“This is a reasonable position, since almost all countries of the world are involved in regulation, and significant experience has been accumulated over the past five years,” the expert explained.

Earlier, the director of the financial policy department of the Ministry of Finance of Russia, Ivan Chebeskov, said that he was in favor of regulating cryptocurrency, and not for its ban.

In his opinion, regulation will be able to provide transparency, which will protect citizens.

On January 21, the Central Bank announced possible measures to tighten regulation of the cryptocurrency market in Russia.