Russia’s Central Bank has announced that it wants to hire a “cryptocurrency” expert – a massive turnaround for the bank, which earlier this year proposed a blanket ban on all things crypto-related.
In a post on the Russian job search platform Headhunter (HH), the Central Bank wrote that it was looking for a “blockchain developer” with “cryptocurrency” expertise. The bank wants to hire a developer with between one and three years of experience in the field.
The bank explained that the successful candidate would be charged with the “development of analytical materials” and “consultation reports” – as well as “proposals for legal amendments” to laws pertaining to “digital currencies, distributed ledger technology, decentralized finance, and digital financial assets.”
Russian regulators and politicians have often used the term “digital financial assets” as a euphemism for crypto.
The new hire will also be asked to work on “pilot” projects.
Until relatively recently, the bank’s position...
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