The public union \u201cVirtual Assets of Ukraine\u201d sent Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal a roadmap for blockchain integration with the European Union. A copy of the appeal is in ForkLog’s editorial office.<\/p>\n
The authors of the initiative propose developing a set of measures to stimulate and support the adoption of blockchain technology in public administration and other areas of Ukraine.<\/p>\n
In the letter they refer to the European Blockchain Partnership, created in April 2018, which to date has been joined by 30 countries. The project envisages the creation of EU-wide applications using distributed ledger technology for both the public and private sectors. They include notarial services, diplomas, sovereign identity, and secure data exchange between customs authorities and tax agencies.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cWe are ready to develop a similar strategy and present it for consideration by the end of March 2021,\u201d says the letter addressed to the prime minister.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
The Ukrainian Virtual Assets also advocate creating the Ukrainian Blockchain Observatory, which will study the deployment of DLT, and the Ukrainian Blockchain Forum for hosting sector-specific events. By design, these new structures could ultimately join the European infrastructure of blockchain services.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cThis integration within the Digital Single Market framework will, in prospect, lead to the creation of a common European blockchain for Ukraine with the EU,\u201d noted Konstantin Yarmolenko, CEO of the Ukrainian Virtual Assets.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
The project would be funded by private Ukrainian and Western venture funds.<\/p>\n
In Kyiv, the public union \u201cVirtual Assets of Ukraine\u201d was formed in late November 2020<\/a>. It comprises the public organization Blockchain4Ukraine, law firms Arzinger and Juscutum, and the Binance exchange.<\/p>\n
In January 2021, the organization issued an initiative to implement asset tokenization<\/a> at the state level. Its members set out their proposals in a letter addressed to the president, the prime minister and the minister of digital transformation of Ukraine.<\/p>\n
On 2 December 2020 the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, in first reading adopted as a basis the draft law \u201cOn Virtual Assets\u201d<\/a>, regulating cryptocurrency operations within the country.<\/p>\n