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Blockchain4Ukraine, a group of pro-cryptocurrency Ukrainian legislators, and the public union Virtual Assets of Ukraine (VAU) have unveiled a joint roadmap to promote and develop Web3 in the country. The document was signed by his co-authors on November 14, according to regional media.
The roadmap proposes a set of measures to promote Web3, such as launching a regulatory sandbox for blockchain and Web3 projects, creating a national blockchain-backed land and real estate registry, preparing of a “blockchain plan” to rebuild the country after the war and Ukraine’s integration into the European Blockchain Partnership.
VAU and Blockchain4Ukraine also intend to work on an autonomous identity pilot project and look at ways to implement blockchain in Ukraine’s healthcare and education systems.
The roadmap’s list of potential partners includes civil society and non-governmental organizations, as well as business and scientific communities. The group working on the roadmap will prepare a set of bills to promote their initiatives at the legal level.
Speaking to Cointelegraph, VAU CEO Konstantin Yarmolenko confirmed that the government memorandum on the roadmap “is being prepared right now” and will be signed between the “Blockchain4Ukraine” Parliamentary Group, the VAU Public Union and the Government. from Ukraine.
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In June, Ukraine became the third country outside the European Union to join the European Blockchain Partnership, a spin-off initiative of all 27 EU member states to provide cross-border public services. Back then, Yarmolenko revealed Ukraine’s interest in running a European Blockchain Service Infrastructure test node and pilot use cases of cross-border public services based on blockchain technology.
In March 2022, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky signed the country’s first major cryptocurrency-related legislation, the “On Virtual Assets” bill. The bill establishes the National Securities and Securities Market Commission of Ukraine and the National Bank of Ukraine as two major regulators of the crypto market. According to Yarmolenko, the bill will adopt some of the rules of the pan-European Framework for Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA).
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion in February 2022, Ukraine has managed to gather over $100 million in cryptocurrency donations through its government-curated Ukraine Crypto Fund.
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