{"id":53381,"date":"2021-11-23T14:01:56","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T12:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=53381"},"modified":"2025-09-03T14:54:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T11:54:12","slug":"uzbekistan-residents-granted-access-to-buying-cryptocurrencies-on-licensed-exchanges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/uzbekistan-residents-granted-access-to-buying-cryptocurrencies-on-licensed-exchanges\/","title":{"rendered":"Uzbekistan Residents Granted Access to Buying Cryptocurrencies on Licensed Exchanges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Agency for Project Management (NAPU) under the President of Uzbekistan has amended the <a href=\\\"https:\/\/lex.uz\/ru\/pdfs\/5737126\\\">regulations<\/a> governing cryptocurrency trading on licensed exchanges, giving residents the opportunity to trade digital currencies.<\/p>\n<p>Under the updated rules, Uzbek residents will be able to buy, sell and exchange cryptoassets on licensed exchanges using the national currency. Non-residents may trade using foreign currency.<\/p>\n<p>The document also codifies the possibility for legal entities to issue tokens and place them on exchanges. Unbacked tokens may not be listed on platforms.<\/p>\n<p>In this context, a token is understood as a unit of account backed by tangible or other property and used to attract investment in a venture, ForkLog said, citing NAPU.<\/p>\n<p>Officials attributed the loosening of the rules to a shift in how the public approaches investing in cryptocurrencies, saying it has become more rational and measured.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier residents of Uzbekistan were prohibited from buying cryptocurrencies or using them as a means of payment on the territory of the country \u2014 in September the central bank <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/uzbekistans-central-bank-rules-out-use-of-cryptocurrencies-as-a-means-of-payment\">excluded<\/a> that Bitcoin could ever be used in this capacity.<\/p>\n<p>In April, NAPU <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/uzbekistan-proposes-allowing-residents-to-buy-cryptocurrencies-on-exchanges\">put forward a document<\/a> lifting the ban on residents&#8217; purchases of crypto assets for public discussion.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog&#8217;s bitcoin news on our <a href=\\\"\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"\u201c_blank\u201d\\\" rel=\\\"\u201cnofollow\u201d noopener\\\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analytics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Agency for Project Management (NAPU) under the President of Uzbekistan has amended the rules governing cryptocurrency trading on licensed exchanges, granting residents the ability to trade digital currencies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1166,36,1206],"class_list":["post-53381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-centralized-exchanges-cex","tag-regulation","tag-uzbekistan"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"25","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53381"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53383,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53381\/revisions\/53383"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}