Deputy Chairman of the National Bank Berik Sholpankulov reported that cryptoassets worth approximately $15 billion have been taken out of Kazakhstan.
According to Tengrinews.kz, he noted that some of the transactions may have passed through a 'grey' or uncontrolled zone.
As the National Bank representative noted, new approaches to the legislative regulation of the digital market are currently being developed in the country. The main focus is planned to be on stopping the illegal withdrawal of funds and establishing transaction transparency.
"Now we are saying that approaches have been developed and are working. The second part is the criminal and administrative prosecution of people who are trying to illegally withdraw funds," Sholpankulov stated.
He emphasised that in the future, Kazakhstan plans to become a participant in international cryptocurrency transaction monitoring systems. This is expected to make it possible to track the movement of digital assets.
In response to journalists' questions about whether it is already possible to track the path of funds previously removed, Sholpankulov replied:
"Not currently. But when we become participants in the system, we will see and inform you. We may announce a separate briefing at which we will say where and what we have found, who is storing what funds in a wallet in an illegal space. The technology exists; it just takes time."
It is worth recalling that earlier in Almaty, cryptoassets worth 1.9 billion tenge were seized (https://t.me/fund_anticorr/8446) from the financial pyramids 'Warner Bros', 'Roborock' and 'NFT+TRX'.