POPA ReconMoscow Exchange (MOEX): is crypto trading starting on 1 December 2026? Per RBC, the exchange plans to launch it on 1 December. The product list and investor eligibility are not stated in the reports found.
What was said
On 8 October, MarketTwits reported, citing RBC, that Boris Blokhin said the exchange plans to launch crypto trading on 1 December. Blokhin is MOEX's senior managing director for sales and business development. He spoke on the sidelines of the "Настоящее будущее" investment forum organised by SberInvestments. The same line was repeated by runews on X and other Telegram channels. All of them trace back to the one RBC report.
Earlier signal
On 16 September, MarketTwits cited RBC Investments quoting Sergey Shvetsov. He said MOEX would be technologically ready to launch crypto trading by 1 December. Trading would run in both quasi-dollars and rubles, depending on the instrument. So the date has been consistent for about three weeks, and it is described as a plan, not a firm commitment.
Context, claims by X authors and not verified here
ETH_Daily says MOEX already offers monthly and quarterly futures on ETH, BTC, SOL, XRP and TRX. It also says the exchange plans to expand to 10 crypto assets.
Marcorio61O says MOEX's derivatives director Maria Patrikeeva announced BTC and ETH perpetual futures for September 2026. They would be ruble-settled and open to qualified investors only. This post also says a new crypto law took effect on 1 September.
CryptoTice_ says retail investors would be capped at 300,000 rubles a year and qualified investors would have no cap, except on privacy coins.
nizacoin says the Bank of Russia's 23 December 2025 concept set 1 July 2026 as the deadline for developing the legal framework.
What the sources do not establish
They do not say whether the 1 December launch is spot trading or derivatives. They also do not say which coins are included or who may trade. No Bank of Russia or MOEX primary document was found.