Is crypto mining legal in Bangladesh?

Crypto mining in Bangladesh has no legal footing. The rules do not name mining, but the central bank prohibits dealing in virtual assets and any help to exchange, transfer or trade them, so there is no lawful way to turn mined coins into money. As of November 2026 that position had not changed. The general picture is in is crypto legal in Bangladesh.

Is bitcoin mining legal in Bangladesh?

There is no rule that allows it. Bangladesh Bank's Foreign Exchange Policy Department issued FE Circular No. 24 on September 15, 2022. It does not mention mining or the creation of crypto. Its restrictions focus on obtaining, holding and moving virtual assets:

• Transactions made in, from or to Bangladesh to obtain virtual assets are not permitted.
• Facilitating the exchange, transfer or trading of virtual assets is not permitted.
• Anyone operating in Bangladesh must refrain from dealing in virtual assets.

The circular is issued under the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act 1947, and it says virtual currencies are not recognised as foreign exchange or as an approved form of transaction or investment. Mining in a pool, where rewards are paid to members, involves receiving crypto from others, and any sale of the coins would be dealing.

Is crypto mining in Bangladesh a crime?

The law does not make mining itself an offence by name, and a January 2026 column in The Financial Express noted that no law explicitly criminalises owning crypto. The same column said the 1947 foreign exchange law and the Money Laundering Prevention Act 2012 have been read to prohibit crypto transactions, and banks may not facilitate crypto payments.

Enforcement has focused on trading. In June 2021, the Rapid Action Battalion arrested two men in Keraniganj, near Dhaka, accused of selling crypto through local mobile payment services, and a case was filed under the Digital Security Act, The Business Standard reported. Anyone mining would face the same risk the moment they tried to sell.

Can you earn from crypto mining in Bangladesh through foreign platforms?

Using foreign platforms does not get around the rules. FE Circular No. 31 of July 31, 2025, which consolidates export rules, says keeping export proceeds abroad in any form, including crypto, breaks the foreign exchange law. The 2022 circular says the same, naming the purchase of virtual assets with export proceeds held abroad as a violation.

Mining output also has no tax rules in Bangladesh, as covered in how is crypto taxed in Bangladesh. Countries that do allow mining, and those that ban it, are compared in is crypto mining legal.

Rules differ by country and change often. Check Bangladesh Bank or a qualified professional for your own situation.