MOEX to Launch Five Crypto Perpetual Futures on September 22 Russia's largest stock exchange, Moscow Exchange (MOEX), is set to expand its crypto derivatives offering with the launch of perpe
Russia's largest stock exchange, Moscow Exchange (MOEX), is set to expand its crypto derivatives offering with the launch of perpetual futures linked to five major digital assets. The new contracts will cover Bitcoin ($BTC), Ethereum ($ETH), Solana ($SOL), XRP and Tron (TRX), going live on September 22, 2026.
The exchange has identified the instruments as BTCUSDF, ETHUSDF, SOLUSDF, XRPUSDF and TRXUSDF, corresponding to the MOEXBTC, MOEXETH, MOEXSOL, MOEXXRP and MOEXTRX indices.Unlike traditional futures, the perpetual contracts have no fixed expiration date and will automatically roll forward each trading day.
The contracts are quoted in U.S. dollars and settled in Russian rubles, with no delivery of the underlying crypto assets involved. Access will be restricted: the new derivative products will be available exclusively to qualified investors on Russia's largest stock exchange.
The September 22 launch builds on growing traction in MOEX's existing crypto derivatives business. Bitcoin and Ether index futures began trading in November 2025, while contracts linked to Solana, XRP and Tron followed on May 14, 2026.Since May 13, the indices have used prices from major cryptocurrency exchanges and update every 15 seconds during relevant trading periods.
Over 72,000 qualified investors have traded digital asset perpetual futures since their launch, with cumulative volume exceeding 600 billion rubles.That figure relates to the exchange's existing cryptocurrency derivatives activity and does not represent trading volume for the new perpetual contracts, which have not yet begun trading.
MOEX started trading cryptocurrency derivatives shortly after the Central Bank of Russia authorized financial firms to offer such products in May 2025, and was among the first participants in the country's traditional financial market to do so, alongside players such as Sber, Russia's largest bank. The expansion signals a broader push by Russian financial institutions to build domestic infrastructure for regulated crypto exposure, channelling activity through state-supervised venues rather than offshore platforms.
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