Indebtedness of the population of Ukraine on payment for housing and communal services in the second quarter of 2025 amounted to 106.645 billion UAH.
According to the State Statistics Service (Gosstat), in April-June 2025 Ukrainians paid a total of UAH 64.341 billion for housing and communal services, which is 25% more than the accrued amount of UAH 51.46 billion.
The arrears for the reporting period for heat and hot water supply amount to UAH 35.165 billion, natural gas supply and distribution – UAH 32.321 billion, electricity supply – UAH 17.066 billion, centralized water supply and drainage – UAH 10.155 billion, apartment building management – UAH 8.836 billion, household waste management – UAH 3.101 billion.
The highest level of arrears 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), Odessa (UAH 1.48 billion), Lviv (UAH 1.09 billion) regions and Kyiv (UAH 2.342 billion).
The data are given without taking into account the territories temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation and part of the territories where hostilities are (were) being (were) conducted.
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
Over seven months of 2025, Ukraine exported frozen vegetables worth USD 6.1 million, according to an analytical review of the State Service for Agrarian Policy and Investments. The export structure is dominated by such products as frozen carrots, beets, celery, lettuce, chicory and potatoes.
The growth of frozen vegetable exports can be partly explained by the rapid development of the berry sector in the agro-sector. After the rapid increase in raspberry production, many companies invested in freezing facilities. Using them to their full potential, they expanded their product range to include a variety of fruits and vegetables.
Despite strong growth, Ukraine is still a net importer of frozen vegetables – exports are inferior to imports. This indicates the accumulated potential for further growth and diversification of the assortment in the future.
Key markets for Ukrainian frozen vegetables include Germany, Israel, Belgium, Italy, Poland, France, France, Italy and Romania.
Growing exports of frozen vegetables are a signal of industry adaptation and efficient use of resources. Particularly impressive is the diversification into frozen products, a move that allows Ukrainian producers to enter new markets and sustainably consolidate in existing ones. Nevertheless, the persistent deficit in the balance of exports and imports requires attention to quality, product mix and brand development. Increased support for local processors, modernization of freezing and logistics chains, and promotion in foreign markets are key factors for further growth.
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.
The State Statistics Service of Ukraine (SSS) is currently working on developing a new, more user-friendly website, which it plans to launch in autumn this year, according to SSS head Arsen Makarchuk.
“It is not only the product that is important, but also its packaging, presentation… We need to become closer and better in presenting our product. It (the website) should become a place where statistics answer questions, allow you to see the country through data, and not just be uploaded in Excel format,” he said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.
Makarchuk noted that, in accordance with legislation and established practice, the term “user” is used in official documents at the State Statistics Service, but for him it is essential to consider those for whom the statistical agency works not as users, but as customers.
“What is a client? Essentially, it is an economic agent who makes an informed choice in favor of using your products or refusing to use them if the product is not satisfactory. To satisfy our client, we need to provide them with what they need,” emphasized Makarchuk, who headed the State Statistics Service in early March, having previously worked at the National Bank for many years.
According to him, if the State Statistics Service cannot satisfy the customer’s need for data, the customer will satisfy it elsewhere, even if the data quality is worse, while the state statistics agency will be left “out in the cold.”
As an example, the new head cited the consumer price index assessment, which he would like to speed up because some clients may use web scraping, an automated process of collecting large amounts of data on the Internet, instead of official statistics.
Another example Makarchuk cited was the population estimate, which the State Statistics Service has not published since 2022 for objective reasons, and therefore many clients — from central executive authorities to international organizations — rely on their own estimates, such as the Institute of Demography, which estimates the population at 28 to 34 million.
“The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund conduct their own estimates. We do not know what methodologies they use. These are largely assumptions rather than accurate estimates, but in the absence of our product, they use others. The threat is that at some point we will have no customers left. If we don’t offer a good product that meets their requirements, they will find other sources,” Makarchuk concluded.
Astarta, Ukraine’s largest sugar producer, has completed its early grain and oilseed harvest, yielding 237,000 tons of wheat (-9% y/y) and 31,000 tons of rapeseed (-23% y/y), according to the press service of the agricultural holding.
Astarta noted that wheat yields were 5.2 tons/ha (-3% y/y) and rapeseed yields were 2.7 tons/ha (-20% y/y).
“The current season was characterized by a number of climatic challenges: a lack of precipitation over most of the territory, spring frosts, local hailstorms, and prolonged rains in the western regions, which affected the pace of crop ripening and harvesting. At the same time, thanks to effective planning, the prompt deployment of equipment, and the coordinated work of Astarta’s agronomic and production teams, the company ensured timely and high-quality harvesting,” the agricultural holding said.
The highest results were achieved by agricultural companies in western Ukraine: Zhitnytsia Podillya with a wheat yield of 7.4 t/ha and Volochysk-Agro with a rapeseed yield of 3.1 t/ha. Astarta has now begun harvesting late crops.
At the same time, Astarta’s farmers are sowing winter crops for the 2026 harvest. The planned areas are 44,000 ha for winter wheat (-3% y/y) and 16,000 ha for winter rapeseed (+45% y/y).
According to the results of the first half of 2025, revenue in the segment amounted to EUR61 million (-38% y/y) amid a decline in sales volumes compared to last year’s harvest. Exports accounted for 83% of the segment’s revenue (compared to 93% in the first half of 2024),” the agricultural holding summarized.
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 Hlobyn (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 corresponds to the figures for the previous two years.
