- Through his association with Binance Ukraine, Pay, the Ukrainian pharmacy chain, ANC Pharmacy, will begin accepting Bitcoin payments through Binance Pay.
- The new checkout feature will be available at ANC Pharmacies as well as any business owned by ANC Pharmacy.
- The pharmacy chain has more than a thousand stores in Ukraine, in addition to having its own online pharmacy service.
Eight years have passed since the illegal annexation of Crimea, which led to the start of the conflict in eastern Ukraine in 2014. Thus, the Russian Federation made the decision to launch a war against Ukraine, which started almost a year ago, on February 24, 2022.
Since then much has been written about the situation for the Ukrainians, and the misinformation that the Russians have about the war that their own country is carrying out.
For example, in the first few months of the war, on Russian broadcasts, the war against Ukraine, the war that most people were witnessing all over the world, was largely ignored in Russia by the media. , therefore, as pointed out by the medium CNN“the Russians are in the dark about the true state of the war because of the ‘Orwellian’ coverage of the state media.”
However, it is not all bad news, since Ukraine has received help from various parts of the world, which has helped it move forward in this conflict that Vladimir Putin came to believe would end quickly.
Ukrainian Pharmacies Adopt Binance Pay
Recently, a well-known Ukrainian drugstore chain, ANC Pharmacy announced that it has decided to partner with digital asset exchange Binance Ukraine to start accepting Bitcoin payments using Binance Pay. Therefore, ANC Pharmacy now allows its customers to make instant payments while shopping for pharmaceuticals online.
According to official announcement held on January 3, the pharmacy chain has more than a thousand stores in Ukraine, in addition to having its own online pharmacy service. According to the statement, Binance Pay payments will be launched in Kyiv.
Where can this payment method be used?
According to the statement, the new checkout feature will be available at ANC Pharmacies as well as any business owned by ANC Pharmacy, like Kopiyka and Shara. “ANC, Kopiyka and Shara are the first pharmacies in Europe to accept cryptocurrencies”says the ad.
In order to make a crypto payment, users first need to download the Binance app and then go to the ANC website. After choosing a product to order online, users will be able to pay with Binance Pay and pick up the order at a location of their choice.
Binance and Ukraine
The largest cryptocurrency exchange in terms of trading volume, it has increased its presence and operations in Ukraine steadily over the past few years.
In fact, in September of last year, in the midst of the war with Russia, Binance partnered with the Ukrainian supermarket chain Varus, which was a breath of fresh air for the Ukrainian population, since, through the service, the they were able to pay for their daily necessities purchases through Binance Pay Wallet.
Similarly, according to the aforementioned report, the country’s general manager, Kirill Khomyakov, pointed out at the beginning of February of last year, (days before Russia invaded Ukraine), that the introduction of a Binance card in Ukraine, without Without a doubt, it was one of the main objectives of the firm in 2022.
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