According to Patrikeeva, the exchange intends to increase the range of such cryptocurrency instruments: in the future, it aims to expand the number of available coins to ten and gradually expand the set of perpetual futures for the most popular assets beyond Ethereum and Bitcoin.
Perpetual futures are one-day contracts with no fixed expiration date (the termination of the futures contract between the seller and the buyer and the fulfillment of the contract obligation). The contracts are automatically rolled over to the next trading day, providing market participants with flexibility in managing their positions.
Instruments pegged to the value of digital assets appeared on the Moscow Exchange in the summer of 2025. As of today, professional investors can trade quarterly and monthly futures on five cryptocurrencies — Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Ripple, and Tron.
The Moscow Exchange has not yet announced when it plans to start trading the actual cryptocurrencies. However, market sources claim that the platform is preparing to launch its own digital settlement depository, which will exist separately from the nationwide National Settlement Depository. The Moscow Exchange is under US blocking sanctions. These restrictions do not directly prohibit transactions with cryptocurrencies, but they significantly limit access to international settlement infrastructure.
Recently, the Bank of Russia included Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the US company Tether's USDT stablecoin in the list of crypto assets approved for trading by non-professional investors.
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