MOSCOW : The Russian central bank has given a local subsidiary of Swiss-based blockchain platform Atomyze a licence to issue and exchange digital financial assets, the bank said on Thursday, marking the first firm to be legally able to do so in Russia.
In a sign that Russia will avoid a total ban on digital assets, the central bank said Atomyze does not violate Russian laws. Interros, which is the largest shareholder in the world's leading nickel producer Norilsknickel, is one of Atomyze's investors.