{"id":587684,"date":"2026-04-22T13:52:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/22\/russia-advances-crypto-bill-that-could-pave-way-for-criminal-penalties\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T13:52:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:52:40","slug":"russia-advances-crypto-bill-that-could-pave-way-for-criminal-penalties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/22\/russia-advances-crypto-bill-that-could-pave-way-for-criminal-penalties\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia advances crypto bill that could pave way for criminal penalties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjYtMDQvMDE5ZGI0ZTItMWE4ZC03NWM4LWE5NTgtMzgwZDZkNzY5ZmIyLmpwZw==.jpg\" alt=\"Russia advances crypto bill that could pave way for criminal penalties\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Russian lawmakers passed a first reading of a bill regulating crypto through licensed intermediaries, with key rules set to take effect in July 2026 and 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s lower house of parliament passed a bill in first reading on Tuesday that would create the country\u2019s core legal framework for digital currency, moving Moscow closer to a system that channels crypto trading through licensed intermediaries under Bank of Russia oversight.<\/p>\n<p>The draft bill No. <a title=\"https:\/\/sozd.duma.gov.ru\/bill\/1194918-8\" href=\"https:\/\/sozd.duma.gov.ru\/bill\/1194918-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">1194918-8<\/a>, titled \u201cOn Digital Currency and Digital Rights,\u201d passed its first reading in the State Duma on Tuesday, according to official records.<\/p>\n<p>The bill would allow Russians to buy and sell crypto through approved intermediaries as early as July, while banning unlicensed crypto platforms beginning in July 2027, if the draft becomes law.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/russia-first-reading-crypto-bill-criminal-crackdown-crypto\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian lawmakers passed a first reading of a bill regulating crypto through licensed intermediaries, with key rules set to take effect in July 2026 and 2027. Russia\u2019s lower house of parliament passed a bill in first reading on Tuesday that would create the country\u2019s core legal framework for digital currency, moving Moscow closer to a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":587685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-587684","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}