According to ChainCatcher, citing Cointelegraph, the Social Fund of Russia's customer service hotline handled approximately 37 million calls in 2025. While most were routine inquiries (such as pensions and social welfare), cryptocurrency-related questions surged among non-standard questions, becoming one of the most frequent inquiries. The most popular crypto questions included whether it was possible to receive pensions using cryptocurrency and whether mining income would affect social welfare calculations.
The Russian Social Fund has explicitly stated that all pensions and social payments are currently disbursed solely in rubles, and digital assets are not under its jurisdiction. Issues related to crypto income and taxation are handled by the Russian Federal Tax Service.
According to a Chainalysis report, Russia has become the largest crypto market in Europe, surpassing the UK and Germany. From July 2024 to June 2025, Russia received $376.3 billion in crypto asset inflows, a year-on-year increase of 48%, far exceeding the UK's $273.2 billion. Large-value transfers increased by 86% year-on-year, and DeFi activity grew eightfold in 2025.
