Ukrainian crypto and blockchain firms survive despite ongoing conflict
2022.04.20 17:51
Ukrainian crypto and blockchain firms survive despite ongoing conflict
Many Ukraine-based businesses have had to shutter or suspend operations following the outbreak of the conflict with Russia on Feb. 24, but some in the cryptocurrency space have been able to keep running, albeit with many staff in bomb shelters, scattered across the world and facing an uncertain future.
Speaking to Cointelegraph, Arsenii Hurtavtsov, a Ukrainian national and CEO of nonfungible token service provider Finch, said he managed to get on one of the last flights from Kyiv to Azerbaijan on Feb. 23 before the country began blocking many men from leaving, likely in anticipation of needing individuals for the country’s military. He joined his business partner, chief operating officer Alina Varakuta, in Dubai shortly after his escape.
Finch CEO Arsenii Hurtavtsov and COO Alina Varakuta speaking from Dubai
