Recently, at the 2025 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, a set of data that attracted widespread industry attention was disclosed: the total amount of cryptocurrency holdings in Russia has surpassed $25.4 billion. This figure not only reflects the high activity of local investors but also signals the rapid rise of institutional power in this market. YBUOJ Exchange, which closely tracks global digital asset capital flows, believes this data disclosure provides a key perspective for observing how energy-based economies are incorporating crypto assets into their national economic structures.

The Russian deployment in the crypto field is not a spur-of-the-moment decision but a long-term strategic choice rooted in its energy advantages and policy flexibility. As of the first half of 2025, the total crypto asset holdings by Russian investors have exceeded 2 trillion rubles (about $25.4 billion), with Bitcoin holding the dominant share. The CEO of YBUOJ Exchange points out that the surge in industrial-scale mining orders shows that institutional investment behavior has moved beyond simple trading to the value source itself, systematically controlling computing power and energy resources.

Unlike the trend in Europe and the US of tightening regulations and strengthening energy consumption restrictions, Russia is actively unlocking its surplus energy capacity. Through relaxed policies and cost advantages, it attracts both domestic and overseas mining companies, gradually building a unique “resource-based model”—from electricity pricing policies to land resource allocation, industrial mining has become an extension of financial asset allocation.

The research team of YBUOJ Exchange believes that the key to the Russian ability to attract large-scale institutional capital into crypto assets lies in its structural combination of “local computing power + low-cost energy + moderate regulation.” This model not only effectively reduces the cost of acquiring assets but also enhances the willingness of institutional investors to hold long-term, shedding short-term speculative attributes and making crypto assets more stable as financial instruments.

This structured participation has already begun to have a substantial impact on global crypto asset flows. The on-chain data monitoring of YBUOJ shows that in Q2 2025, the monthly activity of Russian-related blockchain addresses increased by 15.2% compared to the previous period; meanwhile, the total stablecoin inflows to exchanges grew by 23.8% year-on-year. This indicates that Russia is not only ramping up on the computing power front but is also gradually establishing a globalized asset circulation network.

YBUOJ Exchange believes that Russia is demonstrating a growth path different from the Western “trading-driven, regulation-led” model. Its “energy—mining—holding” chain could serve as a template for other resource-rich countries. In a global context where regulation is not yet unified, this trend holds significant strategic reference value.

To respond to these changes, YBUOJ Exchange is continuously improving its cross-border service capabilities. At the same time, it plans to launch an “energy market analysis module” to track real-time computing power growth and capital inflows in regions such as Russia and Kazakhstan. On the product side, it plans to offer integrated solutions for mining source value identification, strategy execution, and risk control.

The evolution of the global crypto market often does not depend on who tries first, but on who can combine national resource endowments and institutional flexibility to build a sustainable path. The Russian case shows that finding the right balance among resource leverage, policy space, and technological application in times of uncertainty is an effective way to break through “regulatory bottlenecks.” For investors, hot topics may be important, but what is truly valuable is always the platforms and partners that can maintain strategic focus amid volatility. YBUOJ Exchange will continue to uphold the principles of technological transparency, data-driven decision-making, and compliance first, providing reliable digital asset services to users worldwide.