Moscow Exchange Sets Hours for Its Planned Crypto Trading Pilot

Moscow Exchange plans a Dec. 1 cryptocurrency trading pilot that would add trading in underlying digital assets to its existing crypto-index futures business. At the Smart-Lab investment conference Oct. 31, Moscow Exchange Senior Managing Director Boris Blokhin said the session would run from 10:50 p.m. ET Nov. 30 to 3:50 p.m. ET Dec. 1 (03:50–20:50 UTC Dec. 1). The planned initial assets are Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH) and USD Tether (USDT). The platform would match orders through an electronic order book. Moscow Exchange plans to use its existing stock-market infrastructure to limit added costs for brokers.