Ukraine collaborates with US Company to open Blockchain R&D Center in Kiev
The first-of-kind Blockchain Research and Development center opened in Kiev to establish FinTech and blockchain solutions in the Ukraine as well as worldwide. The center will be working on new technological opportunities and a blockchain project to set up a governance as a service system in Odessa, Ukraine. The Innovecs US business technology outsourcing company has partnered with Michael Chobanyan, founder of the Bitcoin Foundation Ukraine and KUNA Bitcoin Agency, to launch the blockchain R&D center. Michael Chobanyan, Vice-President of Blockchain Solutions and FinTech Practice, explained....
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