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Sberbank plans to add ether and USDT as collateral for crypto-backed loans: Report
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FinanceBy Francisco Rodrigues at CoinDesk
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What CoinDesk reports
The Bank of Russia recently included ETH and USDT in a draft list of cryptocurrencies approved for public trading on Russian exchanges.
The immediate significance
Bank-distributed crypto trading would put access inside an existing customer relationship rather than a crypto-only venue. The launch date, eligibility, custody and fees will determine how material that access becomes.
What remains unknown
- Customer eligibility, fees, custody arrangements and complete launch conditions are not supplied in the RSS extract.
- No matched primary document independently supporting the central claim is linked to this page.
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