Russia’s Crypto Law Goes LIVE Today, Licensed Trading Begins

Russia’s Russia crypto law is live. Federal Law No. 282-FZ took effect on September 1, 2026, making the country one of the largest economies to establish a fully licensed digital-asset trading framework.

The law legalizes trading, custody, and select cross-border settlements through Bank of Russia–supervised intermediaries. Domestic crypto payments for goods and services remain banned.

What Opened Today, and Who Gets Access

The path here was gradual. Russia’s parliament advanced the Crypto Regulation Bill to Final Readings last year, setting a September 1 effective date and a 300,000-ruble (~$3,700) annual retail cap.

President Putin signed the bill into law in August. The September 1 date also carries a second meaning.

As CoinGape reported, Russia Delayed Its AML Crypto Bill to Sept. 1, aligning the AML monitoring framework with today’s go-live. That means compliance and enforcement machinery came online simultaneously.

From today, Russians can trade Bitcoin, Ethereum, and USDT through licensed intermediaries. These include regulated exchanges, brokers, management companies, and organized platforms.

The Bank of Russia has pointed to those three assets as the initial liquid set eligible for retail access.