Russia's largest bank, Sberbank, predicts that first-year crypto trading volume will reach $46.4 billion.

According to The Block, Anatoly Popov, deputy chairman of Russia's largest bank Sberbank, stated that Russia's new cryptocurrency regulations will officially take effect on September 1, 2026, with the volume of regulated crypto transactions expected to reach 4 trillion rubles (approximately $46.4 billion) in the first year, and projected to grow to around 7.5 trillion rubles (approximately $87.1 billion) by 2029.