Lawmakers in Kazakhstan are speeding ahead with new crypto legislation. The lower house of the parliament today approved five bills covering crypto mining, issuance and distribution in the country. By iamsandali
only in late September, local reports show, indicating how quickly the new rules are moving forward. The bills address the issuance and circulation of"secured and unsecured digital assets," according to Ekaterina Smyshlyaeva, a member of the lower house's Committee on Economic Reform and Regional Development.
Smyshlyaeva also said the bills were developed"in pursuance" of instructions from President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on curbing problems related to crypto mining. After China banned energy-intensive crypto mining in that country, miners fled to other jurisdictions with cheap electricity, with energy-rich Kazakhstan becoming a main attraction. The country soon began to struggle with
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