BlackRock Bitcoin Futures ETF listed on the Moscow Exchange, available only to accredited investors.

Gate News bot message, on June 4, 2025, the Moscow Exchange launched BlackRock Bitcoin futures ETF trading, bringing this digital asset product into the Russian TradFi market.

The new product IBIT-9.25 (IBU5) futures contract is only available to accredited investors. BlackRock's foray into the Moscow market is indicative of institutional investors' continued interest in Bitcoin.

The comprehensive implementation of investor qualifications will take effect on June 23, 2025, at which point the exchange will release the latest infrastructure update Spectra 8.3. Before this, brokers are responsible for verifying whether their clients are qualified to trade this product.

However, even as more and more Russian investors gain exposure to products such as Bitcoin ETF futures, their concerns about privacy and surveillance are also increasing.

Olga Tisen, head of the legal department of the Federal Financial Monitoring Service of the Russian Federation (Rosfinmonitoring), issued a stern warning at the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum.

She pointed out that cryptocurrency exchanges and brokers operating in Russia have been providing transaction data to law enforcement agencies, and emphasized that despite the lack of formal cryptocurrency regulation, wallet owners' data is often disclosed to authorities upon request. Her comments suggest that cryptocurrency users in Russia should be cautious about any level of trading privacy.

Source: Cryptonews