Cryptocurrency is the new cash of Ukrainian authorities. According to the results of the 2024 declaration campaign, more than two thousand civil servants officially indicated digital assets in their documents. This is a new record.
According to Opendatabot analysis, cryptocurrency is becoming an increasingly popular tool for preserving capital among officials. While before the full-scale invasion, such declarations were half as low, now 2,113 people have declared crypto assets — 10% more than in 2023.
The National Police of Ukraine topped the list, with 322 officials declaring digital assets. This is 15% of all officials with cryptocurrency.
Next on the list:
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240 prosecutor's office employees;
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227 judges;
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119 representatives of city councils;
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77 military personnel from the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
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38 NABU employees.
The largest number of “crypto-declarants” lives in the capital and the region — 767 officials, including:
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582 in Kyiv;
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185 in Kyiv region.
Other regions:
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Kharkiv region — 172;
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Dnipropetrovsk region — 167;
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Lviv region — 133.
Which of the officials has the most cryptocurrency?
Oleg Bondarenko, Chairman of the Council's Committee on Ecology, became the absolute record holder for the number of declared bitcoins — 80 BTC, which is equal to 279.4 million UAH at the exchange rate on April 1, 2025.
Deputy Serhiy Maizel owns the largest amount of Ethereum — 200 ETH tokens (approximately UAH 15.5 million).
The leader in crypto-dollars (USDT) was the representative of the Prosecutor General's Office, Vitaliy Brovko, who declared 847,908 USDT (about 35 million UAH).
Several former officials have reported losing access to their crypto wallets. The most high-profile cases include:
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Roman Saramaga, former deputy head of the State Service for Geology and Mineral Resources, declared 380.95 BTC back in 2021 (today it is UAH 1.33 billion), but in 2024 he stated that access to them was lost.
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Igor Osipov, a deputy of the Podilskyi district council in the Odessa region, also disappeared with 1,800 ETH (about 140 million UAH).
Analysts suggest that cryptocurrency among Ukrainian civil servants serves a dual function — as a means of saving in an unstable economy, and as an alternative to classic financial instruments, which are more difficult to track.
The growth of such declarations raises questions about the transparency of the origin of funds, as well as the need to strengthen state control over the circulation of cryptocurrencies among officials.
