Overview

• In a meeting with central and commercial bank chiefs, he directed wider use of digital tokens for cross-border and domestic transactions.
• He instructed the government and the National Bank to establish clear rules and step up supervision of cryptocurrency activity.
• He set a year-end deadline for launching an instant real-time payment system to improve liquidity.
• He criticized banks for abusive practices and warned that disciplinary measures will begin in 2026.
• He said domestic exchanges could double external crypto payments this year and underscored existing limits on trading outside Belarusian platforms.