Russian Energy Giant Powers Up Bitcoin Mining With Game-Changing Mutual Fund

Moscow's energy sector just plugged into crypto—hard. A state-backed power company is launching Russia's first Bitcoin mining mutual investment fund, merging traditional infrastructure with digital asset yields.

⚡ High-voltage play: The fund lets institutional investors ride Bitcoin's volatility without touching ASICs—just like Wall Street's crypto ETFs, but with Siberian energy subsidies.

❄️ Cold cash: Leveraging Russia's cheap Arctic electricity, the fund promises 'industrial-scale mining profitability'—assuming regulators don't freeze assets first.

Closing shocker: Because nothing says 'diversified portfolio' like betting on a proof-of-work token during a climate crisis... with Kremlin-connected oligarchs as your fund managers.

Russian Power Firm’s BTC Mining CEF

In the financial world, CEFs usually refer to investment funds that issue a fixed number of shares only once, typically during an initial offering.

Unlike traditional open-ended funds, their issuers do not continuously issue or redeem shares. Instead, CEF shares are traded on a stock exchange, much like individual stocks.

Power Systems said that it WOULD send investors analytics data. It will also let them access CCTV camera feeds that monitor work at the mining farms.

The fund’s term is five years, and with an initial capital worth 850 million rubles (around $11 million. Potential investors must put a minimum of 5 million rubles ($63,719) into the fund, the company said.

The power firm says its basic financial model assumes a return of 49% per annum. It also promised 10% per year interim payments, with a quarterly frequency.

Finam said that the shares would not be made available on secondary markets. It said that its commission fee would be 1% of the average annual value of the fund’s net assets.

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Investors ‘Won’t Make Money if BTC Prices Drop Below $35k’

A Power Systems executive said that the fund would reach a break-even point if Bitcoin prices do not fall below $35,000 in the next five years.

Providing BTC prices do not drop below this rate, investors could expect to make money from their stakes, the company said.

The exact cost of mining BTC in Russia remains unclear, with power prices varying from region to region.

Experts said at the end of the past financial year that US miners spent an average of $82,162 to mine BTC 1.

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Russia: Growing Bullish on Bitcoin?

Having remained relatively cautious about allowing investors access to crypto-related financial products in the past, Moscow has become decidedly more bullish in 2025.

At the end of May, the Russian Central Bank allowed financial institutions to offer qualified investors access to crypto derivative products.

And earlier this month, the Moscow Exchange began offering a Bitcoin futures contract product for qualified investors.

The product is linked to BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT). It is the exchange’s first crypto-related product.

Power Systems, founded in 2005, has recently turned its attention to gas-powered crypto mining operations, using associated gas.

The latter often releases during oil drilling operations. Drillers usually Flare this gas on site if they cannot find an immediate use for it.

The firm claimed that mining BTC at gas fields “helps reduce costs.” It added that this not only makes mining cheaper, but also helps reduce miners’ carbon footprints.