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ForkLog 32 09.07.2021

Ukrainian businessman’s firm to open Kazakhstan data centre with over 100 MW capacity

The Ukrainian entrepreneur Sergey Tron’s White Rock Management announced the opening of a mining data centre with a capacity of over 100 MW in Kazakhstan.

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ForkLog 12 08.07.2021

Ukraine to create a registry of banned websites

On July 8, the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine (NSDC) decided to establish a registry of banned websites, according to Maksym Tulyev, a board member of the Internet Association of Ukraine.

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ForkLog 14 08.07.2021

SBU uncovers Ukraine’s largest illicit crypto mining farm

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) uncovered in Vinnytsia a mining farm illegally connected to the power grid. The agency said this was the largest illicit mining farm ever detected by Ukrainian law enforcement.

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ForkLog 21 07.07.2021

Ukrainian blogger staged her own kidnapping for a 5 BTC ransom

Kharkiv-based Instagram blogger Kateryna Yakimenko, known by the handle tigra, staged her own kidnapping to obtain a ransom from a sponsor in Russia.

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ForkLog 11 06.07.2021

Unknown assailant demanded 0.5 BTC, threatening to blow up Kyiv City Hall

On July 6, an unknown assailant reported a purported bomb at the Kyiv City Hall building. To prevent an explosion, he demanded a ransom in bitcoins.

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ForkLog 14 05.07.2021

Stellar Development Foundation joins the Association of Ukrainian Banks

The non-profit Stellar Development Foundation (SDF), behind the Stellar blockchain, has joined the Association of Ukrainian Banks.

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ForkLog 38 05.07.2021

Ukrainian monobank to allow customers to buy Bitcoin

In July, the Ukrainian mobile bank monobank will issue Bitcoin cards, through which customers will be able to buy and sell cryptocurrency. This was reported by co-founder Oleg Gorokhovsky.

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ForkLog 38 01.07.2021

Ukraine shuts down Bitcoin mining farm whose operation caused over 3 million hryvnias in damages

Employees of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) halted the operation of a mining farm that the owners illegally connected to a transformer substation in Chernihiv Oblast.

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ForkLog 43 30.06.2021

Ukrainian Parliamentary Committee Approves Updated Virtual Assets Bill

The Committee on Digital Transformation of Ukraine recommended adopting the updated bill 'On Virtual Assets' in the second reading.

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ForkLog 26 30.06.2021

Ukraine passes law regulating the issuance of CBDCs

On 30 June, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine passed in the second reading and in full the law 'On Payment Services', which among other things regulates the general principles for issuing central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).

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ForkLog 13 29.06.2021

Former Ukrainian MP Oleh Lyashko Turns to Ethereum Mining

Former member of Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada and leader of the Radical Party Oleh Lyashko has shown an interest in Ethereum mining.

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ForkLog 15 24.06.2021

NBU Council Urges Accelerated Crypto Regulation

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Supervisory Council approved a set of recommendations for the NBU's board and the government. Among them is the need to accelerate the preparation of legislative acts regulating the virtual assets market.

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