Those professors seem to be aware of the subject, based on their reactions. But I am not sure how seriously they take all that crypto/runeuro/crowdfunding stuff, and Mr.Akimov in general. Would be nice if they speak a couple of words about the project themselves, even if it is in Russian, as I guess they are not fluent in English (unlike contemporary computer tech, which is currently English-based as it was mostly developed on the West, the more fundamental sciences were pretty well developed on non-English speaking countries, like Soviet Union/Russia, so old scientific folks are mostly not good in English, though have some basic knowledge of course).

Actually it will be much better if they speak Russian on the video (because it will be more natural and sincere), and tell some of their thoughts on this specific project. Otherwise I suspect they are not taking it seriously.

One more, very important aspect: even if the scientific side of the project could sound quite good, I have much doubts related to financial/monetizing part :/. Old Russians (especially science folks) always had very vague idea on business-side of projects; and new young "nimble" Russians (like the young guy on video, and the guy who posted the pump/dump scheme on his facebook), are mostly scam/swindling oriented :/. Thats very unfortunate, but is a fact with Russia today.