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Binance’s educational arm, Binance Academy, has launched a free online course called “Safety in Using Crypto Assets” designed specifically for Uzbekistan, targeting users who are new to digital assets and want to understand how to use them without falling victim to fraud.
The course covers how Uzbekistan’s crypto market is regulated, why choosing a licensed service provider matters, how to protect accounts and personal data, and how to identify common scam schemes. It also explains how Uzbekistan residents can access Binance services through COINPAY, a locally licensed partner. COINPAY is listed in the official registry of crypto asset service providers maintained by Uzbekistan’s National Agency for Perspective Projects, the body that oversees the sector.
Binance cited its own July 2026 survey of more than one thousand respondents in Uzbekistan to explain the rationale. Thirty point two percent of participants identified a lack of knowledge as one of the main barriers to using crypto assets, while 21.9 percent said they feared losing their funds. The company said those findings pointed to a gap not just in access to technology but in confidence and understanding.
“As digital financial services become part of everyday life, knowledge is becoming one of the key factors in ensuring safety,” Binance representatives said in a statement accompanying the launch. “A user needs to understand not only how crypto assets work, but how to verify a provider’s reliability, how to protect their account, and how to detect fraud. Our goal is to make this practical knowledge accessible and understandable for users in Uzbekistan.”
Cybercrime surge sharpens the stakes
The backdrop is a sharp rise in technology-enabled crime. According to data from Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs, the number of crimes committed using information technologies rose from 863 in 2019 to 58,800 in 2024. The number of distinct crime categories involving digital tools grew from 18 to 62 over the same period. Cybercrime’s share of all registered offences climbed from 6.2 percent in 2023 to 44.4 percent in 2024, and the ministry reported that 98 percent of cybercrime cases recorded in 2024 were linked to bank cards.
The course does not require users to conduct any trading to participate. Learners first work through the educational materials and then complete a short test. Those who meet the programme’s conditions and pass the course are eligible to receive a reward in USDT.
Binance Academy said more than 64 million people worldwide have used its platform to learn about crypto assets, with free materials available in 29 languages. The company said it has distributed more than $12.8 million to users through its reward-based learning programmes globally.
The Uzbekistan course is available on the Binance Academy platform and is presented in local languages in plain language aimed at beginners.