Policy Event Β· High impact

Bank Of Russia Proposes One Percent Bank Crypto Capital Cap

The Bank of Russia proposed a 1% capital cap for banks' own crypto and foreign digital instrument exposures while carving out qualifying client custody positions. The proposal separates proprietary balance-sheet risk from segregated custody and would constrain bank-group crypto capacity.

High impactπŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί RussiaRegulationBankingCustodyAMLBTCETHBank 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, ETH. Named institutions or platforms: 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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