{ "jurisdiction_id": "UA", "jurisdiction": "Ukraine", "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/ukraine/", "generator": "render_jid v13.3.0", "date_modified": "2026-08-17", "schema_version": "crypto-v2.0.0", "counts": { "modules": 7, "sourced_findings": 15, "source_register": 12 }, "modules": [ { "code": "crypto_licensing", "name": "Crypto Licensing", "confidence": null, "moved_this_cycle": false, "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/ukraine/#crypto-licensing-crypto-licensing", "standing_position": "Ukraine has no operative crypto-licensing regime. The Law of Ukraine 'On Virtual Assets' (No. 2074-IX) was adopted by the Verkhovna Rada and signed by the President in February 2022 but has never entered into force because the companion Tax Code amendments were never enacted. A newer, MiCA-aligned draft law No. 10225-d passed its first reading in 2025 and would (once enacted) split licensing competence between the NBU and the NSSMC, but it remains unenacted as of August 2026. Crypto businesses currently operate in a legal gray area with no statutory licensing requirement in force.", "findings": [ { "finding": null, "instrument_type": null, "source": null, "source_url": null, "source_tier": null, "retrieved_at": null }, { "finding": null, "instrument_type": null, "source": null, "source_url": null, "source_tier": null, "retrieved_at": null }, { "finding": null, "instrument_type": null, "source": null, "source_url": null, "source_tier": null, "retrieved_at": null } ] }, { "code": "token_classification", "name": "Token Classification", "confidence": null, "moved_this_cycle": false, "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/ukraine/#token-classification-token-classification", "standing_position": "Ukraine's non-operative 2022 law uses a bespoke taxonomy (unsecured vs. secured virtual assets) rather than MiCA's ART/EMT/utility-token categories. Draft law No. 10225-d proposes to move toward a MiCA-aligned classification, including designation of a capital-markets-style regulator, but this has not been enacted, so no binding classification currently applies to tokens in Ukraine.", "findings": [ { "finding": null, "instrument_type": null, "source": null, "source_url": null, "source_tier": null, "retrieved_at": null }, { "finding": null, "instrument_type": null, "source": null, "source_url": null, "source_tier": null, "retrieved_at": null } ] }, { "code": "on_chain_activity_regime", "name": "On-Chain Activity Regime", "confidence": null, "moved_this_cycle": false, "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/ukraine/#on-chain-activity-regime-on-chain-activity-regime", "standing_position": "No dedicated regime governs on-chain activities such as staking, DeFi lending, mining, node operation, or validator activity in Ukraine. Both the non-operative 2022 law and the pending draft law No. 10225-d focus on VASP/CASP licensing and token classification rather than protocol-level activities, leaving this area an explicit regulatory gap.", "findings": [ { "finding": null, "instrument_type": null, "source": null, "source_url": null, "source_tier": null, "retrieved_at": null } ] }, { "code": "stablecoin_regime", "name": "Stablecoin Regime", "confidence": null, "moved_this_cycle": false, "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/ukraine/#stablecoin-regime-stablecoin-regime", "standing_position": "There is no operative stablecoin-specific regime (issuance authorisation, reserve requirements, redemption rights, disclosure, or systemic designation) in Ukraine. The pending MiCA-aligned draft law No. 10225-d would, once enacted, be expected to import MiCA-style ART/EMT rules, and the NSSMC's 2025 proposed tax matrix separately floated preferential tax treatment for foreign asset-backed stablecoins, but none of this is currently binding.", "findings": [ { "finding": null, "instrument_type": null, "source": null, "source_url": null, "source_tier": null, "retrieved_at": null } ] }, { "code": "consumer_protection", "name": "Consumer Protection", "confidence": null, "moved_this_cycle": false, "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/ukraine/#consumer-protection-consumer-protection", "standing_position": "No enforceable consumer-protection framework specific to crypto (marketing restrictions, custody segregation, complaint handling, suitability/appropriateness) is currently in force in Ukraine. The NSSMC's MiCA-based blueprint for the pending draft law envisions CASP conditions mirroring MiCA's operating requirements (AML policies, complaint-handling procedures, marketing-communication compliance, custody duties), but these are not yet enacted.", "findings": [ { "finding": null, "instrument_type": null, "source": null, "source_url": null, "source_tier": null, "retrieved_at": null } ] }, { "code": "tax_treatment", "name": "Tax Treatment", "confidence": null, "moved_this_cycle": false, "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/ukraine/#tax-treatment-tax-treatment", "standing_position": "Crypto taxation in Ukraine remains unenacted. The 2022 Law on Virtual Assets explicitly cannot take effect until Tax Code amendments specifying virtual-asset taxation are passed, and this has not happened. The NSSMC's 2025 proposed taxation matrix suggested taxing non-stablecoin crypto-to-fiat/goods conversions at the standard 18% personal income tax rate plus Ukraine's existing 5% wartime levy, leaving crypto-to-crypto trades untaxed, with a possible preferential rate or exemption for foreign asset-backed stablecoins. The seed's reference to draft law No. 10225-d carrying an 18%+5% structure could not be independently confirmed against primary bill text in this research pass and is flagged Uncertain.", "findings": [ { "finding": null, "instrument_type": null, "source": null, "source_url": null, "source_tier": null, "retrieved_at": null }, { "finding": null, "instrument_type": null, "source": null, "source_url": null, "source_tier": null, "retrieved_at": null }, { "finding": null, "instrument_type": null, "source": null, "source_url": null, "source_tier": null, "retrieved_at": null }, { "finding": null, "instrument_type": null, "source": null, "source_url": null, "source_tier": null, "retrieved_at": null } ] }, { "code": "cross_border_transfer", "name": "Cross-Border Transfer", "confidence": null, "moved_this_cycle": false, "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/ukraine/#cross-border-transfer-cross-border-transfer", "standing_position": "Ukraine maintains wartime currency-control restrictions administered by the NBU that directly and explicitly restrict cross-border 'quasi-cash' transactions, including virtual-asset purchases, as part of measures to prevent unproductive capital outflows under martial law. These restrictions have been progressively eased in stages since 2023-2024 (with a further liberalisation step entering into force 14 January 2026), but crypto-specific limits remain embedded in the broader FX-control architecture. Separately, Ukraine's EU-candidacy and wartime alignment orient it toward the EU's expanding sanctions packages against Russia- and Belarus-linked crypto service providers, though those EU measures are not themselves Ukrainian domestic law.", "findings": [ { "finding": null, "instrument_type": null, "source": null, "source_url": null, "source_tier": null, "retrieved_at": null }, { "finding": null, "instrument_type": null, "source": null, "source_url": null, "source_tier": null, "retrieved_at": null }, { "finding": null, "instrument_type": null, "source": null, "source_url": null, "source_tier": null, "retrieved_at": null } ] } ] }