2023-04-21 16:25:17
The Deputy Chairman of the Tax Committee of Ukraine, Yaroslav Zheleznyak, said on his Telegram channel on April 20 that “We, along with colleagues from the NKCPFR [National Commission for Securities and the Stock Market] and other regulators, are already working on implementing some provisions of MiCA to make crypto assets legal in Ukraine.”
Yurir Boyko, a member of the NKCPFR said, “I am sure Ukraine will be one of the first countries to implement this regulation into national legislation.”
The introduction of MiCA marks a major advancement for the crypto industry within the European Union.
MiCA is the result of long efforts of uniform regulations and create standardized rules for crypto assets across the EU, as crypto businesses are currently required to adhere to 27 distinct regulatory frameworks across EU member countries.
The implementation of MiCA is expected to in the EU, which could lead to a rise in their market share as compared to unregulated competitors.
Despite the need for EU lawmakers to still conduct legal and linguistic checks for MiCA as well as publish the bill in the EU journal, different stakeholders in the positively to the development.
Ukraine's move to adopt EU regulations comes on the backdrop of the Eastern European country receiving candidate status to the EU in June 2022. Per the European Council, European regulators have “acknowledged the considerable efforts that Ukraine has demonstrated towards meeting the objectives underpinning its candidate status for EU membership.”
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