The National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic held a training session for its staff with experts from Crystal Intelligence focused on the practical supervision of virtual assets. The programme covered blockchain analytics tools and international approaches to countering illicit activity in the virtual asset market. The training was intended to strengthen staff expertise, develop practical skills for monitoring virtual asset transactions, and build the regulator's capacity as digital financial technologies and virtual asset regulation and supervision continue to develop. Employees who completed the programme received certificates.