{"id":466958,"date":"2021-07-06T19:26:06","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T19:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=466958"},"modified":"2024-06-11T13:56:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T13:56:52","slug":"ukrainian-bank-bitcoin-trading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/ukrainian-bank-bitcoin-trading\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian Local Bank To Launch Bitcoin Trading Feature In The Latter Part Of July"},"content":{"rendered":"
With the progress on crypto-related legislation from the Ukrainian Government, Bitcoin trading is about to experience a greater move. An important local e-bank, Monobank, plans to launch a BTC debit card to facilitate Bitcoin trading.<\/p>\n
Related Reading | \u2018Bitcoin King\u2019 Arrested For Allegedly Embezzling $300 Million<\/a><\/p>\n Monobank is a Ukrainian online banking application. According to Oleg Gorokhovsky, the Co-Founder of Monobank, the e-bank has finished its pilot integration with a platform based on cryptocurrency trading.<\/p>\n Gorokhovsky made this announcement<\/a> on Monday. Furthermore, he revealed that through this new integration, Monobank users could purchase and sell BTC using a debit card.<\/p>\n Gorokhovsky said that Monobank plans on releasing the new product this month. All that is left for its final move is approval from the National Bank of Ukraine.<\/p>\n After its launch in 2017<\/a>, Monobank is operating with the license of Universal Bank. A former central bank chief and ex-deputy prime minister of Ukraine, Sergey Tigipko owns Universal Bank.<\/p>\n From a report in August 2020, Monobank already has a user base that is more than 2.5 million customers<\/a>. Gorokhovsky had already revealed that Monobank gets an average addition of three persons per minute.<\/p>\n According to the video from Mikhail Rogalsky, the co-founder of Monobank, a total of UAH 244 billion have replenished Monobank cards. It also indicated that over 500 thousand users for the branded service-moneybox from the time of its launch.<\/p>\n Gorokhovsky, also a former deputy board chairman at PrivatBank, earlier in the year revealed his confidence in Bitcoin.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Gorokhovsky mentioned in his February Facebook post that Bitcoin has come to stay. He said that his proof and conviction came from Tesla\u2019s purchase of $1.5 billion BTC.<\/p>\n Furthermore, he revealed his considerable personal stake in BTC. He also made a prediction of BTC hitting $100,000 by 2022.<\/p>\n From their own angle, the Ukrainian authorities are consistently dashing out series of cryptocurrency-related bills. Last Wednesday, the deputy minister of the Ministry of Digital Transformation, Oleksandr Boyakov, announced the recommendation of the authority.<\/p>\n He said that what is needed is the adoption of an upgraded bill in the second reading for the legislative. The drafted bill is “On the Virtual Assets.”<\/p>\n The Ukrainian parliament on Wednesday passed a new law that will regulate payment processes and methods. The new legislation also concerns the regulations for the country\u2019s Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).<\/p>\nAuthorities Show Confidence In Bitcoin<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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