Kazahstanska digitalna valuta u pilot fazi, prema Binanceu, zajedničkom izvještaju Narodne banke

The National Bank of Kazakhstan (NBK) has launched a digital tenge pilot project, according to a report published jointly by the bank and Binance on Feb. 3. The report looked at global approaches to digital asset regulation, the digital asset industry and decentralized finance (DeFi) in Central Asia and the Commonwealth of Independent States in particular. 

In his introduction to the report, NBK Deputy governor Berik Sholpankupov wrote about the bank’s vision of a “collaboration between Traditional Finance and DeFi” that could increase financial inclusion and support international trade. He Dodato:

„U Kazahstanu smo također započeli praktičan R&D projekat kako bismo istražili kako naš CBDC – Digital Tenge, može premostiti svijet kriptovaluta sa tradicionalnom infrastrukturom za fiat plaćanja.”

Sholpankupov’s statement confirmed that the NBK is on time with planovi set out in its official roadmap. Kazakhstan announced its digital tenge project in 2020. The project is set to run through the end of 2025. The report also stated:

„Inicijativa CDBC digitalnih tenge […] je već u pilot fazi koristeći kontrolisano okruženje, stvarne potrošače i trgovce. Trenutno, BNB Chain i NBK testiraju CBDC integraciju sa [BNB] javnim decentralizovanim blockchainom kako bi još više premostili jaz između tradicionalnog bankarstva i kripto ekosistema.”

Kazakhstan’s Astana Financial Services Authority (AFSA) dodijelio je Binanceu trajnu licencu to manage a digital asset platform and provide custody services in October 2022. Later that month, the NBK said in 2022 that it would integrate its CBDC on the Binance BNB chain.

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On Jan. 27, the ASFA objavio konsultativni rad examining the shortcomings of the Astana International Financial Centre’s Digital Asset Trading Facility (DATF) regulatory framework, which was developed in 2018. That report suggested additional risk mitigation measures and potential changes to the regulatory framework. Kazakhstan je jedan od najvećih na svijetu bitcoin (BTC) rudari.