The Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FMA) of Kazakhstan stated in a document that a total of 980 unregistered cryptocurrency exchanges providing services to citizens of the country will be closed by 2023. It also launched 9 investigations into "illegal trading activities" and money laundering.
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