U.S.-sanctioned Moscow Exchange to list bitcoin and Tether’s USDT in December

Key points

• Russia's primary trading venue, the Moscow Exchange, plans to list bitcoin and Tether's USDT stablecoin in December.
• The U.S.-sanctioned exchange aims to recapture cryptocurrency trading volume currently conducted abroad by Russian users.
• Notably, Tether regularly freezes digital asset wallets that appear on official United States sanctions lists, creating a unique dynamic for the upcoming listings.

Summarized automatically by Kryptokite from reporting by CoinDesk. Read the original sources for full detail.