Russia just made history 🇷🇺
Finance Ministry employees got paid in digital rubles (CBDC) for the first time ever. This isn't a test anymore.
Context:
- 2025 pilot: 16M digital rubles (~$192K) used for federal budget spending
- Infrastructure from pilot now live for actual salaries
- Russia moving fast on state-backed digital currency while most countries still "researching"
This is the blueprint. When a major economy starts paying government workers in CBDC, adoption curves accelerate.
Watch how this plays out for:
- Cross-border settlement rails
- Sanctions circumvention narratives
- Competing CBDC timelines (China, EU, US)
The CBDC race isn't coming. It's here.
Finance Ministry employees got paid in digital rubles (CBDC) for the first time ever. This isn't a test anymore.
Context:
- 2025 pilot: 16M digital rubles (~$192K) used for federal budget spending
- Infrastructure from pilot now live for actual salaries
- Russia moving fast on state-backed digital currency while most countries still "researching"
This is the blueprint. When a major economy starts paying government workers in CBDC, adoption curves accelerate.
Watch how this plays out for:
- Cross-border settlement rails
- Sanctions circumvention narratives
- Competing CBDC timelines (China, EU, US)
The CBDC race isn't coming. It's here.
