Belarus Decides to Become a Cryptocurrency Center 0 10

The President of Belarus has signed a decree "On Crypto Banks and Certain Issues of Control in the Field of Digital Tokens."

What’s next? Here’s what will happen.

• The country will have crypto banks – regular companies that will be able to simultaneously work with cryptocurrency and provide traditional banking services: transfers, deposits, loans.

• To obtain the status of a crypto bank, companies will have to become residents of the High-Tech Park (HTP) and be included in a special register of the National Bank.

• Crypto banks will operate under the rules of non-bank financial organizations and will be subject to the decisions of the HTP management.

• People will gain access to new financial products that combine the reliability of a regular bank with the speed and convenience of cryptocurrency transactions.

• The goal of the decree is to strengthen Belarus's position as a leader in financial IT technologies and attract more tech businesses to the country.

Meanwhile, 2025 was the calmest year in the history of BTC.

In 2025, the volatility of the first cryptocurrency decreased to a minimum. Ark Invest considers this a fundamental plus for future, risk-adjusted returns.

Earlier, Deputy Minister of Energy of Belarus Denis Moroz stated that the emergence of the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant created conditions under which stimulating tariffs were formed to attract mining to the country. These are linked to the volume of electricity consumption. The more electricity consumed, the cheaper this resource costs.

As of now, the power used by miners exceeds 120 MW, according to the Ministry of Energy. At the same time, there is a "quite vigorous" interest from various investors in building mining farms in Belarus.

Previously, the Ministry of Energy expressed its readiness to welcome Chinese and Russian miners.