2025-12-29 09:01:18

#比特币与黄金战争 Russia has made a quite interesting move—Sberbank (Russia's largest bank) has approved a loan to Bitcoin miner Intelion Data, with crypto assets used as collateral. This is the first time such a thing has happened in Russia and is considered a pilot project.

The official details haven't been disclosed much, including the loan amount, duration, or specific cryptocurrencies used as collateral. However, one detail worth noting is that these crypto assets are stored using Sberbank's own custody solution Rutoken until the borrower repays the loan.

What does this indicate? Traditional financial institutions are starting to take Bitcoin mining seriously. In the past, banks would avoid this area, but now they are exploring how to use crypto assets as collateral—this actually reflects increasing market acceptance, and mining financing is evolving. Russia's banks are willing to take the first step; will other regions follow suit?

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quietly_staking

· 6h ago

Russian banks are really starting to get serious. Will the mining financing landscape change now? --- Sberbank accepting crypto collateral... What does this mean? Traditional finance is beginning to bow its head. --- Wait, does this mean there's another middleman in the custody of rutoken? --- As expected, only national banks can provide financing. Retail miners will have to keep scraping by. --- If this move succeeds, Europe and the US won't sit still. Those who follow suit will seize the opportunity first.

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OnchainDetective

· 6h ago

Wait, Sberbank is directly accepting cryptocurrencies as collateral? Is this implying that Russia's stance has really shifted?

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Deconstructionist

· 6h ago

Oh no, Sberbank's move is really brilliant, traditional finance has finally woken up. --- Wow, Russian banks really dare to play, this completely breaks the circle of mining financing. --- The question is whether the Rutoken custody method is reliable, it feels a bit risky. --- It should have been like this a long time ago, why are banks still pretending to be high and mighty. --- Wait, the loan details haven't been made public? That's the most worth digging into. --- Traditional finance has truly chickened out, the mining sector has won this round. --- It's just being forced to accept, there's no other way. --- As for the money held by Rutoken, I just want to know when it will be frozen. --- But on the other hand, this also shows that Russia is really all in on crypto. --- There will definitely be followers later, European banks can't sit still anymore.

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