Anatoly Aksakov proposed to make mining an entrepreneurial activity – Bits Media

Anatoly Aksakov, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on the Financial Market, believes, that it is necessary to more clearly define digital currencies and enter mining into the register of types of entrepreneurial activities.

During the Moscow Financial Forum, Aksakov told, that in the near future there will be noticeable changes in Russia regarding the taxation of cryptocurrencies and mining. So, the emission of cryptocurrencies clearly fits the definition of entrepreneurial activity:

“Since this is a type of entrepreneurial activity, obviously, you need to enter it into the register, assign a code to it corresponding to the type of business and introduce taxation ".

The chairman of the profile committee also told, that there is no common terminology for digital assets in current regulations. Therefore, it is necessary to clarify and define the concepts of state digital currencies., cryptocurrencies and other digital assets.

“There is a digital currency of the Central Bank and there is a digital currency, which is essentially, maybe, understood as cryptocurrency, and it is necessary to clearly prescribe the differentiation of these concepts with that, so that there is no confusion ", - noted Anatoly Aksakov.

The best solution for defining and clarifying concepts, he called the holding of discussions. They will also help to more clearly define the regulation of digital assets in Russia.. According to Aksakov, cryptocurrencies are more of an investment vehicle, rather than a means of payment.

Another area of ​​work of the committee is the determination and consolidation of the rights and obligations of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation in relation to the digital ruble, its release and regulation.

Recall, that the Bank of Russia plans
test the digital ruble within the next year.