Ukraine pro-crypto groups announce Web3 roadmap

Published at: Nov. 15, 2022

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.

Related: Ukrainian art museum to preserve art and cultural heritage through NFT auction

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 Market Commission of Ukraine and the National Bank of Ukraine as two major regulators on the crypto market.

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 Crypto Fund of Ukraine.

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