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Sberbank Plans Bitcoin, Ethereum and Tether as Loan Collateral

The expansion is contingent on new crypto rules taking full effect and the Bank of Russia permitting the assets for public circulation. Sberbank plans to accept bitcoin, Ethereum and the Tether stablecoin as loan collateral after the Bank of Russia permits the assets for public circulation and the country’s new crypto rules take full effect.

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Fact 1: In December 2025, the bank made a pilot corporate loan to Russian mining operator Intelion Data, with digital currency mined through the company’s own computing infrastructure serving as collateral, according to Intelion’s account.
Fact 2: In December 2025, the Bank of Russia said it had abandoned the experiment because it did not have time to run a trial and then spend additional years developing a permanent system.
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Fact 4: Market participants have a transition period through July 1, 2027, to obtain licenses and bring their operations into compliance.

Anatoly Popov, deputy chairman of Sberbank’s management board, outlined the plan in an interview excerpt published by TASS. He said the bank would adapt its existing products to the new requirements and then expand its range of crypto-backed loans. Popov separately said Sberbank was seeing demand from businesses, particularly miners and companies for which crypto represents a significant part of their assets.

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