After recently legalizing crypto banks, Belarus is now promising its citizens an array of services that should let them earn, stake and spend cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin.

A top central bank executive spoke in detail about the coin-based products that may hit the market as early as this year, with the nation awaiting the birth of its first crypto banking institution in 2026.

Belarusian crypto banks to issue cards and loans backed by Bitcoin

Belarusians may soon be able to pay with cryptocurrency in brick-and-mortar stores and borrow fiat money using their digital assets as collateral.

That’s according to Alexander Egorov, first deputy chairman of the National Bank (NBRB), who pulled the curtain on some of the crypto banking…