A Ukrainian delegation has signed a number of memorandums and contracts worth more than $3 billion as part of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's official visit to the United Arab Emirates, the presidential press service has reported. Ukrinform.
Innovative development
The program contains the status of implementation of actions under the program and a road map for further actions.
Fintech development strategy of the NBU until 2025 (the “Strategy”) (link)
Based on the above Strategy, in July 2020 the NBU approved the mid-term strategy of development of the fintech sector in Ukraine until 2025. In particular, this document structures and details the trends and directions of financial innovation development for the next five years.
The key elements of the fintech strategy:
Development and implementation of the concept of a full-fledged regulatory sandbox for rapid testing of innovative projects;
Raising the level of financial awareness and involvement (inclusion) of the population and business;
Circle Launches USD Coin on the Stellar Network
Circle and the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) announced that the second-biggest stablecoin is now available within their network. USD Coin (USDC) is accessible through five integrated wallets, and it can be tradeable on their ecosystem, said the USDC issuer.
Stellar Has Been the Official Chain of USDC Since October 2020
Per the announcement, the stablecoin is available in any Stellar (XLM) account through Lobstr, Solar, Stellarport, Stellarx, and Stellarterm wallets. Moreover, people could trade USDC across an ecosystem that has over 9,000 assets.
In October 2020, the SDF and the Centre Consortium co-founded by Circle and crypto exchange Coinbase announced Stellar as the official chain of USDC.