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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On Thursday 24th of February, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. War had broken out in Eastern Europe. Although we’re not here to comment on the political situation in Ukraine and beyond, we can observe one fact: Ukraine’s government turned to crypto in trying times. The crypto community responded. In the first 5 days of its inception, Unchain Fund, a crypto charity fund for Ukraine founded by prominent figures in blockchain, raised more than $1.8m. They’ve since gone on to raise millions more. Now, this is perhaps the highlight of crypto’s strength in Eastern Europe throughout 2022, but in....
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This article is the second part of our coverage of Bitcoin Conference St. Petersburg, Russia. In the last article, we gave a general overview of the conference as well as a summary of the lecture given by Alex Fork, the first speaker of the conference. In this article, we will summarize the speech of Michael Chobanian, the founder of the Kuna Bitcoin Agency. Michael Chobanian is the founder of the Kuna Bitcoin Agency, a Bitcoin advocacy group located in Ukraine. Kuna refers to itself as the first “ Bitcoin agency in Eastern Europe to trade bitcoin.” The organization offers a trading....
Digital currency fans from across the globe will be heading to Slovenia next month for the Bitcoin Central and Eastern Europe Conference. Taking place on 11th and 12th September, the event is being organised by GreCom and its primary sponsor is GoCoin, which helps merchants accept payment in bitcoin and other digital currencies. According to GreCom managing director Gregor Knafelc, the aim of the conference is to "showcase the success stories of businesses and cover legal aspects of the bitcoin business models". "We will discuss new trends and business models and of course have fun too. We....