The Moscow Exchange spoke about the first issues of digital financial assets (DFAs), which it conducted as part of its pilot program.

The issuer of one of the issues was Gazprom Neft.

“The purpose of the issue is to raise funds to finance the current activities of the company. The volume of the issue was 100 million rubles with a circulation period of 58 days and an interest rate of 13% per annum,” the company said.

The GPB-factoring company also became an issuer. The issue was structured in the form of cash claims in the amount of 100 million rubles and a circulation period of 1 day.

All issues took place on the platform of the National Settlement Depository (NSD), which is part of the Moscow Exchange group.

“In the future, this will make it possible to quickly offer new issues of instruments for a variety of assets, which will significantly expand the opportunities for Russian private and institutional investors, and issuers will receive an additional channel for raising funds to develop their business,” said Sergei Kharinov, director of digital assets at the Moscow Exchange.

Recently, the head of the Association of Russian Banks, Georgy Luntovsky, said that the digital ruble can be a convenient tool for cross-border payments.

However, according to a Rambler&Co survey, slightly less than half of Russians do not plan to use the digital ruble. More than half of those surveyed – 53% – do not understand how the state digital currency system works.