More than 2.1 thousand declarations with cryptocurrencies were filed by Ukrainian officials in 2024. This is 2.2 times more than before the full-scale campaign. Representatives of the National Police of Ukraine are particularly active in declaring cryptocurrencies. Tether (USDT), Bitcoin (BTC, XBT), and Ethereum (ETH) remain the most popular cryptocurrencies among officials.
Ukrainian officials are increasingly mentioning cryptocurrencies in their declarations. Thus, 2113 declarations with cryptocurrency were filed by officials in 2024. This is 2.2 times more than before the full-scale campaign. The number of such declarations increased by 10% over the year.
Representatives of law enforcement agencies are particularly active in declaring cryptocurrencies. The National Police of Ukraine is the most active: 322 declarations mentioning cryptocurrency. This is 15% of all such declarants.
The prosecutor’s office is not far behind: cryptocurrency is listed in 240 declarations. Judges filed 227 such documents, and there were 119 officials with digital assets in city councils. Among the representatives of the Armed Forces, cryptocurrency was listed in 77 declarations. In another 38 cases, crypto was declared by NABU representatives.
If we look at the geography of crypto declarations, everything is more predictable. Kyiv and the region are in the lead with 582 and 185 officials with cryptocurrencies. In Kharkiv region, 172 civil servants declared crypto, and in Dnipropetrovs’k region, 167. Lviv region rounds out the top five with 133 cryptocurrency declarants.
The most frequently declared crypto-dollars are Tether (USDT) – 802 civil servants. Bitcoin (BTC, XBT), despite all the exchange rate fluctuations, consistently ranks second with 731 declarations. Ethereum (ETH) was declared by 713 officials.
The most bitcoins were declared by Oleh Bondarenko, chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Environmental Policy. He has 80 BTC on his account, which is equal to UAH 279.4 million as of April 1. The leader in the Ethereum (ETH) category is MP Serhiy Maisel, who owns 200 tokens equivalent to UAH 15.5 million. However, the record for the number of crypto dollars belongs to Vitaliy Brovko, head of a department at the Prosecutor General’s Office, who has 847,908 USDT in his declaration, which is estimated at UAH 35 million.
It is also worth noting that there are several ex-officials who could have made it to the top, but indicated that they had lost access to their crypto assets. 380.95 bitcoins – a record amount among Ukrainian officials – were reported and lost in 2021 by Roman Saramaga, Deputy Head of the State Service of Geology and Subsoil of Ukraine. This is about UAH 1.33 billion in hryvnia equivalent as of April 1, 2025.
The largest amount of ethereum – 1,800 units or more than UAH 140 million as of April 1 of this year – belongs to Ihor Osipov, a deputy of the Podil District Council of Odesa Oblast. However, in last year’s declaration, the official noted that he had lost access to his assets.
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