Newborn Kazakhstan Crypto Market

Newborn Kazakhstan Crypto Market

The Bitcoin market of Kazakhstan is a newborn in the industry. In fact, it could hardly be called a market yet, as it consists of only a couple of enthusiasts working hard to promote Bitcoin and the Blockchain among the Kazakh people. Recently the first Bitcoin ATM was installed in Kazakhstan and in 2016 Kazakh enthusiasts plan to create a Bitcoin Foundation in the country. Boris Komarov is such enthusiast and a head of the First Bitcoin Center in Kazakhstan. He told CoinTelegraph about the current situation in the Kazakh crypto market and also shared his plans for further development of....


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