{"id":78010,"date":"2023-04-28T13:33:06","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T10:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=78010"},"modified":"2025-09-11T02:28:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T23:28:33","slug":"binance-to-launch-local-bitcoin-exchange-in-kazakhstan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/binance-to-launch-local-bitcoin-exchange-in-kazakhstan\/","title":{"rendered":"Binance to launch local Bitcoin exchange in Kazakhstan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The cryptocurrency exchange Binance planned to launch a Kazakhstan branch by mid-2023, according to a report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.finam.ru\/publications\/item\/binance-k-kontsu-1-polugodiya-zapustit-kriptobirzhu-v-kazakhstane-20230428-1118\/\">\u0420\u0418\u0410 \u041d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438<\/a> citing the company&#8217;s regional director Vladimir Smerkis.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the exchange will be able to offer exchange and conversion services, fiat on- and off-ramping, custody of crypto assets, and exchange trading.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThe platform will offer registration for individuals and legal entities from any country. The range of exchange services and features will continue to expand,\u201d Smerkis said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He noted that thanks to the country\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/kazakh-senate-approves-revised-digital-assets-law\">Digital Assets Law<\/a> and the special regime based on the <span data-descr=\"International Financial Centre 'Astana'\" class=\"old_tooltip\">\u041c\u0424\u0426\u0410<\/span>, Kazakhstan is the most attractive country in the former Soviet Union for crypto market regulation. Smerkis also pointed to progress on issuing local <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-central-bank-digital-currency-cbdc\">CBDC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cKazakhstan has become something of a pioneer among regulatory authorities worldwide in researching the DeFi industry and in facilitating how traditional finance and the crypto industry can be linked in the interests of end users,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In October 2022, Binance received <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/binance-secures-permanent-license-to-operate-in-kazakhstan\">a license<\/a> in Kazakhstan to operate a digital asset platform and to engage in custodial activities at the AIFC.<\/p>\n<p>Read ForkLog\u2019s exclusive interview for more on the exchange\u2019s activities in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cryptocurrency exchange Binance planned to launch a Kazakhstan branch by mid-2023, according to a report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":78011,"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":[744,1166,153],"class_list":["post-78010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-binance","tag-centralized-exchanges-cex","tag-kazakhstan"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"18","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78010","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=78010"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78012,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78010\/revisions\/78012"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}