Russia’s parliament passes crypto market law with $3,800 annual cap for retail investors
While citizens still cannot use Bitcoin to buy groceries, the Kremlin is officially letting companies use digital tokens to bypass sanctions and other global trade hurdles.
Source: CoinDesk
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DW NOTE
Russia caps retail crypto purchases at $3,800 per year while exempting corporate entities from the same restrictions — because capital controls work better when applied selectively. The timing is exact: the law takes effect Sept. 1, just as the Kremlin needs settlement rails that bypass SWIFT. The retail cap is theater; the real provision is the one allowing "limited use of digital currencies in foreign trade settlements." That's not regulation, that's routing.