For 2020, Ukrainian officials reported about 46З51 bitcoins worth $ 2.67 billion

Civil servants and officials of Ukraine own an impressive amount of Bitcoin (BTC) and other digital assets.Some of them can even be considered whales, according to the local Opendatabot data analysis platform.

«In the declarations of civil servants for 2020, there are 46,351 bitcoins».

As of April 5, 2021, this is almost 75 billion grains.

In full expression of the current chickenThe civil servants of Ukraine jointly own BTC for an amount of about $ 2.67 billion, if you count only those who have officially registered their bitcoin assets. It is noteworthy that only 652 officials shared the ownership of the cryptocurrency, a total of 791,872.

General director of processionof the crypto company Coinspaid Max Kpupyshev noted that Ukraine has always been "a very active player in the cryptosphere", therefore it is not surprising that its officials have the same

«In 2014, I conducted a series in Ukrainecrypto seminars, and also founded the Bitcoin Foundation Ukraine. The fund turned out to be successful and quickly gained popularity among crypto enthusiasts. Even then, there were noticeable global cryptocurrency projects in the country.

According to Opendatabot data, cryptocurrencies are at mostpopular among the members of various city and district councils (17.6%), among the employees of the national police (8.9%), the ministry of defense (5.8%) and food.

The richest from the point of view of the cryptonaccumulationBecame a deputy of the city council of Dnieper Vyacheslav Mishalov, which has approximately 18,000 BTC (at the current time, their cost exceeds $ 1 billion). Btopoe mecto zanyal pepvy cekpetap pocolctva Ukpainy vo Betname Potp Lancky, vladeyuschy 6528 BTC ($ Z76 million); za him cleduet zamectitel ppedcedatelya Odecckogo oblactnogo coveta Alekcandp Upbancky have kotopogo imeetcya 5 Z28 BTC ($ Z07 million).

What concerns personal preferences in the cryptocurrency,the majority of Ukrainian civil servants own bitcoin (61.1%), Ethereum - 24.2%. Other digital assets on the accounts of officials are also included: Litecoin - 4.2%, Cardano and Stellar - by 2.8% each.

“The growing number of government officials who own crypto assets may give this group of people the opportunity to lobby for the issue of regulation of cryptocurrencies,” said K Rupyshev».

At this, he noted that in the case of the successful creation of the corresponding legal basis, "Ukraine can speed up the digital revolution and make it more efficient with the efficiency of the cinema."

Kpupyshev also mentioned about the report published by the research firm Chainalusis in September last year, in which the saying is that the leader is the Ukrainian leader.

«With the right political approach to this“Ukraine has a good chance of becoming one of the world’s cryptocurrency centers,” he concluded. – However, at present, cryptocurrencies do not have a legal status in the territory of Ukraine and still remain in the “gray” regulatory zone.

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