🇷🇺📊MOEX Launches $BTC ETF Futures: BlackRock’s IBIT Hits Russia

On June 4, the Moscow Exchange will open trading for IBIT — the Bitcoin ETF from BlackRock — in futures format. Access will be granted exclusively to qualified investors. The instrument is quoted in USD, but settled in Russian rubles. The announcement marks the first official listing of a US-based Bitcoin ETF derivative on a Russian exchange.

The trading code is IBIT, the lot size equals one ETF share, and the contract will be executed quarterly — with the first expiry in September. While retail investors remain excluded, this signals an institutional gateway into global crypto markets under national regulation.

Why does it matter? Because BlackRock’s IBIT is not just any ETF — it’s the world’s largest Bitcoin fund, holding over $18 billion in BTC. And now it’s entering MOEX through futures, despite the geopolitical wall between Western and Russian markets.

This move aligns with broader developments: T-Bank is experimenting with ETF-like wrappers. Sber is exploring tokenized gold. SPB Exchange just opened access to virtual asset instruments. Russia is not replicating Wall Street — it’s building a crypto-native mirror of it.

In a time of financial fragmentation and dedollarization, listing IBIT on MOEX is more than a technical upgrade — it’s a statement. A message that capital finds paths even through sanctioned soil.

Is this the quiet beginning of Russia’s alternative digital Wall Street?#AMAGE