Russia’s Largest Stock Exchange Makes Surprise Decision to List Bitcoin and Four Altcoins; Trading Begins Tomorrow
Key Highlights Moscow Exchange will launch perpetual futures contracts for Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, XRP, and TRX starting September 22, 2026, accessible only to qualified investors. The contracts—coded BTCUSDF, ETHUSDF, SOLUSDF, XRPUSDF, and TRXUSDF—are priced in U.S. dollars but settled financially in Russian rubles with no physical delivery of cryptocurrency. These one-day automatically renewing futures expand ...