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Using blockchain technology apart from its original application, cryptocurrency, isn’t news any longer. Numerous projects around the globe come up with new ideas as to how distributed ledger technology may be applicable beyond just transacting values.

June 6, the position of Blockchain.community’s board chairman, previously occupied by Alex Fork, was taken by Artem Tolkachev, the managing partner at law firm Tolkachev & Partners and expert in legal regulation of cryptotechnologies. ForkLog talked with the newly elected chairman to find out more about the organization’s plans and objectives. FL:  What do you […]

Founder of KUNA Agency and eponymous cryptocurrency exchange Mike Chobanyan abandoned his plans to introduce a draft law on cryptocurrency regulation to the Ukrainian Parliament. “Crypto is totally legal. You can use it by all means. As for legal entities, there’s not much sense in doing anything for them. Even if we pass the most […]

Bulgaria-based platform BitHope.org for bitcoin charity was launched recently, and it has finalized its first successful project already. On March 11, the site has accumulated 0.6 BTC of user donations to buy footwear for orphans. While some may think the amount is pretty small, it’s starting to hit the fan. Bitcoin is doing good things […]

Russia-based payments system OOOPay has added an option of accepting and withdrawing Bitcoin for users. Sergei Kravtsov, executive director of the company, says Bitcoin withdrawal is presently available via mass payments. A user may personally set up the option in the personal account. The withdrawal is also available by means of currency exchange. “Blockchain technology […]

Ukrainian legal firm Axon Partners focused on work with IT industry used Bitcoin to form its charter capital. The company was founded when IT and media partner at Juscutum, Dmitri Gadomski, abandoned the company to start his own business. Axon Partners became the country’s first company to form its charter capital completely in Bitcoin. Juscutum […]

A filming group from Russia is heading for a eurotrip on a condition of spending bitcoins only during the journey. Alexander Bezzubtsev, the project’s manager, described the journey as follows: “We take a couple of cameras, a tripod, and microphones. We head to Vilnius via Minsk, then to Klaipeda, then Kiel on a ferry. Then […]

Russian authorities are traditionally cautious when it comes to cryptocurrencies, as they suspect virtual money may be used to finance terrorist organizations and possible rebellous activities. For that reason, the government continuously removes any possibility of anonymity in financial transactions. However, the Central Bank of Russia actively researches new technologies, including the blockchain. According to […]