Sberbank launched an indefinite digital financial asset (Tsf) for the category of qualified investors for a basket of bitcoin and ether, said the deputy chairman of the Bank of Anatoly Popov as part of the Eastern Economic Forum-2025.

According to Anatoly Popov, a digital financial asset for a basket of bitcoin and ether is launched with equal weights of 50%. This tool will provide the opportunity for qualified investors to invest in crypto assets without acquiring them directly.

“The product provides skilled investors with simple, safe and legal access to crypto through the usual and adjustable Sberbank platform,” said Popov.

Due to this, existing risks and various difficulties of operations on cryptocurrency trading floors are removed from investors. New financial instruments with reference to leading cryptocurrencies open up additional prospects for the development of the market and expand the capabilities of institutional players, and the bank representative summed up.

Previously, Sberbank placed the first bond issue on the Moscow Exchange, the profitability of which depends on the dynamics of the price of the first cryptocurrency in rubles.