Crypto

When Bitcoin was launched in 2009, it was no longer the first attempt at creating digital money, but blockchain technology, which combined cryptography and decentralization, made it a fundamentally new phenomenon. At the time, few people thought that it had its own economic model, backed by strict algorithms, but it was precisely this factor that made BTC a truly powerful asset.

Former executives of Binance, Upbit, and Deutsche Bank have created the crypto exchange Freedx — a platform that solves the painful problems of CEX and offers real rewards to early adopters. Ukraine is a priority.

While salaries in the US are already paid in cryptocurrencies, and some utility bills can be paid in USDC, in Ukraine crypto is still perceived mainly as an investment or niche tool. But the market is changing. In 2025, stablecoins occupy a key place in the crypto ecosystem: according to CoinGecko, they account for more than 10% of the crypto asset market, and the volume of transactions in stablecoins is growing every quarter.

A few years ago, opening an account for a crypto company in Europe was a matter of a few days. In 2021–2022, it was enough to register a company in a jurisdiction with a basic VASP registry — for example, in Lithuania or Poland — and choose one of the crypto-friendly payment institutions. Most financial companies limited themselves to a formal verification of registration documents, business model and beneficiary data. Conditionally — «registered the company and opened an account.» This practice was typical for the stage of rapid growth of the Web3 industry.

The world is once again on the brink of economic turbulence. A recession in the US, the likely return of Donald Trump to the White House, a weakening dollar, and heightened geopolitical risks are creating a perfect storm for financial markets. And at the same time, they are giving a new impetus to cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin.

Blockchain is a distributed ledger of data, the main feature of which is its complete independence from any centers. At the heart of this independence is cryptography, which ensures the authenticity and immutability of records, as well as decentralization, which eliminates the need for a central management body. But while the concept of encryption is understandable at a basic level, the question of implementing the second mechanism remains a mystery to most people.