Kazakhstan is not a country where crypto is simply legal or simply banned: holding it is unregulated, but the venue you use it on is tightly enclosed, and the enclosure moved again in 2026. The Law on Digital Assets splits digital assets into digital financial assets (asset-backed, securities-like) and 'unsecured digital assets' — bitcoin and everything like it.
The contract itself does not change by geography: a FET perpetual settles in USDC everywhere.
4 venues open ASI Alliance perps to traders in Kazakhstan.
Aster
gTrade
Helix
HyperliquidFour steps from sign-up to an open position.
Personal income tax on the gain applies at the general progressive individual rate, with no crypto-specific rate: 10% on annual taxable income up to 8,500 times the monthly calculation index (MRP), and above that the tax on 8,500 MRP plus 15% of the excess.
Trading ASI Alliance from Kazakhstan: regulated.
Regulator for ASI Alliance trading in Kazakhstan: National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan licenses and supervises exchange operators of unsecured digital assets and trading platform operators; inside the Astana International Financial Centre it is the AFSA.
For Kazakhstan residents trading ASI Alliance: Personal income tax on the gain applies at the general progressive individual rate, with no crypto-specific rate: 10% on annual taxable income up to 8,500 times the monthly calculation index (MRP), and above that the tax on 8,500 MRP plus 15% of the excess.
Kazakhstan traders can fund ASI Alliance positions using Bank transfer from a Kazakh second-tier bank and QazPost (national postal operator).
7 platforms serve Kazakhstan for ASI Alliance trading, among them Aster, Extended and GMX.