Ukraine pro-crypto groups announce Web3 roadmap
A group of pro-crypto Ukrainian lawmakers, Blockchain4Ukraine, and the citizen group Virtual Assets of Ukraine (VAU) revealed a joint roadmap for promoting and developing Web3 in the country. The document was signed by its co-authors on Nov. 14, according to regional media.
The roadmap proposes a set of measures for promoting Web3, such as the launch of a regulatory sandbox for blockchain and Web3 projects, the creation of a national blockchain-backed land and realty register, the preparation of a “blockchain plan” to rebuild the country after the war and integration of Ukraine into the European blockchain community.
VAU and Blockchain4Ukraine also intend to work on a self-sovereign identity pilot project and to seek ways of implementing blockchain into Ukraine’s healthcare and education systems.
The list of potential partners of the roadmap includes civil society, non-government organizations, as well as business and scientific communities. The group working on the roadmap will prepare a set of bills to promote its initiatives on the legal level.
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In June, Ukraine became the third country outside the European Union to join the European Blockchain Partnership, an initiative derived by the 27 member states to deliver cross-border public services. Back then, VAU CEO Konstantin Ermolenko revealed Ukraine’s interest in running test-node of the EBSI and pilot use cases of the cross-border public services based on blockchain technology.
In March 2022,President Volodymyr Zelensky signed the first major Ukrainian cryptocurrency-related legislation known as the bill “On Virtual Assets.” The bill establishes the National Securities and Stock
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