[Kazakhstan President Signs Decree to Promote Digital Asset Industry Development] According to Deep Tide TechFlow, on July 8, the official website of Kazakhstan's Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development announced that the President of Kazakhstan signed the decree 'On Measures to Stimulate and Develop the Digital Asset Industry in the Republic of Kazakhstan' on July 8, 2026. The decree aims to build a modern and transparent digital financial services ecosystem. The core content of the decree covers four main directions: 1. Promoting the modernization of payment infrastructure and developing mechanisms to support the use of digital assets and stablecoins for cross-border settlements. 2. Encouraging the inclusion of crypto asset trading within a regulated legal framework, allowing the voluntary disclosure and transfer of digital assets previously stored on unregulated overseas platforms to licensed domestic service providers. 3. Introducing tax incentive policies, exempting personal income tax on income derived from digital asset transactions conducted through Kazakhstan's regulated infrastructure. 4. Permitting the use of associated gas from oil and gas fields for self-generated power, which will be allocated to digital mining operations to promote regional investment and efficient energy utilization. Additionally, the decree outlines the development direction for tokenized financial instruments and national trading infrastructure.