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Russia to ban direct peer-to-peer crypto trades starting July 2027

Russia plans to ban direct P2P crypto trades from July 1, 2027, while separate rules already prohibit transfers from digital accounts to self-custody wallets.

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What happened

Russia plans to ban direct P2P crypto trades from July 1, 2027, while separate rules already prohibit transfers from digital accounts to self-custody wallets.

Reported details

  • Russia’s crypto trade regulation may drive informal markets, impacting domestic crypto accessibility and potentially altering global trade dynamics.
  • Russia has confirmed that direct peer-to-peer cryptocurrency transactions between individuals will be prohibited from July 1, 2027, requiring residents to conduct trades through authorized intermediaries. According to updated guidance published by the Bank of Russia on Oct. 12, individuals can…

Why this matters

Russia is a factual update rather than a structural change to tokenized assets. Its value to a desk is the sourced detail and the timing, so read it next to the linked reporting and treat any figure the sources do not state as unknown.

Evidence boundary

The scope is limited to what the linked reports state, and where two of them diverge both positions are recorded without either being picked in advance.

What to verify

Corroborate Russia with one independent dated source, and treat any figure the linked reports do not state as unknown rather than inferred.

Sources and editorial check time

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