{"id":542458,"date":"2026-01-16T11:53:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T11:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/16\/belarus-creates-legal-framework-for-cryptobanks-in-new-presidential-decree\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T11:53:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T11:53:39","slug":"belarus-creates-legal-framework-for-cryptobanks-in-new-presidential-decree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/16\/belarus-creates-legal-framework-for-cryptobanks-in-new-presidential-decree\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus creates legal framework for \u2018cryptobanks\u2019 in new presidential decree"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Belarus<\/p>\n

The rules allow banks to combine token activity with payments and financial services under central bank and tech park oversight.<\/p>\n

Belarus has introduced a legal framework for so-called \u201ccryptobanks,\u201d formally integrating digital asset activity into the country\u2019s regulated banking system under direct state oversight.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko signed<\/a> Decree No. 19, defining how crypto banks may operate and what conditions they must meet to enter the market.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The decree positions cryptobanks as joint-stock companies authorized to combine token-based operations with traditional banking, payments and related financial services. Rather than creating a parallel sector for crypto, the framework ties digital asset activity to existing financial oversight mechanisms and infrastructure.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The rules allow banks to combine token activity with payments and financial services under central bank and tech park oversight. Belarus has introduced a legal framework for so-called \u201ccryptobanks,\u201d formally integrating digital asset activity into the country\u2019s regulated banking system under direct state oversight. On Friday, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko signed Decree No. 19, defining […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":542459,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-542458","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}