First cryptocurrency exchange opens in Belarus

The first cryptocurrency exchange has been launched in Belarus. tut.by reports the company named Currency.com was registered in the High-Tech Park by the investors - VP Capital owned by Victor Prokopenya and Larnabel Ventures owned by Said Gutseriyev, the son of Russian oligarch Mikhail Gutseriyev). Belarusians, the owners of cryptocurrency, can now officially sell and buy it on the territory of our country.

The main feature of the Belarusian project is that it releases over 10 thousand tokenized exchange assets. More than 150 types of tokens will be available later - a 'substitute for securities' in the virtual world.

The possibility of creating cryptocurrncy exchanges in Belarus came up in 2017 after the adoption of Decree No. 8 On the Development of the Digital Economy was signed by President Lukashenka.