Bitcoin Magazine Kazakhstan Plans $1 Billion National Bitcoin and Crypto Reserve Fund

Kazakhstan is preparing to establish a national cryptocurrency reserve fund worth between $500 million and $1 billion, a landmark step that could make the Central Asian nation one of the first to integrate digital assets into its sovereign wealth strategy.

The fund will be seeded with assets seized or repatriated from abroad, along with proceeds from state-backed bitcoin mining operations.

Central bank governor Timur Suleimenov said in London this week that the fund will invest “very carefully” through regulated instruments such as exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and shares of companies involved in digital finance, rather than holding cryptocurrencies like bitcoin directly.

The initiative, slated for lau

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