# Ukrainian ministry considering digital currency pilot for staff salaries

# Ukrainian ministry considering digital currency pilot for staff salaries

“# Ukrainian ministry considering digital currency pilot for staff salaries ” Mikhail Fedorov, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister and the head of the country’s Ministry of Digital Transformation, has revealed a possible early use case for the nation’s planned central bank digital currency (CBDC). In a recent interview published by Ukrainian media outlet TSN, the minister…

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# Ukraine’s state security shuts down illegal crypto exchanges

# Ukraine’s state security shuts down illegal crypto exchanges

“# Ukraine’s state security shuts down illegal crypto exchanges ” Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has shut down several crypto exchanges reportedly involved in illegal financial transactions since the start of 2021. According to a statement by the SBU on Wednesday, the network of “clandestine cryptocurrency exchanges” were based in the country’s capital Kyiv and…

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# New bill in Ukraine to allow payments in cryptocurrency, says official

# New bill in Ukraine to allow payments in cryptocurrency, says official

“# New bill in Ukraine to allow payments in cryptocurrency, says official ” A new cryptocurrency-related bill in Ukraine will allow payments in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) despite not recognizing crypto as legal tender, a government official claimed. Oleksandr Bornyakov, deputy minister of Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation, is confident that it would be “quite…

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#Retired Ukraine police attempt to storm parliament

#Retired Ukraine police attempt to storm parliament

“#Retired Ukraine police attempt to storm parliament” KYIV, July 14 – Several hundred retired Ukrainian police officers attempted to storm the parliament building on Wednesday demanding an increase in their pensions. The demonstration took place a day after the unexpected resignation of the interior minister, who had run the police force since 2014 and offered…

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# Ukrainian e-bank plans to offer Bitcoin trading in July

# Ukrainian e-bank plans to offer Bitcoin trading in July

“# Ukrainian e-bank plans to offer Bitcoin trading in July ” As the Ukrainian government progresses with cryptocurrency-related legislation, a major local e-bank is preparing to launch a debit card featuring Bitcoin (BTC) trading. Ukrainian online banking application Monobank has completed a pilot integration with a cryptocurrency trading platform, Monobank co-founder Oleg Gorokhovsky announced Monday….

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