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Kazakhstan Mulls Complete Ban of Every Digital Currency Operation in Country

© AP Photo / Kin CheungA Bitcoin ATM is placed in a public area in Hong Kong, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017. Bitcoin is the world's most popular virtual currency. Such currencies are not tied to a bank or government and allow users to spend money anonymously. They are basically lines of computer code that are digitally signed each time they are traded.
A Bitcoin ATM is placed in a public area in Hong Kong, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017. Bitcoin is the world's most popular virtual currency. Such currencies are not tied to a bank or government and allow users to spend money anonymously. They are basically lines of computer code that are digitally signed each time they are traded. - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Kazakhstan’s National Bank is taking a very hard-line approach toward the regulation of digital currency — or cryptocurrencies — in an effort to prohibit its exchange for Kazakhstan’s national currency, the tenge, and every type of cryptomining, Chairman of Kazakhstan’s National Bank Daniyar Akishev told Sputnik on Friday.

"In Kazakhstan, the National Bank is taking very conservative approach toward the matter, and it welcomes nothing but extremely tough restrictions. Therefore, we want to ban the exchange of digital currencies for the national currency. We want to prohibit the stock exchange’s activities in this area, as well as every type of mining," he said.

According to Akishev, cryptocurrencies lead to many problems, the main one being the threat to the protection of rights of their users.

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"We minimize the risks related to the national market. However, no central bank has all the instruments to control this market in the cross-border market. Therefore, at least, we must prevent this risk via the national currency," he stated.

Akishev noted that one of the major risks was the use of cryptocurrencies to commit illegal acts.

"The digital currencies are an ideal instrument for money laundering and tax evasion," he explained, adding that the central bank’s harsh stance against digital currencies was supported by the majority of Kazakhstan’s state bodies.

Cryptocurrencies have no material form, and global currency regulations do not currently apply to them. An unlimited number of anonymous sources can issue and use them.

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