Alfa-Bank has a platform for working with digital assets
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Alfa-Bank launched its own platform “A-Token” for the issuance of digital financial assets (DFA), writes RBC Crypto. This became possible after the bank was included in the register of information system operators of the Bank of Russia – more on this on Thursday, February 2, informed the Central Bank itself. Alfa-Bank became the second largest bank in the register after Sberbank. Now it also includes the Lighthouse fintech company, which issues CFA together with VTB, and the Atomize platform, of which Rosbank is a partner. On these platforms, for example, the first issues of DFAs for gold and for accounts
Key Highlights Sberbank may soon offer loans backed by cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum for ruble loans. The bank has issued 160+ digital assets this year, including Russia’s first real estate- and oil-backed tokens. Russia plans to classify cryptocurrencies as “currency assets” and allow retail investors access by 2026. Russian…
Financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald has chosen its partners for its new global Bitcoin financing business that will allow institutional investors to borrow against their Bitcoin holdings. Anchorage Digital Bank and Copper will serve as collateral managers and provide custody of collateralized assets. The new business will launch with $2 billion in…