{"id":608900,"date":"2026-06-03T14:52:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T14:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/russian-ruble-stablecoin-a7a5-grows-despite-western-sanctions-certik\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T14:52:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T14:52:51","slug":"russian-ruble-stablecoin-a7a5-grows-despite-western-sanctions-certik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/russian-ruble-stablecoin-a7a5-grows-despite-western-sanctions-certik\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian ruble stablecoin A7A5 grows despite Western sanctions: CertiK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy1pbWFnZXMuY3RtZWRpYS5pby9tZWRpYS9hcnRpY2xlLWNvdmVycy9oaS1hN2E1LXJ1YmxlMS5qcGc=.jpg\" alt=\"Russian ruble stablecoin A7A5 grows despite Western sanctions: CertiK\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Russian ruble-backed stablecoin A7A5 processed over $110 billion in transactions despite Western sanctions, according to CertiK.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian ruble-backed A7A5 stablecoin continued to grow despite Western sanctions, processing more than $110 billion in cumulative onchain transactions, according to CertiK.<\/p>\n<p>CertiK said A7A5 processed over $110 billion in cumulative onchain transactions, captured about 43% of the global non-US dollar stablecoin market, and that its holder count rose from 13,000 to 29,000 wallets between February 2025 and May 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The security company described A7A5 as one of the clearest examples of a sanctions-evasion stablecoin ecosystem, linking it to Russian cross-border settlement companies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/russian-ruble-stablecoin-growing-western-sanctions-report\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian ruble-backed stablecoin A7A5 processed over $110 billion in transactions despite Western sanctions, according to CertiK. The Russian ruble-backed A7A5 stablecoin continued to grow despite Western sanctions, processing more than $110 billion in cumulative onchain transactions, according to CertiK. CertiK said A7A5 processed over $110 billion in cumulative onchain transactions, captured about 43% of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":608901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-608900","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\/608900","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=608900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}