The new regulation of the central bank cryptography could effectively prohibit the trade in attachment (USDT) in Russia, experts explained.
However, they say that the new rules would not prevent Russian companies from using USDT or other stablescoins as payment or payment tools in cross -border commercial transactions.
USDT trading in Russia: under threat?
The RBC media indicated that the bank had issued rules before its approval of negotiations in its cryptographic sandbox. The rules should come into force on May 26.
The sandbox has been established in order to allow Russian companies to use crypto in international commercial transactions. It works under the supervision of the central bank.
Moscow is preparing to extend this sandbox in the coming weeks. This will see qualified or “super-qualified” investors authorized to negotiate the crypto on the exchange platforms approved by central banks.
However, the last rules of the bank define parameters for the type of coin investors will be authorized to negotiate.
These rules note that the documents “should not be linked to the titles issued by hostile issuers”. They also note the need to manage projects with a foot in “friendly countries”.
Here, “Hostile” refers to the countries that have imposed or adhered to the sanctions regimes on Russia. And “friendly” refers to nations which adopt a neutral position towards Moscow.
The rules also include clauses which seem to prohibit the use of parts which could “possibly be blocked by the transmitters themselves or the payment agents or the persons who control them”.
This also seems to refer to the possibility that operators can be ordered to burn tokens belonging to the Russians.
Other stable also threatened?
The Central Bank has explicitly named any cryptocurrency in its rules, and did not directly speak of a possible ban on the USDT.
But experts agree that the most popular stablecoins with USD would not meet the requirements of the bank.
Georgy Gukasyan, director of the DRT fiscal and legal department (formerly the Russian Deloitte branch), said that the Central Bank’s definitions were “large enough and could cover certain stabbed”.
Mikhail Uspensky, member of the Russian Expert Council on cryptographic regulations, said that the USDT “does not meet the new criteria of the bank, which means that it will not be able to circulate in Russia.”
Uspensky added that the bank has been working on the regulations for some time. And he also noted that “the use of stablecoins in international colonies is not prohibited”.
KYC complications
Gukasyan, for his part, explained that Tether’s obligations to provide fiduciary dollars to USDT holders “only exist for a certain group of tokens holders”.
He explained that to claim dollars, USDT token holders had to pass customer and anti-flary protocols.
But these same protocols, said Gukasyan, are “fully compliant” on the sanctions imposed on Russia.
He said that it means that the attachment, “at his sole discretion”, could “refuse to buy” parts belonging to people who fail to pass his checking checks.
Gukasyan said the USDT transmitter also has the capacity to block tokens located “in the portfolio of any user, at his discretion, at any time.”
The expert highlighted the case of the Russian Cryptography Exchange Guarantex as an example. In March of this year, the American authorities took control of the Garartex areas and frozen $ 26 million in funds.
Tether has cooperated with the repression of Washington, freezing millions of USDT tokens held in Guarantus portfolios.
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