Panel discussion speakers:
Head of the Council of the National Bank of Ukraine
International Tax Manager, Deloitte Malta, Adv. LL.M, European Tax Law, Leiden University
Head of the State Tax Service
Chairman of the Board of the Ukrainian Interbank Currency Exchange
Judge of the Administrative Court of Berlin (Germany), Chairman of the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ)
Doctor of Legal Science, Professor of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Member of the Academic Committee of EATLP, Expert of the “Servant of the People” political party
Doctor of Legal Science, Prof., Head of the Department of Financial Law at the Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, First Vice President of National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine
Doctor of Law, Associate Professor, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Law at Rīga Stradiņš University, Professor at BA School of Business and Finance
The first session of the panel discussion
Basics of Blockchain Technology Functioning
The aim of the discussion is to determine the basic principles of the Blockchain technology functioning, global trends in the integration of the Blockchain technology into the fintech industry, the influence of Blockchain technologies on foreign exchange and banking relations, and international legislative initiatives in the field of Blockchain technologies.
Possible topics and areas for scientific discussion:
- principles of the Blockchain technology functioning;
- evolution of the Blockchain technology;
- accounting units in Blockchain;
- concept and varieties of Blockchain tokens;
- national currency based on Blockchain technologies;
- fintech and Blockchain;
- banking sector and prospects of application of the Blockchain technology;
- trends in the use of Blockchain technologies by exchanges;
- international legislative initiatives related to the Blockchain technology.
The second session of the panel discussion
Digital Assets as an Object of Financial and Legal Regulation
The aim of the discussion is to professionally study legal regulation of the circulation of cryptocurrencies, virtual currencies and digital assets, define the main approaches to understanding these concepts, discuss the comparative analysis of cryptocurrencies and digital assets, define the place of Blockchain technologies in the circulation of cryptocurrencies and digital assets, study foreign experience of regulating the circulation of digital assets and cryptocurrencies and impose taxes on transactions with digital assets and cryptocurrencies.
Possible topics and areas for scientific discussion:
- features of a digital asset;
- legal status of digital asset circulation;
- world experience in identifying digital assets;
- comparative analysis of the properties of cryptocurrencies and digital assets;
- legal regulation of cryptocurrencies and digital assets in the European Union (EU law, UK, Republic of Cyprus, Malta (new legislation), Federal Republic of Germany, Kingdom of Sweden, Swiss Confederation, Practice of the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the European Union);
- legal regulation of cryptocurrencies and digital assets in Eastern European countries (Ukraine, Republic of Belarus, Russian Federation, Republic of Moldova);
- legal regulation of cryptocurrencies and digital assets in the United States of America (securities legislation, Howey Test, Uniform Money Services Act, Individual State Legislation (Delaware, New York));
- legal regulation of cryptocurrencies and digital assets in the Asia-Pacific region (People’s Republic of China, Republic of Kazakhstan, Republic of Singapore, Republic of the Philippines, State of Japan, Australian Union).
