Issuance of a license is the final stage for establishing a crypto company in the AIFC. Before applying for a license, the company must pay a fee of - USD 5,000 - USD 125,000. After reviewing all comments, making the appropriate changes and receiving the Certificate of Registration and In-Principal Approval, the applicant submits the whole set of documents. On this basis, the final decision on issuing a license is made. After obtaining a license, the applicant has the right to carry out his activity.
In addition, the government introduced novelties for crypto miners to support crypto exchange development. The Kazakh Parliament approved the draft law "On Digital Assets in the Republic of Kazakhstan" in the first reading. The purpose of the law is to create a legislative framework for the production and circulation of secured and unsecured digital assets.
This law stipulates that electricity consumption in Kazakhstan will be strictly regulated. Also, the law provides incentives for FDI to construct power stations, including renewable energy sources.The law will regulate the production and circulation of digital assets in the Kazakhstan market. Miners will be full-fledged participants in the economy of Kazakhstan and generate taxable income benefiting the state.
In this digital market, a miner will be obliged to support crypto exchanges and exchange up to 75% of mined cryptocurrency on domestic crypto exchanges starting from 2024.However, the process is still unclear, will this apply to all mined cryptocurrency or just part of mined cryptocurrency which miners will be willing to exchange for fiat.
Another significant amendment is the taxation of miners. In terms of taxation, in addition to existing value-added taxes on the import of equipment and fees for digital mining per kilowatt, it is planned to levy corporate income tax on miners’ remuneration, tax on mining pool income, and fees on operations on crypto exchanges to the republican budget.
Thus, Kazakhstan is one step closer to being a crypto hub for the whole world. We genuinely consider that developing regulations in Kazakhstan will help crypto to advance in the financial world.