Policy Event Β· Medium impact

Russia Adds ASIC Network Addresses To Miner Reporting Scope

Russia expanded miner and mining-infrastructure reporting requirements to include ASIC device network addresses in state registration data. The measure gives tax, digital-asset supervision and grid operators more granular visibility into mining sites, raising compliance costs for PoW infrastructure operators.

Medium impactπŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί RussiaRegulationAMLBTCMinistry of FinanceFederal Tax ServiceBank of Russia

APAC FINSTAB analysis

Although this is outside core APAC, it is relevant because global market-structure, enforcement, and stablecoin precedents often shape licensing expectations for APAC exchanges, issuers, custodians, and DeFi teams. Protocols/assets in scope: BTC. Named institutions or platforms: Ministry of Finance, Federal Tax Service, Bank of Russia. Teams should monitor the original source, map the change to licensing, custody, disclosure, and market-access obligations, and update their jurisdiction playbooks before the next compliance review.

Compliance read-through: map this event to entity licensing, market-access, custody, disclosure, token listing, and operational-risk obligations before expanding or marketing in the affected jurisdiction.

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