Astarta, Ukraine’s largest sugar producer, reduced sugar sales by 29% in January-June 2025, the agricultural holding’s press service reported.
Astarta noted that in the first half of 2025, the segment’s revenue amounted to EUR79 million, which is 38% less than in the same period last year.
This was caused by an 11% drop in sugar prices and a 29% decrease in sales volumes, the agricultural holding explained.
According to the report, sugar exports accounted for 47% of the segment’s revenue, compared to 58% in the first half of 2024. The main export destinations were Libya, Macedonia, and Israel. Astarta’s share in Ukraine’s sugar exports was 24%.
Astarta’s team is currently actively preparing for the sugar beet harvest and processing season.
Astarta is a vertically integrated agro-industrial holding operating in eight regions of Ukraine and the largest sugar producer in Ukraine. It comprises six sugar factories, agricultural enterprises with a land bank of 220,000 hectares, dairy farms with 22,000 head of cattle, an oil extraction plant in Hlobine (Poltava region), seven elevators, and a biogas complex.
In 2024, Astarta increased its net profit by 34.5% to EUR83.25 million, while its consolidated revenue decreased by 1.1% to EUR612.15 million.
In the first quarter of this year, the agricultural holding’s revenue fell by 24.9% to EUR124.58 million, while net profit fell by 28.8% to EUR6.42 million.
On June 12 this year, the shareholders’ meeting approved the payment of dividends for 2024 in the amount of EUR0.5 per share for a total of EUR12.5 million, which is in line with the figures for the previous two years.
The debt of the Ukrainian population for housing and communal services in the second quarter of 2025 amounted to UAH 106.645 billion.
According to data from the State Statistics Service (SSS), Ukrainians paid a total of UAH 64.341 billion for housing and communal services in April-June 2025, which is 25% more than the amount charged – UAH 51.46 billion.
The debt for the reporting period for the supply of heat and hot water amounts to UAH 35.165 billion, the supply and distribution of natural gas – UAH 32.321 billion, the supply of electricity – UAH 17.066 billion, centralized water supply and sanitation – UAH 10.155 billion, management of apartment buildings – UAH 8.836 billion, and household waste management – UAH 3.101 billion.
The highest level of debt for housing services was recorded in Dnipropetrovsk (UAH 8.699 billion), Donetsk (UAH 4.308 billion), Poltava (UAH 3.303 billion), Kyiv (UAH 2.031 billion), Kharkiv (UAH 1.521 billion), Odesa (UAH 1.48 billion), Lviv (UAH 1.09 billion) regions and Kyiv (UAH 2.342 billion).
The data does not include territories temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation and parts of territories where hostilities are (were) ongoing.
In January-June 2025, the KSG Agro agricultural holding doubled its revenue from the sale of pig farming products compared to the same period last year, to $7.1 million, according to the agricultural holding’s press service.
“The increase in revenue from the sale of pig products was made possible by our focus on a vertical integration strategy, which we began to implement long before the full-scale war. During wartime, a vertically integrated business is more resilient because we can effectively diversify risks. We grow grain crops, process them into mixed feed at our own plant, and fatten pigs. All of the pork produced goes to the domestic market, thus ensuring Ukraine’s food security during the war,” said Serhiy Kasyanov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of KSG Agro.
As reported, in 2025, KSG Agro implemented a program to rejuvenate the livestock at its own pig farm. In June-July of this year, the herd was replenished with 500 purebred breeding sows from Danish Pig Genetics from the supplier Breeders of Denmark A/S (Denmark). As a result, KSG Agro will renew its pig herd this year with 4,000 of the most stable, highly productive F-1 hybrid sows.
The vertically integrated holding KSG Agro is engaged in pig breeding, as well as the production, storage, processing, and sale of grain and oilseeds. Its land bank in the Dnipropetrovsk and Kherson regions is about 21,000 hectares.
According to KSG Agro, it is one of the top five pork producers in Ukraine. In 2023, the agricultural holding began implementing a “network-centric” strategy, under which it will transition from developing a large location to a number of smaller pig farms located in different regions of Ukraine.
Solana (SOL) cryptocurrency has hit a six-month high, registering a price increase to around $216 after breaking through important resistance levels, according to analytical materials. Over the week, the cryptocurrency rose by about 16%, driven by institutional purchases, technical signals, and improved market sentiment.
Technical indicators point to growing interest: a “golden cross” has formed on the SOL/BTC chart — a temporary pattern that has previously preceded powerful upward rallies. A possible target is $300.
Renewed investor confidence: Large purchases by major players (such as Digital Asset Treasuries) had a noticeable impact, which also strengthened fundamental confidence in Solana.
Social media: Against the backdrop of rising prices, positive mentions of Solana have increased almost sixfold compared to negative ones — the highest since June.
ETFs and institutional demand Launch of the first Solana ETF (SSK) that supports staking; funds established by Galaxy Digital, Sharps, and Pantera — potentially $3 billion in demand.
Solana has updated its six-month high and is showing steady growth thanks to a combination of technical signals, institutional demand, and positive public perception. If current activity levels continue, SOL could quickly approach $300 again. However, investors should consider the risks, including a possible correction and external macro factors.
Source: https://www.fixygen.ua/news/20250829/kriptovalyuta-solana-sol-onovila-pivrichniy-maksimum.html
Bitcoin is holding steady at $113,000, down 0.8% over the week. The key support level is $109,000: breaking through it could trigger a correction in the cryptocurrency market, especially in the altcoin segment.
Meanwhile, Binance has resumed futures trading after a brief hiatus, restoring investors’ access to an important hedging tool.
In the spotlight: regulatory changes and ETFs
The US SEC is preparing a new scheme for simplified listing of ETPs (ETF-like products) — similar to classic ETFs under the 1940 law. This could pave the way for ETFs on Dogecoin, Solana, XRP, and others.
XRP has lost investor interest despite positive news (victory over the SEC, launch in the UAE, and partnership with Gemini). Technical analysis points to a possible further decline.
Litecoin may attract attention amid rumors of an ETF launch — and although the project’s capitalization is large, moderate growth is possible.
The novelty of the week is Layer Brett (LBRETT). It is a meme coin with a utility basis (Ethereum Layer 2). It raised over $1.4 million in presales, promising staking bonuses of up to 1,500%. Analysts are discussing the potential for multiple growth.
ETH funds received $1.3 billion in investments in a week thanks to the Federal Reserve’s soft stance. This is a continuation of the inflow into ETH instruments: $3.7 billion has already been recorded since June, while Bitcoin funds are losing money.
There has been an increase in crypto treasuries — companies that buy crypto as a reserve. These big players hold about 1 million BTC, reducing availability on exchanges to below 15% for the first time since 2018, which is putting upward pressure on prices.
Outlook for the future: we expect steady growth provided the regulatory environment remains stable.
If the SEC approves the new ETF rules, it could trigger a powerful influx of institutional capital into assets such as Solana, XRP, Litecoin, and even utility-based memecoins such as Layer Brett.
Bitcoin will receive additional support when the Fed cuts rates, with the potential to grow to $150-160 thousand in the long term.
Source: https://www.fixygen.ua/news/20250829/oglyad-rinku-kriptovalyut-za-tizhden-vid-fixygen.html
Vodafone Ukraine (VFU), Ukraine’s second-largest mobile operator, which has repurchased its own Eurobonds worth nearly $7 million since the end of May following three offers in connection with the payment of dividends, announced an increase in the redemption price in the fourth such tender from 85% to 90% of the nominal value.
As stated in the company’s announcement on the Irish Stock Exchange, the maximum redemption amount remained at $3.945 million, as announced on August 13, but the deadline for accepting applications was extended from August 28 to September 11, and settlements are now planned for approximately September 18.
The first two times, Vodafone Ukraine repurchased bonds for an amount equivalent to EUR1 million. The debut repurchase was announced at a price of 99% of the nominal value, the second at 90% of the nominal value. The company did not announce the results of the second buyback on the stock exchange, while the scaling factor for the first buyback was 0.0040355668.
According to the results of the third tender, where the redemption price was reduced to 85% of the nominal value and the offer was limited to $4.67 million, Vodafone Ukraine received applications for $53.395 million and satisfied them in the amount of $5.208 million. The scaling factor was 0.1315451889487317.
Bonds maturing in February 2027 with a nominal rate of 9.625% per annum were issued for $00 million. After the cancellation of the redeemed bonds, the total nominal value of the bonds remaining in circulation is $292.532 million.
The redemption of Eurobonds is related to the fact that on April 24, 2025, VFU announced the payment of dividends to its shareholder in the amount of UAH 660.245 million ($15.9 million at the exchange rate specified in the announcement) for 2024. According to the restrictions of the National Bank, they will be paid in separate monthly dividend payments. It is expected that each such monthly dividend will amount to UAH 1 million. Four such payments have already been made.
The company emphasized that under the terms of the bond issue, in this case, it must offer all bondholders to submit an application for their sale for an amount equal to the amount of dividends paid outside Ukraine.
As reported, VFU increased its revenue by 13.1% to UAH 24.44 billion in 2024, while reducing its net profit by 30.1% to UAH 3.54 billion.
In January-March 2025, revenue grew by 14% compared to the same period in 2024, to UAH 6.59 billion, while net profit fell by 24%, to UAH 697 million.
