The Moscow Exchange will launch the bitcoin index

On June 10, the Moscow Stock Exchange will begin calculating and publishing the Moscow Exchange's Index of PFI Bitcoin (MOEXBTC), according to the press service of the site. The new index will track bitcoin prices on the largest crypto exchanges.

The index is formed based on data on the prices of perpetual futures and swaps for the BTC/USDT pair from the Binance, Bybit, OKX and Bitget platforms. The calculation is performed as a weighted average of prices, taking into account weighting factors that depend on trading volumes and will be reviewed quarterly.

The index is scheduled to be published every day at 12:30 Moscow time. In the future, MOEXBTC may become the basis for the creation of new financial instruments.

Earlier, the Moscow Stock Exchange launched trading in Russia's first cryptocurrency futures linked to shares of the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) ETF fund from BlackRock. This became possible after the Bank of Russia allowed qualified investors to offer derivatives and digital financial assets linked to cryptocurrencies on May 28.