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Ukraine Set to Freeze Citizens’ Bank Accounts Who Sidestep War Draft – Can Crypto Help?
8.2.2024
On February 7, the Ukrainian parliament approved the first reading of a bill to enforce stricter regulations for mobilizing recruits into the military. It also proposed freezing bank accounts for those attempting to evade the country’s war draft. This dramatic move highlights the gravity...
Fourteen Ukrainian Officials Receive Advanced Crypto Crime Investigation Training
17.11.2023
Source: Pixabay Ukrainian lawmakers and officials have received advanced training on identifying and investigating crypto-related financial crimes. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities have organized the 4-day course. Fourteen...
IRS Trains Ukraine to Track Russian Cryptocurrency Activity – Here's What You Need to Know
12.5.2023
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is offering virtual and in-person training sessions on tracing blockchain transactions for Ukrainian officials.
The criminal investigation division of the agency has joined hands with blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis and Ukrainian investigators to trace...
Crypto News Summary: BitOasis Partners With Mastercard, Gate.io Signs MoU With Busan, Seba Launches Custody Platform for NFT Storage
26.10.2022
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Crypto News Briefs: Australia Comes After BPS and Qoin, Bithumb Ex-Chair Faces 8 Years in Prison, Canaan Launches New Series, Art Project in Support of Ukraine
25.10.2022
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Ukraine Celebrates Independence Day: BTC 600 & ETH 10K Donated; Russia-Connected Wallet Blocked
25.8.2022
As Russia entered the sixth month of its brutal war against Ukraine, Ukrainians celebrated their Independence Day on August 24. So far, nearly BTC 600 and ETH 10,190 have been donated to Ukraine, and the country blocked a digital asset account supporting the invasion.
The world’s cryptocurrency...
Enter Frida Kahlo's Red House: Decentraland is Preparing ‘Mind-Bending Installations' for Metaverse Art Week
17.8.2022
The metaverse project Decentraland (MANA) has announced the lineup for its 3rd annual Metaverse Art Week titled The World is Made of Code, which includes “mind-bending” work from contemporary artists and contributions from a Ukrainian non-fungible token (NFT) project....
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Ukrainian Charity Uses Crypto Actively, Says Donations Have Risen During Bear Market
15.7.2022
The Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation, an organization raising money for Ukraine’s war effort against Russia, has used crypto actively in its fundraising and is seeing donations rise in crypto terms even as the market has fallen from its highs....
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Ukrainian Charity Uses Crypto Actively, Says Donations Have Risen During Bear Market
15.7.2022
The Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation, an organization raising money for Ukraine’s war effort against Russia, has used crypto actively in its fundraising and is seeing donations rise in crypto terms even as the market has fallen from its highs....
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As Nobel Prize Winner Scores USD 100M for Ukraine, CryptoPunk Just Did Its Part Too
21.6.2022
Ukraine has raised an additional USD 103,000 through the sale of a CryptoPunk non-fungible token (NFT), while a Nobel prize winner donated over USD 103m for Ukrainian child refugees.
The donated Punk was CryptoPunk #5364, and it sold for ETH 90 (USD 103,190), according to Alex Bornyakov, deputy...
Three Arrows Keep Hurting Crypto Market, Circle's Euro Coin in US, Samsung's Wallet + More News
16.6.2022
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Ukrainian Eurovision Winner Sells NFTs in Support of Ukraine’s Defense
25.5.2022
Kalush Orchestra, the Ukrainian winner of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, will sell non-fungible tokens (NFTs) featuring a microphone and the name ‘Kalush Orchestra’ in support of Ukraine’s national defense against the Russian invasion....
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Watch & 'Invest in Peace': Ukrainian Deputy PM Raps to Encourage More Crypto Donations
23.5.2022
Ukrainian blockchain business Everstake expressed their hope that the government-led Aid for Ukraine organization could benefit from more support from across the world -- and this led them to release a rap video featuring animated pigeons and Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister...
Ukraine's New Fundraising Platform Supports Over 100 Cryptos
9.5.2022
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has launched a new fundraising platform, dubbed United24, which accepts donations in more than 100 different cryptoassets.
The list of supported cryptoassets ranges from popular cryptos like bitcoin (BTC), ethereum (ETH), binance coin (BNB), to recently...
Elon Musk NFT First to Enter Ukrainian Hall of Fame and You Can't Buy It
29.4.2022
Ukraine’s government created a virtual gallery of NFT-based artworks that “aren’t for sale,” but are being preserved as “an expression of gratitude, similar to how paintings were presented to royal families and famous scientists in the past.” Tesla's chief and Twitter buyer Elon Musk is...
Finland Set to Donate Bitcoin Seized from Criminals to Ukraine – Report
28.4.2022
Finland’s government will reportedly donate bitcoin (BTC) seized in criminal operations to Ukraine, to support the latter’s war efforts against the Russian invasion.
Per the Finnish media outlet Helsingin Sanomat, the Finnish government has amassed BTC 1,981 (USD 78m). The coins have been...
Ukrainian Central Bank’s ‘Quasi-Cash Transaction’ Restrictions Could Affect Crypto Users
22.4.2022
Ukraine’s central bank, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), has placed additional restrictions on its citizens’ cross-border money and asset transfers, a measure that will affect crypto transactions....
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Ukraine Will Auction Off Received NFT Donations
6.4.2022
Ukraine is preparing the launch of a web page where it would auction off around 300 non-fungible tokens (NFTs) the country has received in donations.
Among the donated NFTs, there is a CryptoPunk, which was sent to the country's official Ethereum (ETH) address in early March, according...
Ukraine Starts Its War-Themed NFT Sale as Russia Keeps Killing Innocent People
31.3.2022
Ukraine’s recently opened "NFT museum" - Meta History: Museum of War - has just started its NFT sale.
These NFTs are now available for ETH 0.15 (USD 511) apiece.
The collection is currently comprised of an increasing number of NFTs - each of them is an actual news piece from an official...
Ukraine Now Accepts Donations in 14 Cryptoassets
24.3.2022
The Ukraine government now accepts donations in 14 different cryptoassets, offering donors the option to choose between some of the most popular projects within the crypto market....
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