Bitcoin Takes on Eastern Europe as Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Lands in Kiev

Bitcoin Takes on Eastern Europe as Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Lands in Kiev

Ukraine is one of these countries where people require no explanation about the value of hard money. As war in the east of the post-Soviet nation helped put its economy into a recession, the Ukrainian national currency — the hryvnia — lost some 70 percent of its value over the past two years. Perhaps that’s why demand for bitcoin there has increased....


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