Russians quadrupled investments in digital assets

At the end of 2024, Russians have concluded 215 thousand transactions for the purchase of digital financial assets (DFA), the Bank of Russia told Izvestia.

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The total volume of citizens' investments in the new instrument reached 159 billion rubles. This amount more than four times exceeded the results of the previous year, the regulator said.

The CFA market is quite new, it appeared in 2020, noted "Izvestia" in the press service of "Sberbank". At the same time, it is actively developing - such investments are made not only by institutional investors, but also by ordinary individuals. In 2024, 85 thousand people were clients, of whom the share of qualified investors did not exceed 5%, reported the operator of the information system for the issuance of digital financial assets "Atomize".

In general, in 2024, the digital asset market showed dynamic growth in all indicators, including the number of new operators, the number of issues, the volume of funds placed and the diversity of issuers, the Central Bank stated. It noted that 950 issues worth more than RUB 580 billion were placed during the year, or almost nine times higher than in 2023.

As explained in the Central Bank, the CFA yield in different cases is determined by unique approaches and can be both fixed and floating, tied to various indicators and indices. For example, it may depend on the quotation of precious metals, the value of real estate and other factors.

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