Kazakhstan to introduce new energy fees for crypto miners in 2022
The new law introduces an additional tax levy for energy used by crypto miners starting from January 2022. As Kazakhstan becomes increasingly popular for cryptocurrency mining, the country’s president has signed a new law introducing an extra levy for crypto miners.President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev recently signed last a new law that imposes an additional tax fee for energy utilized by crypto miners operating in the country. The new fees will take effect starting in January 2022.According to local news agency Kursiv, the new law introduces an additional fee of 1....
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