After Norway and Liechtenstein, Ukraine turned the third nation exterior the European Union (EU) to affix the European Blockchain Partnership (EBP), an initiative derived by 27 member states to ship cross-border public providers.
The Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine announced the nation’s transfer to affix the EBP as an observer on June 17. With the last word aim of integrating its digital financial house with the EU, Ukraine plans to increase its interstate blockchain community partnership with different international locations.
Ukraine’s intent to affix the EBP dates again to July 2021, when Oleksii Zhmerenetskyi, the top of the Parliamentary group, Blockchain4Ukraine, and Konstantin Yarmolenko, the founder and CEO of Virtual Assets of Ukraine, wrote a letter to Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission. The letter declared Ukraine’s curiosity in becoming a member of the EBP and the European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI). von der Leyen later confirmed the prospect of Ukraine’s accession to the EBP as an observer.
Speaking to Cointelegraph, Yarmolenko acknowledged Ukraine’s curiosity in working test-node of the EBSI and pilot use instances of the cross-border public providers based mostly on the blockchain know-how. He highlighted that the cryptocurrency donations in the course of the Russia-Ukraine battle “proved as important support,” stating:
“Next step is full blockchain integration of Ukraine and EU based on EBP/EBSI initiatives.”
After working with the EBP on blockchain pilot use instances as an observer, Ukraine goals to achieve full membership. Yarmolenko additional revealed that Ukraine is focusing on extra blockchain partnerships to offer the residents of Ukraine with cross-border public providers together with verification of academic credentials/diplomas and id credentials and refugee/asylum registration and help.
While sharing particulars concerning the partnership, Yarmolenko acknowledged that the transfer to affix the EBP is a option to strengthen ties with the EU, including that “I’d even call it blockchain integration with EU.”
Additionally, stating one of many benefits of the EU-wide blockchain partnership, Zhmerenetsky confused that Ukraine’s accession to the EBP would cut back the popularity of Ukrainian paperwork for larger schooling and driver’s licenses for Ukrainian refugees in Europe.
Related: EU commissioner reiterates need for ‘regulating all crypto-assets’
Mairead McGuinness, the Commissioner for Financial Services, Financial Stability and Capital Markets Union on the European Commission, just lately highlighted the necessity for “Regulating all crypto-assets — whether they’re unbacked crypto-assets or so-called stablecoins.”
The EU commissioner additionally disclosed plans to debate a proposal with the French authorities through Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA):
“MiCA rules will be the right tool to address the concerns on consumer protection, market integrity and financial stability. This is something that is so urgent given recent developments.”
