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Ukraine’s ‘Largest Illegal’ Mining Facility May Have Been a FIFA Bot Farm
18.7.2021
A data center busted by Ukrainian law enforcement this month for suspected electricity theft may have had a purpose different from mining cryptocurrencies. Ukraine’s security service described the facility as the “largest underground crypto farm” found to date but media reports...
Bingbon Adds Ruble, Hryvnia, and Tenge Support in Bid to Expand Geographical Presence
15.7.2021
A tie-up between payment processor Advcash and Bingbon will help the social cryptocurrency trading exchange extend its services to Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Russia through a newly introduced fiat on and off-ramp. Eastern European Fiat Support Echoes Regional Crypto Adoption Outside of North America...
Ukrainian police seize 3,800 PS4 consoles used for illegal crypto mining
12.7.2021
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
Survey: Financial Sector Wants Ukraine’s CBDC to Facilitate Transactions in the Crypto Market
11.7.2021
A survey conducted among financial professionals has indicated that the industry wants Ukraine’s future digital currency to be used as a tool in the crypto space. The financial sector also favors a blockchain design for the e-hryvnia that would allow peer-to-peer transfers and fuel...
Ukraine Uncovers Country’s Largest Illegal Mining Farm to Date
10.7.2021
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has located a massive coin minting facility that was illegally connected to the power grid in Vinnytsia. Law enforcement officials claim it’s the largest underground crypto mining farm they have found so far. Ukraine Seizes Thousands of Video Game...
Ukraine’s Monobank to Allow Customers to Trade Bitcoin
7.7.2021
Monobank, a mobile bank operating in Ukraine, has announced new products and services that will allow users to trade cryptocurrencies and stocks. One of the offerings includes a bitcoin card which the online banking platform is going to launch as early as this month. Monobank to Offer Users Bitcoin...
Ukrainian e-bank plans to offer Bitcoin trading in July
5.7.2021
Monobank is seeking approval from the National Bank of Ukraine to launch its Bitcoin debit card later this month
Ukraine Shuts Down Illegal Mining Farm With 150 Rigs
3.7.2021
Law enforcement officials in Ukraine have closed down a cryptocurrency mining farm that was minting digital coins using stolen electricity. The facility had more than 150 mining rigs that have been confiscated during a raid in Chernihiv region. Authorities in Ukraine Seize Over 150 ASICs From...
Revised Bill ‘On Virtual Assets’ Aims to Regulate Ukraine’s Crypto Space This Summer
20.6.2021
The Ukrainian parliament has released an updated version of the draft law “On Virtual Assets.” The revised bill requires exchanges to obtain government authorization, disclose their ownership and implement mandatory KYC procedures. The document has been criticized by regulators in Kyiv...
‘Blogger by Day, Trader by Night,’ Binance Runs Advertising Campaign in Major Ukrainian Cities
6.6.2021
An advertising campaign across some of Ukraine’s most populous cities is now aiming to attract new traders to the world’s largest digital asset exchange, Binance. The Eastern European nation is known as a promising market and a leader in terms of cryptocurrency adoption. Binance...
Ukraine’s Leading Soccer Team Dynamo Kyiv to Sell NFT Tickets
23.5.2021
FC Dynamo Kyiv, the top team in the Ukrainian Premier League, is launching NFT tickets for the 2021 season. The legendary football club, which has the biggest fan following in Ukraine, is also going to offer supporters unique collectible items through a partnership with a blockchain company. Dynamo...
Ukraine’s Public Radio Launches Podcast With an Episode on Bitcoin
9.5.2021
In an attempt to expand and diversify its audience, the public radio of Ukraine has recently entered the world of podcasts. Listeners have been invited to choose among a variety of topics and genres. A podcast devoted to personal finance management and financial literacy kicks off with an episode...
Ukrainian Parliament Passes Bill That Criminalizes People Who Don’t Reveal Crypto Holdings
20.4.2021
The Ukrainian parliament is enforcing its tough stance against people who don’t disclose their cryptocurrency holdings on the tax fillings. The measure comes in the wake of a recent publication that showed alleged mistakes in declarations from public servants. Offenders Could Spend up to...
Smartlands Platform Launch: Tokenizing the Real Economy in Europe With a First-Mover Advantage
19.4.2021
In April, Smartlands will launch an alternative investment platform for buying and selling tokenized shares of real-world assets. The platform, built on the Stellar open-source network, will first focus on issuing security tokens that represent a suite of high-yield real estate listings based...
Expert Believes Nuclear-Powered Crypto Mining Could Help Ukraine to Solve Energy Spending Problems
16.4.2021
Bitcoin mining could be a proper asset to solve one of the significant issues in the Ukrainian energy sector: spending. A financial expert praised the recent push given by Ukraine’s government to nuclear-powered crypto mining across the nation. Crypto Mining Can ‘Smooth out’...
Bitcoin Miners Might Solve Ukraine’s Energy Spending Woes
14.4.2021
Cooling towers at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station. A financial expert has explained the logic behind the Ukrainian state’s recent nuclear-powered crypto mining push – claiming that the nature of the mining industry makes it an ideal partner to use up surplus power from the country’s nuclear...
Report Claims Ukrainian Officials Hold Over $2.6 Billion in Bitcoin
10.4.2021
The latest declarations from Ukrainian public officials revealed a billion-dollar amount of money they allegedly own in bitcoin. An online incentive gathered data from 791,872 state employees and 652 respondents disclosed their crypto holdings. The Biggest Crypto Holder in the Report Has 18,000...
Ukraine Wants to Bolster its Budget with Nuclear-powered Crypto Mining
1.2.2021
The Ukrainian energy ministry is in advanced talks with a domestic crypto mining firm named Hotmine over a proposed deal to allow the company to build mining centers at more of the nation’s nuclear power plants.
As reported late last month, the ministry, in conjunction with NAEC Energoatom –...
Ukraine to Set up a Large-Scale Crypto Mining Data Center in a Nuclear Power Plant
30.1.2021
Ukraine’s government-owned nuclear power plant picked a firm to build a massive data center in Rivne for cryptocurrency mining operations. After a bidding process, Energoatom chose Kyiv Energy Construction Company to handle the nuclear plant crypto mining project. Nuclear Power Plant Operator...
Stellar’s XLM Token Rallies to 2-Year High on XRP Woes, OCC Ruling, Ukraine
6.1.2021
The token is at the highest level since November 2018 in what one observer called a "perfect storm."