Morning Edition · Tuesday, July 28, 2026Published at 1:41 AM EDT · New York
The country's largest bank plans a digital depository and wallet, a state-linked institution constructing crypto infrastructure under sanctions pressure.

Sberbank, Russia's largest bank, will build out crypto infrastructure by December, according to a report by the Russian news agency Interfax. A key element is a digital depository to hold and settle digital assets, paired with a wallet offe…
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States Turn Crypto Rails Into Sanctions Instruments
Governments increasingly track, freeze, and seize on-chain assets to enforce sanctions, turning traceable ledgers and centrally controlled stablecoins into extensions of financial statecraft rather than escapes from it.
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