{"id":71247,"date":"2022-12-09T14:25:53","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T12:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=71247"},"modified":"2025-09-08T07:20:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T04:20:19","slug":"rosfinmonitoring-backs-full-ban-on-bitcoin-settlements-and-their-advertising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/rosfinmonitoring-backs-full-ban-on-bitcoin-settlements-and-their-advertising\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosfinmonitoring backs full ban on Bitcoin settlements and their advertising"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rosfinmonitoring backs the option of strict regulation of cryptocurrencies proposed by the Russian government. This was stated by the deputy head of the agency German Neglyad in an interview with <a href=\\\"https:\/\/iz.ru\/1437523\/natalia-ilina\/vvodit-polnyi-zapret-na-oborot-kripty-kontrproduktivno\\\">Izvestia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/in-russia-lawmakers-propose-banning-cryptocurrency-circulation-and-requiring-tax-reporting-by-miners\">The Government&#8217;s Concept<\/a> envisions a ban on settlements in digital currencies, a ban on their advertising, and the need for explanatory work on the high risk of such assets.\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Neglyad, meanwhile, called the introduction of a total ban on cryptocurrency circulation &#8216;counterproductive,&#8217; as citizens and legal entities already own them.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>In Rosfinmonitoring&#8217;s view, virtual assets should be equated with property, which would allow them to be treated as objects of crime.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>\\&#8221;The activity of service providers in the field of digital currencies should be controlled, including their registration or licensing and supervision over them,\\&#8221; Neglyad says.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Crypto exchanges should be required to store data, identify clients and their beneficial owners, and report suspicious transactions to the Financial Intelligence Unit.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Neglyad said there has been a rise in the use of cryptocurrencies in illicit transactions and in concealing criminal proceeds. He cited as a common case the receipt of digital assets for illegal drug trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>To counter this, Rosfinmonitoring, together with partners, is developing the cryptocurrency analytics service \\&#8221;Transparent Blockchain.\\&#8221; It enables tracking coin transfers and cross-referencing with wallet-owner data that is at the disposal of the service.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the Russian Interior Ministry announced the deployment of a digital service to identify <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/russia-begins-tracking-unscrupulous-bitcoin-wallet-holders\">unscrupulous crypto-wallet owners<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog&#8217;s Bitcoin news on our <a href=\\\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analytics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rosfinmonitoring backs the option of strict regulation of cryptocurrencies proposed by the Russian government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":71248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1451,1516],"class_list":["post-71247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitcoin-regulation-in-russia","tag-rosfinmonitoring"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"15","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71247"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71249,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71247\/revisions\/71249"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}