Russians divided on central bank’s proposal to ban operations with cryptocurrencies, poll reveals.
by other institutions and the government has reportedly prepared a roadmap to regulate, not ban crypto operations.
Equal numbers of crypto-aware Russians now support and reject the central bank’s idea , the survey conducted by Vtsiom has shown. A similarly sized group of people, 33%, remain indifferent towards the regulator’s attempt to ban crypto-related transactions. A majority of the young, 54% of those aged 18 – 24 and half of the 25 to 34-year-olds, disagree with the monetary authority. On the other end of the spectrum are those aged 60 and over, among whom only 15% are against the ban.
The majority of Russians familiar with bitcoin admitted that neither they nor those they are close to had ever bought cryptocurrency . A fifth of the polled revealed their relatives or friends had bought bitcoin and 4% purchased cryptos themselves. At the same time, more Russians believe a crypto stash is harder to steal, while those who feel fiat holdings are safer came out to 27%.