Moscow Exchange (Moex), Russia's largest stock exchange, has initiated Future's trade for Blackrock's Ishares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) since the fund increases into the world's leading ETFs through the reliable assets (AUM).
According to an official announcement by the exchange, Moex led a futures contract before Ibit on June 4th.
The latest investment product is just accessible to accredited investors, whereby Moex will introduce qualification tests from June 23, in keeping with the announcement.
According to Eric Balchunas, Senior ETF analyst from Bloomberg, IBIT has entered the list of 25 top 25 ETFs worldwide with an AUM of 72.4 billion US dollars.
Multiple crypto products debut in Russia
The IBIT Futures Trading debut of Moscow Exchange is the most recent crypto investment product introduction in Russia for the reason that Bank of Russia officially approved the financial institutions for crypto products in May.
After the Greenlight, large local business banks, including Sber and T-Bank (formerly Tinkoff Bank), have with the specification of investment tools related to cryptocurrencies similar to Bitcoin (BTC).
Despite this expansion, the Russian central bank remains to be careful with direct cryptoinvestment and continues to advise against the participation of retail within the digital asset markets.
Retail investors should not pleased
Since products similar to IBIT ETF -Futures are only available for accredited investors, many retail investors are unimpressed by the most recent crypto developments in Russia.
“No real ETFs from the United States, just a duplicate that under no circumstances influences the cryptoma market,” an indignant observer commented on the news concerning the Decenter Canal on Telegram.
Another commentator indicated that they would love to trade cryptocurrencies directly on stock exchanges similar to Binance as crypto plant products on Moex.
According to official Moex data, the variety of individuals with broker accounts on Moex amounted to 36.9 million from May. In the past month, at the very least 3.6 million people carried out transactions on the Moex stock markets, with 315,000 people representing qualified private investors.
IBIT CEMTS Position under ETF giants
Blackrock's IBIT has continued its meteoric climb because it began in January 2024. On June 3, the ETF entered the Global Top 25 list with assets, a service that was achieved in only over a 12 months.
“At the age of 1.4, IBIT is the youngest on the list nine times,” wrote Bloomberg's ETF expert Balchunas on Tuesday on X.
Top 25 largest ETFs on June 3, 2025. Source: Eric Balchunas
“It's like a baby who hangs around with teenagers and twenty parts.
The Ibit Bitcoin ETF from Blackrock has repeatedly broken records since its historical start in January 2024. In just three months after the beginning, IBIT installed almost 15.5 billion US dollars in the highest 10 longest tributaries for all ETFs in history.
