Crypto Law Profile
Kazakhstan’s framework law for digital assets, covering digital financial assets, unsecured digital assets, mining, licensed service providers, AIFC channels, and 2026 oversight amendments.
The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Digital Assets in the Republic of Kazakhstan, No. 193-VII LRK, is Kazakhstan’s national framework statute for digital assets. The law was adopted on February 6, 2023 and, under Article 14, entered into force on April 1, 2023. As of June 8, 2026, the consolidated Russian text is in force and reflects amendments through provisions shown as effective by May 1, 2026.
The statute establishes the legal perimeter for the issuance, circulation, exchange, storage, mining, and regulatory oversight of digital assets in Kazakhstan. Its policy objective is to support activity involving digital asset issuance, digital asset circulation, and digital mining while setting state oversight rules for market participants.
The law should be read together with the Constitutional Law on the Astana International Financial Centre, National Bank acts, financial-market rules, mining licensing rules, AML/CFT legislation, and implementing orders. The national regime also interacts with AIFC rules, because AIFC-licensed participants and digital asset exchanges are separately referenced as channels for certain digital-asset activities.
The current text recognizes digital financial assets, including assets whose underlying asset is money, such as stablecoins, as well as tokenized financial instruments, property rights, goods, and other property. It also contemplates financial instruments issued in electronic-digital form on a digital platform. Issuance and circulation rules are allocated between the National Bank and the financial-market regulator depending on the type of asset.
The 2026 consolidated framework distinguishes unsecured digital assets from digital financial assets. Activities involving the issuance or organization of circulation of unsecured digital assets are channeled through National Bank-licensed or registered operators, or through AIFC digital asset exchanges and other AIFC participants with relevant permissions. The law also states that unsecured digital assets are not recognized in Kazakhstan as a means of payment, financial instruments, or financial assets.
The law identifies digital asset service providers, including digital financial asset platform operators, digital asset trading platform operators, unsecured digital asset exchange operators, and AIFC participants holding relevant licenses. The National Bank is assigned important rulemaking and supervisory functions, including rules on registration, capital, organizational form, information security, transaction procedures, client operation limits, wallets, reporting, and supervisory response measures.
Digital mining remains a separately regulated activity. The statute defines digital miners as Kazakhstan individual entrepreneurs or legal entities engaged in digital mining, and provides that mining activity is conducted under a three-year license. The law distinguishes license subtypes based on whether the miner owns or otherwise controls a mining data center or operates mining equipment placed in such a data center.
Operators handling unsecured digital asset transactions must apply customer identification rules and, for certain transfers, collect and store sender and recipient information in accordance with Kazakhstan law. The law also creates a National Strategic Crypto Reserve framework, with management assigned to a National Bank joint-stock company providing brokerage, dealer, and investment portfolio management services.
The law is an enacted national act of Parliament and is treated here as In force for CryptoSlate taxonomy purposes. The original law entered into force on April 1, 2023. The law has since been amended multiple times, including 2026 amendments that introduced digital financial asset and unsecured digital asset provisions into the consolidated framework.
The framework applies to the Republic of Kazakhstan and has practical relevance for digital asset issuers, service providers, miners, AIFC participants, banks interacting with licensed providers, investors, and public-sector entities involved in digital asset oversight. This profile is a reference summary only and does not provide legal, tax, investment, trading, or compliance advice.
Defines the national legal perimeter for digital asset issuance, circulation, exchange, storage, mining, and provider activity in Kazakhstan.
Recognizes digital financial assets, including money-backed assets such as stablecoins and tokenized financial instruments, property rights, goods, or other property.
Assigns National Bank powers over registration, licensing, reporting, client limits, wallet rules, information security, and supervisory measures for digital asset providers.
Channels unsecured digital asset issuance and circulation through National Bank-licensed or registered operators and AIFC-licensed digital asset participants.
Requires digital mining activity to operate under a three-year license, with subtypes based on ownership or use of mining data-center infrastructure.
Requires relevant operators to identify clients and collect and store sender and recipient information for certain unsecured digital asset transfers.
Creates a framework for a state-linked crypto reserve investing in digital assets, related derivatives, and companies active in digital assets.
Law No. 193-VII LRK was adopted in Astana.
Published through Kazakhstan’s electronic reference control bank of legal acts.
Article 14 provides that the law enters into force on April 1, 2023.
Law No. 259-VIII amended the digital asset framework and related financial-market laws.
Current edition notes a 2026 amendment tranche entering into force on March 19, 2026.
Consolidated text reflects provisions shown as changed on May 1, 2026.
Astana Financial Services Authority, Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development, National Bank of Kazakhstan, Parliament of Kazakhstan
Digital assets, Digital financial assets, Stablecoins, Tokenized real-world assets, Unsecured digital assets
Profile reflects the consolidated Russian text reviewed on June 8, 2026. Official English translation was not located; English terminology is editorial. This profile is not legal advice.
