On 11 November 2026, PANews reported, citing TASS, that the Bank of Russia said Russian exchanges may start cryptocurrency trading from 22 November 2026. The date is an earliest window, not an automatic opening. Trading may begin only after the exchange has first agreed its trading rules with the regulator.
The Russian Ministry of Justice has registered a Bank of Russia instruction on requirements for organized trading in digital currencies and digital rights. Under those requirements, an exchange must register cryptocurrency trading participants, including brokers, trust managers and central counterparties. It must keep records of orders and completed trades, and it must monitor trading.
The instruction also requires price indicators to be calculated: the current price, the weighted average price, the market price and the closing price. Trading information is to be sent to the Bank of Russia in the same way already used for other assets.
Earlier in the sequence given in the report, the Bank of Russia had already settled rules for retail cryptocurrency trading. Those rules were due to take effect from 17 November 2026.
The notice therefore sets two dates and one condition: retail rules from 17 November 2026, and exchange trading no earlier than 22 November 2026 if trading rules have been agreed with the regulator. It does not report prices, volumes or flows, and it does not treat the calendar as evidence of a market turn.
Original article: PANews, 11 November 2026, 22:03 (UTC+8), citing TASS.
