The Ukraine National Commission on Securities and Stock Market reported that its chair, Oleksiy Semeniuk, held his first working meeting with the International Monetary Fund’s Permanent Representative in Ukraine, Prishyla Tofano, focusing on further development of Ukraine’s financial market. Discussions covered financial sector transformation and the formation of a virtual assets market as a full component of the country’s financial infrastructure, alongside alignment with international partners on priorities and practical steps. The meeting placed particular emphasis on coordinating expectations and actions with partners and on moving beyond general intentions to specific cooperation areas, including development of a regulatory model for the virtual asset market. Semeniuk indicated that the parties’ positions are aligned, creating conditions to shift from coordinating approaches to practical implementation of relevant initiatives in the near future.