The bill, “On Virtual Assets,” was initially developed as a joint effort from Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation and industry representatives.
Since then, Ukrainian government and nongovernmental organizations have raised $63.8 million, through more than 120,000 cryptocurrency donations, according to a leading cryptocurrency compliance firm Elliptic.
The website lists the 13 different cryptocurrencies the country accepts, as well as a total of the funds raised.
“On Virtual Assets” is Ukraine’s first step towards establishing a legal market for cryptocurrency.
On March 18, 1922, a court in British-ruled India sentenced Mohandas Gandhi to six years in prison for sedition in connection with his civil disobedience campaign for Indian home rule.
For a unanimous Court, Justice Hugo Black wrote, “any person haled into court, who is too poor to hire a lawyer, cannot be assured a fair trial unless counsel is provided for him.” Counsel had been required for indigent federal defendants since 1938.Read a history of the Right to Counsel from the National Legal Aid and Defender Association.