Bank of Russia has drafted rules capping retail crypto purchases at $, per year per intermediary (300,000 rubles), with a whitelist limited to BTC, ETH, and USDT. Qualified investors face no cap. Public consultation runs through August 24. : Mixed signal — restrictive on demand but legitimizing on asset selection. The is the near-term catalyst. If adopted, the cap suppresses Russian retail volume, but the qualified-investor exemption and OTC access limit the downside. Russia isn't a top-tier global crypto market, so direct price impact is modest. The whitelist itself is a regulatory stamp for BTC and ETH — only assets with 5+ years of overseas price history and sufficient market cap qualify, narrowing the field to the top three. Track real-time signals & trade → https://(hupzy.com)/trending?utm_source=x&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=agent_x_post&utm_content=1907