Kazakhstan must accelerate the development of AI and integrate its elements into the e-government system by the end of 2025, according to a statement by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of the Republic. He emphasized this during an extended government meeting.
Among the priority areas, he highlighted Smart City projects and the educational program AI-Sana for higher education institutions.
As a benchmark, the president suggested using China’s experience. He mentioned that the DeepSeek platform, “costing literally $6.5 million, outperformed programs that had billions of dollars spent on them in terms of efficiency.”
“I instruct the government to begin implementing artificial intelligence tools in government agencies and national companies,” Tokayev noted.
The head of state also recommended changing the approach to the circulation of digital assets. Citing expert assessments, he reported that 95% of Kazakh crypto investors operate in the “grey” zone.
“There is an urgent need to create infrastructure for a broader legal circulation of digital assets. Financial regulators must work on forming the appropriate legislative framework,” the president declared.
Another significant task for the government will be to collaborate with law enforcement and financial regulators to combat online fraud.
In Kazakhstan, cryptocurrency trading and the activities of crypto exchanges are permitted exclusively within the jurisdiction of the AIFC with a license, and miners are required to obtain permission.
From January to October 2024, the country’s authorities closed 19 bitcoin exchanges with a turnover exceeding $60 million.