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Digital assets are already enabling companies to speed up international payments, reduce costs and work without intermediary banks. At the same time, companies that want to use cryptocurrencies as a means of payment may face legal uncertainty, regulatory restrictions and financial risks. How does this happen, what features of cryptocurrency regulation should be considered to avoid risks, and how the British concept of «money’s worth» is changing the game? We look at key trends and approaches to crypto payments.

Co-founder of Strimco, Roman Lansky, is one of the most public figures in Ukrainian govtech. One of his first well-known projects was the IT component of the emergency medical care reform, which began to be implemented during the tenure of Ulyana Suprun. Strimco specialists are currently involved in a number of projects directly related to the war and its consequences. In particular, they are working on expanding the functionality of the «Reserve+» and «Army+» applications, as well as the International Register of Damage Caused by the Russian Federation’s Aggression against Ukraine. dev.ua talked to Lansky about the «rules of the game» in Ukrainian govtech, donor funding and its absence — in particular, in the context of USAID. Also — about cooperation with the Ministry of Defense and other ministries, outdated IT standards that they still cannot abandon, and how to win tenders without «political bending.» In addition, the co-founder of Strimco shared with us his small top of the greatest successes and failures of digitalization and his assessments of who drives this process in the government, besides the Ministry of Digital Affairs.

During the Kyiv International Cyber ​​Resilience Forum 2025, the Director of the PARKOVY Data Center, Volodymyr Pokatilov, shared interesting details about how a massive cyberattack was carried out on their infrastructure in January last year.

As American drones have «disappointingly» on the battlefield, defense startups have joined forces with Ukrainian manufacturers to create better, war-tested aircraft for the U.S. military. According to the WSJ, American startups have spent billions of dollars in venture capital in the hope of developing small drones that the Pentagon says it needs for future conflicts.

Working in recruiting is not only a routine of selecting the best candidates, but also an opportunity to collect non-trivial manifestations and requests of potential specialists. Every day, dozens, if not hundreds, of resumes pass through recruitment specialists. And some of them are compiled in a rather strange form. Recruiters make entire collections of such copies.

TikTok is being actively used by attackers to disrupt mobilization in Ukraine. This was stated by Oleksandr Melnychenko, a representative of the Information Security Department of the Security Service of Ukraine, during the Kyiv International Cyber ​​Resilience Forum 2025. But, according to him, communication has already been established with representatives of the social network, in particular, through the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council.

Last week, I attended HRD Summit Ukraine, where industry leaders discussed changes in corporate culture. One of the main conclusions is clear: adapting a company’s culture to external changes is not just desirable, but vital for the sustainability and long-term development of a business.

Meet the updated MacBook Air with the revolutionary M4 chip, introduced on March 5, 2025. This model combines sophisticated design with advanced technology, offering users maximum productivity and comfort. New levels of speed, autonomy of up to 18 hours, an improved 12 MP Center Stage camera and support for external displays — all this is packed into a lightweight and ultra-thin body that fits perfectly into the rhythm of modern life.

Product Manager from Lviv, Oleksiy Rubanyak, went through 52 interviews with recruiters and finally received an offer. The specialist shared detailed job search statistics and interesting details on the path to work on LinkedIn and is now ready to help anyone who wants to in their search.

Changing jobs — a necessity or a challenge? How often should IT professionals change roles in a company or even an employer? In today’s realities, this issue is complicated, since the market has fallen, and whether it will recover to the level of pre-Covid times is unknown. However, updating a workplace can be both a springboard and a stupor for a specialist — it all depends on the conditions, willingness to take risks, engage in new processes, etc. dev.ua asked hiring specialists how often IT professionals should change jobs, and whether recruiters distrust or suspect a candidate who has stayed in one place and position for too long.

In today’s world, where technology permeates all aspects of life, programming skills are becoming increasingly important. Starting to learn programming at a young age is not only possible, but also extremely beneficial.

A hackathon project that enables artificial AI agents to conduct telephone conversations in machine language, incomprehensible to humans, has been rapidly gaining popularity on social media over the past week.

Generative AI consultant Alexey Minakov has published an updated list of fifty of the most popular AI tools.

Is a working mother of a baby nonsense, and maternity leave a red flag for the employer? These stereotypes are a thing of the past, and modern mothers have learned to combine work with motherhood, and employers are more loyal to women who, despite having a child, decide to keep their jobs. dev.ua has collected stories of professionals from Ukrainian IT companies who successfully combine raising children with work. They shared their life hacks for those women who are planning to give birth and at the same time do not want to take a break in their careers.

Hello, fellow marketers! I know that the topic of artificial intelligence has already made everyone nervous. But I simply have no right to pass by. Because AI is really changing the rules of the game, and I, as a marketer with experience, cannot ignore it.

monobank seems to have «blown up» the food market with «Secret Boxes.» Customers are hunting for boxes from the very morning, complaining that they don’t have time to book them, and establishments are actively wanting to join the project. Why have food boxes become so popular?

Periods of volatility are an inevitable part of the cryptocurrency market. In order to not only preserve your assets, but also try to multiply them, a well-thought-out strategy is important. Vugar Usi Zadeh, COO of one of the largest crypto exchanges Bitget, shared his opinion on how investors should best act in an unstable market.

Bitget, a leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, is taking stock of the first year of its Blockchain4Her initiative. Since its launch in January 2024, the program has made significant progress in closing the gender gap in Web3 by providing women with opportunities for education, mentorship, funding, and professional networking.

Wix has launched Kyiv Design Hub, a new design center in Kyiv, it was announced in January. Previously, all of the company’s design processes were concentrated in Tel Aviv, but this year the company is expanding to Kyiv and Vilnius, Lithuania. Now the Kyiv hub will become an important part of Wix, helping to shape the visual style, branding, and user experience of the products. We learned how the hub’s activities differ from the work of the Ukrainian offices, details about the hiring of new specialists, and events planned for the near future, such as a paid program for students.

Technology is actively changing the medical field, creating new opportunities for the development of HealthTech startups. The demand for digital solutions is growing, and the Ukrainian technology community is already demonstrating the ability to create competitive products for the international market. However, the process of turning an idea into a working business is accompanied by a number of challenges that should be considered.

The Finns have created the first European 50-qubit quantum computer, IBM is opening new data centers with ready-made quantum solutions, China is competing with Google and reducing its dependence on Western components — quantum news has flooded the information space, and it seems that quantum supercomputers will soon become part of human everyday life. Why has this topic become extremely relevant today? dev.ua talks about the latest trends in quantum computing that will transform the world in the near future.

Ukrainian Observability Engineer Yevgeny decided to test the Grok 3 AI chatbot from xAI in app development. To do this, he created a simple English Words Trainer app for learning new words in JavaScript. In a comment to dev.ua, the developer noted that he is not a professional programmer and wanted to do something useful for his younger brother, who is learning English. According to him, Grok 3 felt «like a smart friend who really wants to help.»

The startup, founded by Dmytro Kharitonenko and Yan Kormelitsyn, is called 3B Plitos. They produce artificial crushed stone from recycled plastic, which can be used in construction and even replace concrete. During the Ukrainian Investment Congress, Dmytro told dev.ua the details of how the startup was created, the underlying technology, as well as about cooperation and plans for the future.

Meta has internal blacklists of employees who are ineligible for reemployment. Former company managers say it is almost impossible to get off the list and an employee might end up there simply because their boss didn't like them.

Ukrainian developer Ruslan Naryzhny spent two years creating the Ricky Food app, which lets you order products at a discount, saving them from being thrown away. In the process of releasing their startup, which could cost $100,000, the team learns about monobank’s new initiative, “Secret Boxes.” We tell the story of Ricky Food, which will have to compete with mono. Spoiler: the app can offer its users a lot of useful things besides boxes.

The modern technological landscape is changing rapidly, opening up new perspectives for software development. Blockchain, DeFi, artificial intelligence (AI), and SaaS are becoming key drivers of change in the digital economy. Those who skillfully combine expertise, strategic vision, and management skills will not only adapt to change, but also shape the future of IT.

Marta Romanyak has been Vice President of Global Branding at Avenga since the beginning of 2023. Prior to that, she headed Avenga’s Ukrainian office since 2019. In addition, she is an ambassador for the IT Ukraine association, and at one time was included in the top 25 women in Ukrainian IT according to Forbes. In an interview with dev.ua, the top manager shared her thoughts on what can return Ukrainian IT to a position before a full-scale invasion, what indicators Avenga and the entire sector expect in 2025, how IT education has changed recently and what prospects the juniors have in the market today, what «buns» the company offers for its specialists and whether it supports mobilized employees, as well as about the risks of wartime and how to overcome them.

In the morning news, we learned that amid talk of a possible Starlink shutdown in Ukraine and the search for alternatives, shares of the European satellite group Eutelsat have more than tripled.

Over 10 years, the number of IT companies has grown to 7,977 — this is the figure as of 2024. For comparison, in 2014 there were 5,633, and the largest number was in 2021.

On March 5, Trustee Plus presented an updated crypto wallet with a built-in payment card. The dev.ua editorial team is following this event and is conducting a live text broadcast.