Belarus just shifted into the fast lane of digital payments. Thanks to a slick partnership between Minsk’s car dealer Tochka and the country’s veteran crypto platform WhiteBird, you can now snag a shiny Geely or Belgee vehicle using cryptocurrency.
Cars rolling out with price tags payable in Bitcoin , Ethereum, or their digital pals.
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Project-specific exchange rates
This isn’t a gimmicky promo though. Tochka’s rep shared that the crypto-for-cars option is “a full-fledged service operating within the legal framework of Belarus.”
So while your neighbor is still fumbling with bank transfers, you can cruise through the checkout online, without even showing up at the showroom.
Just contact Tochka, lock in the price in Belarusian rubles, and WhiteBird’s pros convert your crypto at a sweet, project-specific rate. Then your new ride either waits at the dealership or pulls up to your doorstep. Nice.
$1.7 billion in crypto payments
Prices stay exactly the same as regular ruble-paying customers. Discounts? Same deal.
The dealership forecasts up to 10% of their sales for Geely and Belgee cars to slip through the crypto ring in this new experiment.
Belgee, by the way, is a powerhouse joint venture owned by China’s Geely and Belarus’ BelAZ, known worldwide for massive mining trucks and heavy haulers.
This move aligns neatly with Belarus’ growing love affair with cryptocurrencies. Under Alexander Lukashenko’s watchful eye, Belarus has carved out a reputation as a crypto pioneer in Eastern Europe.
The President even bragged that crypto payments via exchanges hit $1.7 billion in just the first seven months of 2025, a figure that would make any traditional bank sweat.
Belarus legalized crypto businesses back in 2018 through its Hi Tech Park, thanks to a decree by none other than Lukashenko himself.
This year, he urged officials to speed up regulatory updates, aiming to craft “understandable, transparent rules” for the digital economy.
Payment system upgrade
WhiteBird, Tochka’s crypto enabler, is a veteran in the game. Licensed at the HTP, it’s arguably Belarus’s first licensed crypto exchange platform and also helped Russia’s e-commerce giant Wildberries accept Bitcoin, Ethereum, and stablecoins for Belarusian shoppers.
So, in the country, crypto is not just a buzzword anymore, but everyday reality. It’s a payment facelift that’s also a serious system upgrade, quietly carving pathways across borders and industries.
So, if you’ve got some crypto burning a hole in your digital wallet and a taste for Chinese engineering, Belarus just turned your fantasy into reality.
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