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Volodymyr Zelensky did not object to the bill's fundamental principles, but opposed the idea of creating a new watchdog agency.

The development marks another sign of the digital hryvnia project picking up steam.

Unlike Russia, Ukraine has passed laws that will ease the adoption of cryptocurrencies within the country.

Crypto doesn’t pose a big risk for the financial system until it’s adopted enough to be less volatile, the NBU said.

Ukraine is hoping its new digital asset regulations will attract foreign crypto exchanges to set up shop in the Eastern European nation.

Scams make up the largest share of funds sent from Eastern Europe to illicit addresses.

Paying ministry employees in e-hryvnia could be a suitable first pilot for the central bank digital currency currently in development.

Ukrainian authorities say the crypto exchanges were involved in money laundering and other illicit financial activities.

The deputy minister of Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation believes that crypto payments will be allowed in Ukraine similarly to payments deriving from the U.S. dollar.

Ukraine’s newly signed law On Payment Services requires close cooperation between the National Bank of Ukraine and private startups in the payment market.

The gaming hardware confiscated by the Ukrainian police was being used to create in-game currency and not for farming cryptocurrency.

Miners used an empty warehouse of an electricity supply company to plug into the grid and mine crypto on a variety of devices, including gaming consoles.

Monobank is seeking approval from the National Bank of Ukraine to launch its Bitcoin debit card later this month.

More publicly traded firms added Bitcoin to their treasuries during the first four months of 2021 than during the entirety of last year. But will it continue?

Dynamo Kyiv wants to tap into an additional revenue source as stadiums remain empty.