Ukraine News

A new report from Chainalysis has found that Eastern Europe is responsible for more darknet activity and ransomware volume than any other region.

China is not the only country that wants control of this highly coveted industry.

As protests rage in Belarus and Alexei Navalny remains in a coma, we look at new developments in crypto across the former USSR.

The world’s largest exchange keeps deepening its cooperation with law enforcement.

Ukraine’s Ministry for Digital Transformation will be tracking illicit crypto transactions with a crypto analytics startup backed by Bitfury.

A Ukrainian hacker stole data in government databases and attempted to sell it for crypto.

The Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine published crypto draft law “On Virtual Assets” in response to FATF’s June 2020 deadline.

Ukraine's Ministry of Energy believes that using power plants for crypto mining could be one of the best ways to take advantage of a current energy glut.

The Swedish government is demanding action from Ukraine for an alleged $70 million fraud scheme that targeted victims who showed interest in cryptocurrency.

Ukrainian officials are urged to disclose their cryptocurrency holdings as one of the national anti-corruption agencies publishes a manual on how to report crypto assets.

A whistleblower has revealed a $70 million Bitcoin scam targeting British and Australian investors through fake news stories on Facebook.

With the e-hryvnia pilot testing successfully over, the Ukrainian government is making a concerted effort to engage in the crypto-adoption race.

An information technology employee at a Ukrainian prosecutor’s office used the offices’ systems to illegally mine cryptocurrency.

In implementing new Anti-Money Laundering policies, many countries automatically treat crypto transactions as high-risk.

As a crypto firm in Ukraine plans to issue the first Ukrainian hryvnia-pegged stablecoin, the country’s central bank is progressing with its e-hryvnia project.