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War had no impact on Ukraine’s regulatory approach to crypto, Kyiv lawmaker says

Ukraine continues working on cryptocurrency legislation a year after Russia’s invasion. According to Yurii Boiko, commissioner of Ukraine’s National Commission on Securities and Stock Market (NCSSM), the war has not changed its regulatory stance.Ukraine has continued to follow in the footsteps of the European Union concerning digital asset laws, Boiko

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Vitalik Buterin Makes Surprise Appearance at Kyiv Tech Summit in Show of Support for Ukraine

The war time conference brought together 30 tech experts, the most high profile of them being Buterin and two government officials – Mykhailo Fedorov, the country's vice prime minister and Digital Transformation Minister for IT Development, and Alex Bornyakov, Fedorov's deputy and the face of Ukraine's use of crypto. Source

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Whistleblower Outs ‘Wolf of Kyiv’ for $70 Million Bitcoin Scam

A whistleblower has revealed the existence of a 200-employee Ukrainian Bitcoin (BTC) trading scam that netted $70 million in 2019. The whistleblower outed the scam by providing footage and internal company documents to Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter, which reported the news on March 1. The scam predominantly targets investors based in

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IT Exec at Kyiv Prosecutor’s Office Illegally Mined Crypto on Office Systems

In Kyiv, Ukraine, investigators have found another example of someone using the systems at their workplace for illicit cryptocurrency mining. The Kyiv Prosecutor’s Office official Facebook page announced on Feb. 26 that it concluded a pre-trial investigation against an unnamed individual in collaboration with the State Bureau of Investigation. The accused

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