BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 15. More than 8,000 people have received Web3-related training in Kazakhstan over the past year, Head of the Solana Superteam KZ corporate foundation Talgat Dossanov said at a government meeting.
This was announced by the government's press service.
According to him, over 2,000 people received certificates. One in five certified graduates represents a government agency. The training covers blockchain fundamentals and development on Solana, practical assignments and preparation of teams for international hackathons.
He noted that Kazakhstan also provided grants to 57 local technology startups totaling 121 million tenge ($270,672). At the same time, the country ranked among the top 10 countries globally by the number of applications submitted to Solana's international hackathons, Dosanov said.
Dossanov said that Kazakhstan also hosted the international Solana Summit series. Kazakhstan was the first of 25 countries where the Solana ecosystem is officially represented to host such an international series. The summit brought together more than 900 participants from over 30 countries, while its broadcast through Solana's social media channels reached an audience of 4 million people.
He noted that blockchain-based financial infrastructure is also developing in Kazakhstan. In cooperation with the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), the country's first SOLZ_KZ ETF was launched on the Solana public blockchain. On June 11, 2026, Alatau City and the Solana Foundation signed a memorandum in Hong Kong providing for further cooperation.
Kazakhstan remains the only country in the Commonwealth of Independent States and Central Asia with an official Solana representation, Dossanov said. The ecosystem's activities in Kazakhstan focus on three main areas: personnel training, startup support and promoting Kazakhstan within the global blockchain community.
