Ukrainian officials declare their fortunes in Bitcoin

A study of official statements by Ukrainian officials shows that 57 officials have declared over 21,000 Bitcoin and most of the cryptomonas owners are part of the Odessa Regional Council and the Parliament of the country. A second study shows that in 2017 the largest amount of cryptomontages declared by a Ukrainian official was in Bitcoin Cash.

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According to a recent study by Opendatabot, 57 officials in Ukraine said they owned over 21,000 BTCs as intangible assets over the past two years.

Ukrainian officials have to disclose their assets in an official process of electronic declarations aimed at reducing corruption. Opendatabot is a service that monitors the registration data of Ukrainian companies and officials.

The company found that:

The largest number of bitcoin owners work in the Odessa Regional Council, followed by - Supreme Rada of Ukraine. "According to the survey, all officials have a total of 21,128 bitches," said RBC, stressing that this number is just an estimate and does not include any other or other cripto assets declared in the hryvnia.
Opendatabot found that during the two-year period, the largest number of Bitcoin declared by a Ukrainian official was Dmytro Ivanovych Holubov, People's Deputy in Rada Suprea. He declared 4,376 BTC in 2015.

Anatoliy Ihorovych Urbansky, the head of the Odessa Regional Council at the seventh convocation, was the second. He declared 4,256 BTC worth 111.1 million hryvnia (~ $ 3.8 million) as of December 2016.

Ukrainian officials said Bitcoin Cash in 2017

In an analysis of the 2017 statements, Ukrainian officials have so far declared a total of about 195.4 million hryvnia (~ 6.75 million dollars) in cryptomonas, according to a separate study by Bihus.info. Compared with other types of investment, most officials have invested their assets in cryptomonas, research shows.