topNews wrote that the Prosecutor General’s Office announced the rules for the arrest and confiscation of the cryptocurrency of Russians.
Changes in the laws were announced last December.