Russia’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Sergei Katyrin suggested the country should integrate cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) into its financial system.
What Happened: Katyrin said in a letter to the local prime minister Mikhail Mishustin that central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and cryptocurrencies should be used as part of the country’s involvement with Africa, Russian state-backed publication TASS reported on Thursday.
The Russian official said that “it seems useful to instruct the Ministry of …