282-FZStablecoinsDFA MiningDeFiCross-border

Mikhail
Uspenskiy

Leading counsel on digital currencies, stablecoins and blockchain project structuring

Over twenty years of legal practice, with the last decade focused on digital assets. Member of the State Duma Expert Council on cryptocurrency regulation, contributor to amendments to sector legislation, and researcher under a Russian Science Foundation grant on digital settlement instruments.

20+years of legal practice
10years in digital assets
RSFgrant on digital settlement tools
DumaExpert Council on crypto regulation
282-FZ · timeline

Law rollout calendar

The Digital Currencies and Digital Rights Act is being phased in. Key dates for businesses and asset holders:

1 May 2027 until the crypto-wallet reporting duty part 3 of Art. 23 of No. 283-FZ
1 July 2027 until the end of the intermediary licensing transition
1 September 2027 until completion of the staged law rollout

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Practice

Focus areas

Cross-border crypto settlements

Structuring foreign-trade settlements in stablecoins: a full tax and accounting framework for importers and exporters, contractual packaging, and banking-compliance support.

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Exchange licensing

Bringing existing exchange services into compliance with the Digital Currencies and Digital Rights Act, and supporting new entrants joining the Bank of Russia operators’ register.

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Digital project structuring

Legal structures for DeFi, NFT and Web3 projects: foreign entities and licences, non-standard tokenisations via hybrid DFAs on open networks, entry into experimental legal regimes, and legal aspects of deepfakes.

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Mining, pools, hashrate

Disputes with Russia’s Federal Tax Service, which now administers the industry: taxation of mined digital currency, defence in audits and assessments — where twenty years of tax-dispute practice is decisive.

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Public role

Public activity

  • Member of the State Duma Expert Council on cryptocurrency regulation
  • Deputy chair of the Public Council under the Moscow Federal Tax Service
  • Deputy chair of the board of the Chamber of Tax Consultants
  • Deputy chair of the digital Commission of the Moscow branch of the Russian Bar Association
  • Member of the digital commission of the Russian Bar Association
Team

Parallax agency

Complex mandates are delivered by the Parallax consulting team — digital-asset counsel, tax advisers and litigation lawyers.

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