On 24 June 2025, President of the Open Dialogue Foundation Lyudmyla Kozlovska testified at a hearing of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission in the U.S. Congress on transnational repression. The hearing focused on testimonies of several human rights experts, and the following discussion focused on policies and instruments that should be employed to prevent and fight […]
Read the full article: humanrightscommission.house.gov See also: Lyudmyla Kozlovska testifies on transnational repression at Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission in US Congress (June 26, 2025)
Lyudmyla Kozlovska, President of the Open Dialogue Foundation, discusses the intersection of Bitcoin, human rights, and the weaponization of financial regulations. She highlights the dangers of transnational financial repression, where authoritarian regimes exploit financial action task force (FATF) and anti-money laundering (AML) regulations to target individuals and organizations. The discussion emphasizes the need for privacy […]
In 2022, Kazakhstan’s special services orchestrated a collective criminal complaint in Belgium against the Open Dialogue Foundation and its President, human rights activist Lyudmyla Kozlovska. The operatives, filing complaints on behalf of their minor children, accused the Foundation and its President in harassment, slander and cyberbullying, posed as victims, and demanded the removal of social […]
Read the full article: bitcoinnews.ch or listen to the podcast: fixthemoney.net See/listen to other interviews featuring Lyumyla Kozlovska: Cap Hill Crypto: Interview: Lyudmyla Kozlovska – Human Rights, Crypto, & Policy (May 31, 2024) The Progressive Bitcoiner: TPB80 – Bitcoin Rights are Human Rights with Lyudmyla Kozlovska (March 26, 2024) TFTC: Championing Financial Freedom: Lyudmyla Kozlovska on […]
Read the full article: bitcoinhaber.net See also: Impact of the EU and FATF Regulatory Frameworks on Non-Custodial Crypto-Assets Wallets (December 22, 2024) Resistance to Attacks: Privacy, Mining, and Human Rights – Bota Jardemalie & Lyudmyla Kozlovska at Proof of Work Summit (September 30, 2024) Defend PoW: Submission to ESMA (December 15, 2023)
Read the full article: bitcoinmagazine.com Read the rest of the news at Bitcoin Magazine: A Further Crackdown on Bitcoin Mixing Services Will Hurt Human Rights Activists (April 25, 2024) Introducing Fedi, the global bitcoin adoption technology (July 19, 2022)
Objective This report provides an analysis of the current and forthcoming regulatory frameworks within the European Union laws, based on the FATF’s recommendations, concerning non-custodial Bitcoin and other crypto-assets wallets (“non-custodial wallets”) and peer-to-peer cryptocurrency transactions (“P2P transactions”). The primary aim is to determine whether, and to what extent, non-custodial wallets fall within the purview […]
On September 28, 2024, Lyudmyla Kozlovska, president of the Open Dialogue Foundation and a Ukrainian human rights defender, and Bota Jardemalie, a New York lawyer, Kazakh human rights defender, and Belgian political refugee, took part in the Proof of Work Summit and discussed how the misuse of AML and CFT laws and the weaponization of […]
As a high-level introduction, Lyudmyla Kozlovska founded the Open Dialogue Foundation (“ODF”) in 2009 with the goal of protecting human rights, supporting democracy, and assisting those who are subject to political persecution in Eastern Europe. She also founded the Building True Change Coalition (“BTC Coalition”) to address financial exclusion, political oppression and deliver humanitarian aid, while promoting the role […]
“Bitcoin mining is already an industry at the forefront of utilising sources like solar and wind. (…) I strongly encourage the European Union, the European Commission and ESMA to support the development and expansion of Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining in Europe and across the globe.”Bob Burnett “In a recent report, the European Central Bank characterised […]
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The charges brought against Samourai Wallet’s founders could be part of an international effort to limit Bitcoin privacy-preserving technologies, which would hurt those who need these technologies the most. Yesterday, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) charged Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill, co-founders of Samourai Wallet, a privacy-focused bitcoin wallet that also serves as a mixer, […]
Statement-commentary During the April II plenary session, Parliament is due to vote on provisional agreements resulting from interinstitutional negotiations on the adoption of the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing […]
On 24 March 2024, the guest of the podcast “Thee Progressive Bitcoiner” was Lyudmyla Kozlovska. Lyudmyla Kozlovska is a human rights activist and President of the Open Dialogue Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to defending human rights, democracy and rule of law throughout post-Soviet states. In this episode we discuss the importance of protecting privacy, self-custody, and […]
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