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.
A perpetual on XPL tracks price and does not confer ownership of the underlying — the same contract mechanics apply in every jurisdiction; what differs by country is legal status and funding rails.
9 venues open Plasma perps to traders in Kazakhstan.
ApeX
Aster
Avantis
gTrade
Hyperliquid
Lighter
Pacifica
ParadexFour 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 XPL from Kazakhstan: regulated.
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.
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 Plasma positions using Bank transfer from a Kazakh second-tier bank and QazPost (national postal operator).
14 platforms serve Kazakhstan for Plasma trading, among them Aevo, ApeX and Aster.