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Kazakhstan, one of the biggest Bitcoin (BTC<\/a>) mining hubs in the world, announced plans to introduce new crypto regulations aimed at reducing tax fraud and unlawful business operations.\u00a0<\/p>\n A new law signed by Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Feb. 6 reinstated the nation\u2019s stand against the unlawful mining operations and issuance of crypto assets. Out of the two distinct legislations<\/a>, the first requires the secured digital assets issuers to have the government\u2019s permission. <\/p>\n Moreover, such issuers will be subject to monitoring in accordance with the existing law<\/a> of the land \u2014 \u201cOn Combating the Legalization (Laundering) of Proceeds from Crime and the Financing of Terrorism.\u201d The law will enter into force from April 1, 2023.<\/p>\n The second legislation targets unsecured digital assets, typically earned through crypto mining operations. To reduce the possibility of tax evasion, crypto miners in Kazakhstan will require selling at least 75% of their revenue via registered crypto exchanges. This rule, which aims to collect \u201cinformation on the income of digital miners and digital mining pools for tax purposes,\u201d will be effective from January 1, 2024, to January 1, 2025. <\/p>\n All crypto mining licenses in Kazakhstan are issued for a limited period of three years \u2014 which differs based on whether or not the miner owns the mining facilities.<\/p>\n Related: Kazakhstan among top 3 Bitcoin mining destinations after US and China<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Alongside introducing the above laws, Kazakhstan launched the pilot of its central bank digital currency (CBDC)<\/a> project \u2014 the \u201cdigital tenge.\u201d<\/p>\n Alongside the National Bank of Kazakhstan, #Binance<\/a> presented a bilateral report on the \u201cState of the Digital Assets Industry and DeFi in Central Asia\u201d.<\/p>\n The joint report provides an overview of crypto adoption, general trends of DeFi, and the local digital assets industry.<\/p>\n \u2014 Binance (@binance) February 3, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n A report jointly published by the National Bank of Kazakhstan (NBK) and crypto exchange Binance NBK deputy governor Berik Sholpankupov wrote about the bank\u2019s vision of a \u201ccollaboration between traditional finance and DeFi<\/a>,\u201d adding:<\/p>\n \u201cIn Kazakhstan, we also started a practical R&D project to explore how our CBDC \u2013 Digital Tenge, can bridge the world of crypto with traditional fiat payments infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n Previously, in Oct. 2022, Kazakhstan\u2019s Astana Financial Services Authority (ASFA) granted Binance a permanent license<\/a> to manage a digital asset platform and provide custody services.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n