#Bitcoin becomes Russia's international payment tool
Russia is ramping up the use of
$BTC as an international payment solution to cope with a series of economic sanctions from the West. This move helps Russia maintain trade transactions and opens up new avenues for the global financial system.
Russian Finance Minister, Anton Siluanov, stated that businesses in the country have begun to adopt Bitcoin along with other cryptocurrencies for international payments. He affirmed that this is part of a pilot program, with Bitcoin sourced directly mined in Russia. "We expect to scale this form in the future," he said on Russia 24 television channel.
In the context of being excluded from the SWIFT payment system and having hundreds of billions of USD assets frozen, Russia is striving to find alternative solutions to maintain trade operations. The government has adjusted its laws to legalize the use of cryptocurrencies in international transactions and is moving towards legalizing cryptocurrency mining activities.
Russia is currently one of the leading countries in Bitcoin mining, providing a solid foundation for its new financial strategy. Deputy Chairman of the State Duma, Anton Tkachev, even proposed the establishment of a national bitcoin reserve fund to reduce dependence on the USD and the SWIFT system, while also diversifying reserve assets.
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