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ForkLog 21 11.09.2020

Bitcoin exchange Bittrex to halt services for users in Ukraine and Belarus

The cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex announced it would cease serving users from Ukraine, Belarus, Burundi, Mali, Myanmar, Nicaragua and Panama. For some customers the changes take effect immediately, for others, in 14 days.

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ForkLog 19 09.09.2020

Ukraine registers bill on cryptocurrency confiscation

Ukrainian lawmakers have introduced a bill in the Verkhovna Rada regulating the mechanism for confiscating cryptocurrency obtained from illicit activity.

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ForkLog 23 05.09.2020

Belarusian lawyer moves to Kyiv to build an analogue of the Park of High Technologies

Senior partner of the law firm 'Aleynikov and Partners' Denis Aleynikov moved to Kyiv to create an analogue of the Park of High Technologies (PHT). He wrote about it on his Facebook page.

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ForkLog 18 02.09.2020

Ministry of Digital Transformation: Ukraine tops the world in cryptocurrency usage

Ukrainian citizens are the world's most active cryptocurrency users. The local Ministry of Digital Transformation says this, citing a study by the analytics firm Chainalysis. Experts from the cryptocurrency community told ForkLog that the analysts' official report has not yet been published.

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ForkLog 26 31.08.2020

Founder of unnamed crypto fund detained in Ukraine on suspicion of contract killing

On August 30, in Odesa, Ukrainian law enforcement officers detained the founder of an unnamed cryptocurrency investment fund on suspicion of ordering the murder of his former colleague.

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ForkLog 12 27.08.2020

In Kyiv, former Bitsonar employee and pyramid whistleblower abducted

On Wednesday, August 26, in Kyiv, unknown abductors kidnapped former Bitsonar pyramid employee Yaroslav Stadchenko (also known as Yan Novak). This happened at 23:05 at 13B Holosiivska Street. The kidnappers, according to Stadchenko's wife, numbered seven.

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ForkLog 16 18.08.2020

Ukraine’s Cyber Police highlights Binance’s role in the arrests of criminals who laundered $42m

The cryptocurrency exchange Binance assisted in the arrest of three individuals involved in laundering $42 million, according to Ukraine's Ministry of Internal Affairs.

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ForkLog 22 15.08.2020

Monobank’s internal rules mention a ban on crypto exchanges — but no such ban exists

In the internal rules of the popular Ukrainian online bank Monobank, it states that the bank cannot process SWIFT payments if 'there is a suspicion that they are connected with activities prohibited by the laws in force in Ukraine.' The list of such activities includes crypto exchanges and electronic currencies. Given the absence of a statutory ban on cryptocurrencies or on the operation of crypto exchanges in Ukraine, ForkLog's editors sought to determine the bank's basis for its policy.

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ForkLog 8 30.07.2020

Suspects in creating an online cryptocurrency exchange in Ukraine face up to six years in prison

The Khmelnytsky region's cyberpolice identified two suspects in organising an illegal online cryptocurrency exchange and a number of electronic currencies banned in Ukraine. The department's website reports.

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ForkLog 7 29.07.2020

In Kyiv, suspects in a series of explosions detained for extorting 50 BTC

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detained two alleged organizers of a series of explosions in Kyiv, who demanded 50 BTC (over $550,000 at the time of writing).

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Bitsonar Exit Scam: How Former Ukrainian Government Official Took Money From Europeans, Americans, and Russians With Cryptopyramid

This June, an ex-employee posted an announcement on the official website of cryptocurrency investment fund Bitsonar. According to it, the organization is a Ponzi scheme, and its founder is not the same person as the website had earlier stated. Meanwhile, users post numerous claims as to the impossibility of withdrawal of funds and suspect the […]

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Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation: We Want Ukraine to Join Countries That Develop New Economy

Ukrainian legislators are working on regulations for the crypto-industry. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (the country’s parliament) will hear the tax law amendments that will include the definition of cryptocurrencies. The Ministry of Digital Transformation, which is tasked with the creation of the “state in a smartphone,” is now collaborating with Binance to reach its […]

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