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Authorities in Kazakhstan have granted Binance a license to operate as a digital asset platform and offer a range of relevant services. While operating out of the country’s financial hub in the capital Nur-Sultan, the crypto exchange will offer registration to clients from other countries as well.
Binance, the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange by daily trading volume, has been granted a permanent license by the Astana Financial Services Authority (AFSA), the regulatory body that oversees the Astana International Financial Center (AIFC), Kazakhstan’s financial hub.
The license will allow Binance to expand its services as a digital asset platform operator and work from AIFC as a provider of custody services for global clients. The financial center is based in Kazakhstan’s capital Nur-Sultan (formerly Astana).
The move comes after Binance received preliminary approval in August. The permanent authorization gives it the status of a regulated platform in Kazakhstan, the exchange explained. With compliance and security checks, it will now be able to process deposits and withdrawals of fiat money, conversion to cryptocurrencies and offer storage and exchange for crypto assets.
The exchange indicated that it plans to expand the range of supported services. Individuals and legal entities from any other country will be able to register with the Kazakhstan-licensed trading platform, Binance assured in an announcement. Its director for Asia, Gleb Kostarev, commented:
We welcome Kazakhstan’s intention to become a leading player in new digital technologies and the cryptocurrency ecosystem.
The government of Nur-Sultan has made significant changes to Kazakhstan’s legislation and regulatory environment, setting the highest compliance standards for cryptocurrency platforms in the republic, the executive added.
Kostarev pointed out that the strong regulatory framework has helped AIFC become a leading platform in the region, facilitating the development of services for digital assets. He also emphasized that Binance is taking another step in its quest to be a compliance-focused exchange.
Binance will support Kazakhstan in what the two sides describe as the safe development of the country’s crypto market. As part of a recently signed Memorandum of Understanding, the crypto exchange and the Central Asian Nation’s Financial Monitoring Agency agreed to share information on financial crimes involving cryptocurrency.
Kazakhstan, which became a major cryptomining hotspot after the attack in China, has also taken steps to regulate other sectors of the digital asset industry. A local lender and a domestic crypto exchange, Eurasian Bank and Intebix, recently reported that they completed a crypto purchase transaction for a client – the first such joint operation in the country, they said.
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