Experts believe that such a decision will set the country back.
The head of the Financial Policy Department of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation Ivan Chebeskov explained to the media that he is against a total ban on the cryptocurrency market in Russia.
In an interview with RBC journalists, he explained that talking about a ban on a new type of money means not understanding what it is.
The analyst cited the statement of the founder of the Binance crypto exchange Changpeng Zhao, who said that most people look at this resource extremely narrowly. So, they forget about NFT, DeFi technologies, Chebeskov noted.
In such a situation, he does not know how to talk about a ban, because the Russian authorities cannot simply veto mining, otherwise the country will begin to lag behind in the field of technology.
But it is possible and necessary to regulate mining and crypto turnover, this will allow protecting citizens, the analyst believes. On the contrary, in the case of “taboo ” Russian citizens will find themselves with currencies “one on one ”.
As Topnews wrote earlier, on January 20, the Central Bank issued a report proposing to completely ban the turnover and mining of cryptocurrencies in Russia.
Analysts called the reason for the risks that such funds create for the stability of the ruble.
In response to the publication, Bloomberg suggested that the Russian regulator was pressured by the FSB.
Thus, the agency wanted to block access to the monetary resources of Russians from undesirable organizations, the media believes.
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