Kazakhstan is building a regulated crypto market around the AIFC: crypto exchanges operate under licences from the AFSA regulator, mining has been shaped into a distinct industry with its own rules and energy tariffs, and the National Bank is developing the digital tenge in parallel. The market is moving from a closed experiment towards mass access — exchangers, bank cards linked to crypto accounts and an expansion of digital asset turnover beyond the AIFC perimeter are under discussion. This hub gathers news about exchanges, licences, mining, taxes and regulation so that Kazakhstan's crypto market reads as a coherent topic.
Crypto exchanges and exchangers, AFSA/AIFC licences and supervision, mining and its energy side, taxes on digital assets, the digital tenge and services at the junction of banks and the crypto market.
Kazakhstan is one of the few markets in the region with a working licensing regime for crypto exchanges and a large mining industry. The rules refined here set the frame for banks, payment services and neighboring countries.
New AFSA licences and restrictions, the expansion of digital asset turnover beyond the AIFC perimeter, tax and energy rules for mining, digital tenge pilots and links between crypto services and banks.
The page automatically pulls in published materials on Kazakhstan from the crypto agenda and connects them with the market's regulatory and markets feeds.
Customers can pay with digital assets via QR code, while merchants instantly receive tenge. The project operates within the National Bank’s regulatory sandbox.
The President has signed a decree on a new stage of development for the digital asset industry
The National Bank has issued the first permit for digital asset operations outside the AIFC jurisdiction. The company will be able to install crypto ATMs nationwide.
The Astana Financial Services Authority (AFSA) has authorized Commodity Chain Ltd to launch a platform for trading tokenized real-world assets (RWA). The first project will digitize grain in elevators to issue loans to farmers.