Kazakhstan’s Astana Financial Services Authority, or AFSA, said it will serve Apple and Google with court injunctions it obtained against Coinbase, HTX and four other unlicensed crypto platforms after a court stopped short of ordering the app store operators directly.
According to AFSA’s Oct. 20 statement, the Astana International Financial Centre Court orders cover the operators of BingX, Bitcoin.com, HTX, BitMart, Coinbase and WEEX. The orders bar those operators from providing, offering or marketing digital asset services in the AIFC, or to users located there, without authorization. They also prohibit the distribution of mobile apps for that purpose.
AFSA says app store operators will receive the court orders
AFSA CEO Evgeniya Bogdanova said in the statement that the relevant court orders will be sent to the operators of Google Play and the Apple App Store to restrict access to the services. AFSA did not say whether the documents have already been delivered.
The court did not grant, at this stage, AFSA’s request for a separate order against Apple and Google. Justice Sir Stephen Richards left the door open for AFSA to return later.
In his written reasoning, Richards said 「the sensible course in the first instance is for the Claimant to enter into dialogue with Google LLC and Apple Inc on the steps needed」.
Default judgment was entered in September
The court entered default judgment on Sept. 15 after the operators failed to file an acknowledgment of service or a defense.
A Sept. 18 order removed a seventh platform, LBank, from the case after AFSA said its operator had blocked access in Kazakhstan.
Once Apple and Google are served with notice, they become bound by the injunctions. After acknowledging service, they can also ask the court to vary or set the orders aside.
Scope was limited to the AIFC
Richards also limited the injunctions to the AIFC rather than all of Kazakhstan. The report said he cited amendments to the digital assets law that took effect on May 1 and gave the National Bank of Kazakhstan a broader licensing role.
AFSA says nine platforms restricted app access
Bogdanova said AFSA warned more than 20 platforms in 2025 and went to court in early 2026.
She said nine platforms then limited access to their apps in Kazakhstan, leading AFSA to drop its cases against them. She added that seven others plan to apply for an AFSA license.
Court records, however, put the number of operators dropped by AFSA at 12.