{"id":6865,"date":"2017-07-21T08:25:36","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T08:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/?p=6865"},"modified":"2018-08-10T05:38:32","modified_gmt":"2018-08-10T05:38:32","slug":"kazakhstan-the-second-country-in-the-world-to-regulate-cryptocurrencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/kazakhstan-the-second-country-in-the-world-to-regulate-cryptocurrencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Kazakhstan, the second country in the world to regulate cryptocurrencies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Astana International Financial Center (AIFC) has announced the creation of a working group to develop an ecosystem to enable blockchain solutions in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) region. AIFC\u2019s working group, which will include Deloitte, Waves, Juscutum and Kesarev Consulting, is aimed at:<br \/>\n\u25cf Developing legislation regulating cryptocurrency transactions;<br \/>\n\u25cf Establishing an ecosystem for the use of blockchain technology, crypto-assets and blockchain-based projects;<br \/>\n\u25cf Creating a favorable environment for the innovative development in Kazakhstan;<br \/>\n\u25cf Elaborating the dialogue between business, citizens and government;<br \/>\n\u25cf Improving the investment climate in Kazakhstan for the development and support of innovative technologies.<\/p>\n<p>Independent legal and regulatory framework based on the English common law principles and the \u2018FinTech Regulatory Sandbox\u2019, a special regime for innovative projects within AIFC, are unique advantages for attracting capital to different projects from around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Kazakhstan is the second country in the world, after Japan, to recognize the need for the development of the cryptocurrency market system at a government level.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rpbt_shortcode\">\n\n<div id='rpbt-related-gallery-1' class='gallery related-gallery related-galleryid-6865 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='BFC FinTech Monitor (December 2023)'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/bfc-fintech-monitor-december-2023\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ab9b97a5-9898-ea4e-5bc1-e34a35c34a951-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-17419\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-17419'>\n\t\t\t\tBFC FinTech Monitor (December 2023)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Is Ukraine ready for a PSD2-like initiative?'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/is-ukraine-ready-for-a-psd2-like-initiative\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/is-ukraine-ready-for-a-psd2-like-initiative-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-12842\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-12842'>\n\t\t\t\tIs Ukraine ready for a PSD2-like initiative?\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Berlin-based online bank to use Bitcoins to issue loans worldwide'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/berlin-based-online-bank-to-use-bitcoins-to-issue-loans-worldwide\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/digital-internet-currency-bitcoin-vector-background_1017-10536-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-9876\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/digital-internet-currency-bitcoin-vector-background_1017-10536-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/digital-internet-currency-bitcoin-vector-background_1017-10536-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/digital-internet-currency-bitcoin-vector-background_1017-10536.jpg 626w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-9876'>\n\t\t\t\tBerlin-based online bank to use Bitcoins to issue loans worldwide\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Astana International Financial Center (AIFC) has announced the creation of a working group to develop an ecosystem to enable blockchain solutions in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) region. AIFC\u2019s working group, which will include Deloitte, Waves, Juscutum and Kesarev Consulting, is aimed at: \u25cf Developing legislation regulating cryptocurrency transactions; \u25cf Establishing an ecosystem &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":6866,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,76],"tags":[45,399,75],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6865"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6865"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6867,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6865\/revisions\/6867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}