The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) said that it "plans" to introduce a digital version of its national currency, the hryvnia, which is not based on Blockchain, at least for the moment

The central bank reported in a post on Facebook Thursday, January 11 that she was studying "new and innovative technologies" as part of the project "economy without money" of the country. The NBU has made a distinction between the digital currency it has in mind and a state cryptocurrency, which by definition would be based on Blockchain technology:

"However , the National Bank would like to clarify that what we hear here is the possible introduction of an electronic hryvnia, not our own cryptocurrency. "

The NBU also noted that the possibility of basing their proposed sed-e hryvnia on Blockchain is still under discussion

Plans for a digital hryvnia against a crypto- National currency contrast with the activities conducted on the other side of the border in Russia, whose government flirts with the idea of ​​a blockchain. CryptoRuble since 2015.

In addition, Belarus, a member of the CIS, has declared its intention to become an area favorable to cryptocéphalie, facilitating the regulated exchanges and attracting the foreign investments.

The headlines for more infamous reasons in December 2017. The sudden attack of the police of the ForkLog cryptographic newspaper in Odessa was followed by the abduction of the director of the exchange of EXMO, Pavel Lerner, in Kiev. Lerner would have been released for a ransom of $ 1 million.

This week's lawmakers also decided to create a dedicated working group to study how Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies should be treated according to Ukrainian law.