Insightful panel discussion during Industry day at BTC Prague 2023

Insightful panel discussion during Industry day at BTC Prague 2023

(…) The event included an interesting panel entitled “Regulations Are Not The Solution”. The three speakers included: Jan Procházka, attorney at law and partner at Deloitte Legal, Giacomo Zucco, Bitcoin entrepreneur and consultant, and Lyudmyla Kozlovska, human rights activist and Bitcoin promoter. The panel was moderated by journalist and podcaster Bill Wirtz. At the beginning […]

Bitcoin the basis for freedom: panel discussion at BTC Prague conference

Bitcoin the basis for freedom: panel discussion at BTC Prague conference

At the beginning of June 2023, the President of the Open Dialogue Foundation Lyudmyla Kozlovska moderated the panel discussion Bitcoin Is Justice at the annual conference BTC Prague — Europe’s most important event dedicated to Bitcoin. The panellists shared their experiences of financial exclusion and gave examples of how Bitcoin helps to fight oppressive regimes […]

How does Bitcoin support Ukraine? Lyudmyla Kozlovska explains at CoinDesk Consensus 2023 conference

How does Bitcoin support Ukraine? Lyudmyla Kozlovska explains at CoinDesk Consensus 2023 conference

From political dissidents to conflict refugees to people without formal identification, centralised financial platforms have excluded a swath of disfavoured, but not necessarily criminal, user categories. To what degree is crypto a viable alternative for financially excluded individuals and organisations? Lyudmyla Kozlovska, President of the Open Dialogue Foundation, answered this question at the CoinDesk Consensus […]

New cryptocurrency regulations will hurt NGOs and whistleblowers

New cryptocurrency regulations will hurt NGOs and whistleblowers

Members of the European Parliament have voted on the first regulatory framework that will directly affect cryptocurrencies. The Czech Pirate Party opposed the proposal, claiming that it would lead to mandatory registration or identification of cryptocurrency owners. This will pose a problem, for example, for the funding of dissidents such as Russian opposition figure Alexei […]

David Berlind’s Interview with Open Dialogue Foundation President Lyudmyla Kozlovska

David Berlind’s Interview with Open Dialogue Foundation President Lyudmyla Kozlovska

Read the full article: blockchainjournal.com See also: Crypto’s role in aid to Ukraine: Kozlovska at the Blockchain Summit (March 22, 2023) as well as other interviews with Lyudmyla Kozlovska: Interview with Lyudmyla Kozlovska: her story, her struggles, and her achievements (February 23, 2024) Lugano’s Plan ₿. Defending Human Rights with Bitcoin: Interview with Lyudmyla Kozlovska […]

Crypto’s role in aid to Ukraine: Kozlovska at the Blockchain Summit

Crypto’s role in aid to Ukraine: Kozlovska at the Blockchain Summit

Lyudmyla Kozlovska, President of the Open Dialogue Foundation, was one of the speakers at the Blockchain Summit on “How Blockchain Impacts Humanitarian Aid and Charitable Giving”, held on 21 March 2023 in Washington DC. Within two days of the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The Open Dialogue Foundation, together […]

“Bitcoin resists tools of oppression” — Lyudmyla Kozlovska for BitCorner

“Bitcoin resists tools of oppression” — Lyudmyla Kozlovska for BitCorner

In March 2023, Lyudmyla Kozlovska, President of the Open Dialogue Foundation (ODF), gave an interview to Juan Cienfuegos, founder of BitCorner — the first Salvadorian podcast dedicated to Bitcoin. During the interview, she spoke about Bitcoin’s role in the field of human rights, the CBDC, the war in Ukraine and financial exclusion. Lyudmyla Kozlovska told […]

The Currency of Freedom: Lyudmyla Kozlovska in conversation with Laurence Aderemi

The Currency of Freedom: Lyudmyla Kozlovska in conversation with Laurence Aderemi

On 7 November 2022, the Human Rights Foundation and Block, Inc. organised an online event as part of the Currency of Freedom campaign. The campaign aimed to interview human rights defenders and activists from different countries around the world to share their stories about why they chose to use Bitcoin in their humanitarian work. Ukraine […]

“Bitcoin as a tool for financial freedom” — Lyudmyla Kozlovska at Plan ₿ Forum 2022

“Bitcoin as a tool for financial freedom” — Lyudmyla Kozlovska at Plan ₿ Forum 2022

On 20–21 October 2022, the Plan ₿ Forum explored the theme of financial freedom facilitated by Bitcoin in the Swiss city of Lugano. Lyudmyla Kozlovska, the President of the Open Dialogue Foundation, actively participated in a panel discussion during the event. The panel, moderated by Farida Nabourema, Executive Director of the Togolese Civil League, also […]

Ukrainians use Bitcoin to resist Russian aggression: Lyudmyla Kozlovska in ABC interview

Ukrainians use Bitcoin to resist Russian aggression: Lyudmyla Kozlovska in ABC interview

“For people affected by conflict or crisis, cryptocurrencies can be a lifeline because funds can reach people faster than traditional money,” Lyudmyla Kozlovska, President of the Open Dialogue Foundation, said in an interview with the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) radio station in July 2022. The President of ODF explained how her Foundation used Bitcoin to […]

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