{"id":689244,"date":"2026-01-11T16:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T16:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/689244\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T16:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T16:26:10","slug":"russian-patents-office-green-lights-tethers-tokenisation-trademark-request-dl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/689244\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian patents office green-lights Tether\u2019s tokenisation trademark request \u2013 DL News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"list-outside pl-8\">\n<li>Tether applied for Hadron trademark in October.<\/li>\n<li>Patents office grants Tether right to use trademark until 2035.<\/li>\n<li>USDT usage has become controversial in Russia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"puppeteer-article-text-type-element\">Russia\u2019s patents office has granted Tether, the issuer of the USDT stablecoin, approval for a trademark for the Hadron tokenisation platform.<\/p>\n<p class=\"puppeteer-article-text-type-element\">Tether submitted its application to the Russian Federal Intellectual Property Office, known as Rospatent, in October 2025, the Russian newspaper RIA Novosti <a href=\"https:\/\/ria.ru\/20260110\/usdt-2067062635.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/ria.ru\/20260110\/usdt-2067062635.html\">reported<\/a> on January 10.<\/p>\n<p class=\"puppeteer-article-text-type-element\">Rospatent reviewed the application late last year and approved it earlier this month, the outlet wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"puppeteer-article-text-type-element\">The development indicates Tether is looking to get in on Russia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dlnews.com\/articles\/regulation\/moscow-policymaker-says-russia-needs-stricter-crypto-regulations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dlnews.com\/articles\/regulation\/moscow-policymaker-says-russia-needs-stricter-crypto-regulations\/\">fast-growing<\/a> crypto and private blockchain market, which is currently dominated by large domestic banks and other large Russian companies.<\/p>\n<p>Expanding market<\/p>\n<p class=\"puppeteer-article-text-type-element\">Rospatent\u2019s decision means Tether now holds exclusive rights to the trademark in the country, with its validity expiring on October 3, 2035.<\/p>\n<p class=\"puppeteer-article-text-type-element\">The government body notes that trademark \u201ccovers blockchain financial services, cryptocurrency trading and exchange, crypto-related financial advice, crypto payment processing, and related consultancy services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"puppeteer-article-text-type-element\">Tether launched Hadron in November 2024, calling it a tokenisation platform that lets firms release fractionalised stocks, bonds, rewards points, corporate equity, and commodities as digital tokens on a blockchain network.<\/p>\n<p class=\"puppeteer-article-text-type-element\">However, Tether\u2019s recent history in Russia is chequered. Less than a year ago, Tether froze $28 million worth of USDT on the Russian crypto exchange Garantex, apparently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/sanctioned-russian-crypto-exchange-suspends-services-tether-blocks-wallets-2025-03-06\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/sanctioned-russian-crypto-exchange-suspends-services-tether-blocks-wallets-2025-03-06\/\">at the behest of the US Secret Service<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"puppeteer-article-text-type-element\">At the time, Garantex said that Tether had \u201centered the war against the Russian crypto market.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"puppeteer-article-text-type-element\">\u201cPlease note that all USDT held in Russian wallets is now under threat,\u201d Garantex said. In May, the Russian central bank followed up by updating its rules on crypto trading within its cross-border trade sandbox.<\/p>\n<p class=\"puppeteer-article-text-type-element\">The sandbox allows Russian firms to use crypto as a payment tool with international partners, using unnamed crypto exchanges that operate under the central bank\u2019s supervision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"puppeteer-article-text-type-element\">The rules noted that coins used in the sandbox \u201cmust not be related to securities issued by hostile issuers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"puppeteer-article-text-type-element\">Experts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.ru\/crypto\/news\/6827294f9a7947460f1316d8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.ru\/crypto\/news\/6827294f9a7947460f1316d8\">told<\/a> the Russian media outlet RBC this would necessarily include both USDT and Circle\u2019s USD Coin.<\/p>\n<p>Tokenisation gathers momentum<\/p>\n<p class=\"puppeteer-article-text-type-element\">The central bank has since followed up with other warnings about the dangers for Russians of using coins and exchanges that are subject to sanctions-related requests from US, UK, and EU regulators.<\/p>\n<p class=\"puppeteer-article-text-type-element\">Tokenisation is already a multi-billion-dollar industry in Russia. The central bank announced in December that the Russian private blockchain-powered token industry is already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dlnews.com\/articles\/markets\/russias-little-known-13bn-crypto-secret\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dlnews.com\/articles\/markets\/russias-little-known-13bn-crypto-secret\/\">worth $13 billion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"puppeteer-article-text-type-element\">Russian banks, metals firms, and stock exchanges have released tokens tied to the value of precious metals, real estate, and commodities like cocoa beans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"puppeteer-article-text-type-element\">Yields on short-term digital tokens last year outperformed short-term bond yields by an average of 1.7%, Vitaly Plotnikov, the deputy director of the central bank\u2019s financial market infrastructure department, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.interfax.ru\/business\/1061501\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.interfax.ru\/business\/1061501\">told<\/a> the Russian news agency Interfax in December.<\/p>\n<p class=\"puppeteer-article-text-type-element\">Tim Alper is a News Correspondent at DL News. Got a tip? Email him at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dlnews.com\/articles\/markets\/russian-green-lights-tether-tokenisation-trademark\/mailto:tdalper@dlnews.com\" rel=\" nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tdalper@dlnews.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tether applied for Hadron trademark in October. Patents office grants Tether right to use trademark until 2035. 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