The variety of declarations mentioning cryptocurrencies is rising from yr to yr. Greater than 1,400 such declarations have been filed in 2022. Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Tether are the preferred amongst Ukrainian officers. For instance, in 2022, one of many Ukrainian MPs declared 121 bitcoins price over UAH 195 million.
Ukrainian officers filed 1428 declarations with cryptocurrency belongings in 2022. That is nearly twice as many as in 2021: again then, crypto appeared in 788 declarations.
Within the 2021 declarations, the preferred cryptocurrencies amongst Ukrainian officers have been Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Ripple (XRP), and others. In 2022, the highest positions didn’t change radically: Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) have been nonetheless in demand, and Tether (USDT) joined the highest three.
Which Ukrainian officers declared probably the most cryptocurrency?
To begin with, it’s price noting that the declarants submit their belongings each in hryvnia equal and just by indicating the variety of cryptocurrency models of their possession.
Bitcoins / Bitcoin (BTC)
In 2021, the biggest quantity of bitcoin was declared by Anna Pozdnyakova, Director of the Odesa Metropolis Warmth Provide Utility, which amounted to UAH 53 million. A yr later, Deputy Head of the Dnipro Regional State Administration Sergiy Karpenko took excessive spot. He owns bitcoins equal to UAH 41 million.
The biggest quantity of bitcoins in 2022 – 121 BTC – was declared by Mykyta Kuzkevych, a deputy of the Odesa Regional Council. In hryvnia equal, on the time of publication, that is greater than UAH 195 million.
Ethereum (ETH)
Serhii Karpenko, the official from Dnipropetrovs’okay area who declared the biggest quantity of bitcoins, has additionally been the document holder for the quantity of ethereum for 2 years in a row. In his declarations for 2021 and 2022, the official famous that he had the identical quantity of equal for this cryptocurrency – UAH 14.6 million.
Crypto {dollars} / Tether (USDT)
Vitaliy Brovko, Deputy Head of the Division of the Prosecutor Common’s Workplace, declared probably the most crypto {dollars} or stablecoins in 2021 – 774,500 models. The identical official holds the document for the biggest quantity in equal – UAH 20 million.
The official additionally held the highest spot among the many declarants for 2022. The variety of crypto {dollars} in his possession didn’t change, however their worth elevated to greater than UAH 29 million.
On the similar time, the biggest quantity of crypto {dollars}/stablecoins was declared by Maksym Kyselyov, Director of the State Enforcement Service Division of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, who earned UAH 25 million.
The most important losses in crypto
It is usually price noting that there are a number of officers who’ve declared their crypto belongings however have indicated that they’ve misplaced entry to them.
380.95 bitcoins, a document quantity amongst Ukrainian officers, have been declared and misplaced by Roman Saramaga, Deputy Head of the State Service of Geology and Subsoil of Ukraine, in 2021. In hryvnia phrases, on the time of publication, that is about UAH 615 million.
The biggest quantity of ethereum – 1,800 models or greater than UAH 160 million – belongs to Ihor Osipov, a deputy of the Podil District Council of Odesa Oblast. In 2021 and 2022, the official acknowledged in his declarations that he had misplaced entry to cryptocurrency.
“Having analyzed a lot of declarations, to begin with, it’s price noting their poor high quality. Evidently officers spend 5 minutes on declarations on the final day of submission. Even if there may be already a particular part the place it’s needed to point belongings in crypto, nearly all crypto holdings are stuffed in in a different way, with errors and in several elements of the declarations.
General, the statistics present that possession of such an opaque asset as cryptocurrency isn’t one thing dangerous or suspicious for officers. In any case, the variety of such officers has nearly doubled over the previous two years,” feedback Oleksiy Ivankin, founding father of Opendatabot.
Context.
Because the starting of the full-scale invasion, the necessary verification of officers’ declarations has been quickly canceled. Regardless of this, the duty of officers to report on their property standing and modifications in it has not been canceled.
Final fall, the verification of declarations was resumed. Subsequently, Ukrainian officers needed to meet up with the earlier interval (2021 and 2022) by the tip of January 2024.
The deadline for submitting declarations for 2023 stays the identical – April 2024.
As a reminder, you possibly can test your MP’s declaration utilizing the Opendatabot. To do that, add the OpenDataBot to your favourite messenger and enter the title of the official.
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