Bank of Russia registry lists 26 crypto exchangers and 10 digital depositories

Registry updated on 12 November

The Bank of Russia published updated registries of intermediaries for cryptocurrency transactions on 12 November 2026. The exchange registry lists 26 companies, and the digital depository registry lists 10, according to the publication Altcoinlog, which downloaded both files as of 00:00 Moscow time that day.

Four companies joined the exchange list over the previous week. The last entries were the investment company Fondovy Kapital, cleared on 5 November, and OOO Flyledger, cleared on 10 November. No company has been removed from either list.

Who is on the lists

The first four exchanges — VTB, T-Invest Lab, Zefir and Sistema-Crypto — received their rights on 6 October. Sberbank and four other banks, the settlement non-bank credit organization Finpilot and 16 non-bank companies followed, according to the report.

The depository registry includes VTB, Sberbank and Atomize, with the newest entries Galoozdin and Rezolex dated 5 and 9 November. A digital depository keeps digital accounts that record purchased cryptocurrency.

What opens on 17 November

From 17 November, non-qualified investors will be able to buy bitcoin, ether and USDT through a single intermediary, within a limit of 300,000 rubles a year, according to Interfax data cited in the report. Investors must pass a test before trading.

On 22 November, exchanges will be allowed to start cryptocurrency trading under Bank of Russia rules, but each exchange must first agree its own rules with the regulator.

The 2027 deadline and withdrawal limits

The Bank of Russia has said that from 1 July 2027 residents may conduct crypto transactions only through a broker licensed by the central bank or an exchanger on the registry. Until then, the law still permits direct peer-to-peer deals between individuals.

The regulator also set a limit on withdrawals. Crypto held in a digital account cannot be transferred to a personal non-custodial wallet, under part 9 of article 31 of law No 282-FZ. Transfers between individuals through a depository, including transfers following a deal between them, are also not allowed.

A legal exchanger must settle a transaction at the same time as the counter-payment or immediately after it, according to the report's account of the regulator's clarification. It may not stretch execution across a business day.

What is still open

The report does not say whether the Bank of Russia plans further additions to either registry before 17 November, or how many of the 26 listed exchanges are already accepting non-qualified clients.