Tag: Ukraine

On Saturday, just days after Russia invaded Ukraine, the country’s official Twitter account tweeted out a call for donations through Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the stablecoin Tether. As of publication, these wallets have received over $4 million in cryptocurrency. According to BuzzFeed.News, the vice prime minister of Ukraine, Mykhailo Fedorov, confirmed on his Twitter account that…

According to blockchain analytics firm Elliptic, donations being funneled to the Ukrainian army in cryptocurrencies are in the millions of dollars. The new data shows that $4.1 million in crypto has been raised for the military since the invasion began. Come Back Alive – a charitable foundation that collects money for medical kits, military gear…

Market slide suggests investors don’t yet see the leading cryptocurrency as a safe haven in times of crisis, writes Luke Conway on Blockworks. Increasing institutional investment in Bitcoin tightens its correlation with stock movements Lack of understanding of Bitcoin’s fundamental properties may be hindering its adoption as a risk management tool As Russian troops poured…

Ukraine is a country of the most amazing possibilities, including three blockchain versions of the national currency being created at once. It’s time for an absolutely amazing story of how, as it turns out, not in every country national banks control local currency. On December 14, we learned that Tascombank – one of the oldest…

One of Ukraine’s oldest commercial banks, Tascombank, is launching a Stellar-based pilot for an electronic hryvnia, a digital version of Ukraine’s national fiat currency. The pilot, supported by Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation, will test an electronic hryvnia in handling payroll for public employees along with peer-to-peer and merchant payments. In a statement published Tuesday,…

On Sept. 8, Ukrainian lawmakers voted for the bill legalizing and regulating cryptocurrency and other virtual assets in the country. Before, cryptocurrencies have been neither legal nor forbidden in Ukraine because there were no laws that defined their status. Ukrainians could buy and exchange virtual currencies, but local courts couldn’t protect them if something went…