Russian Pension Fund Flooded With Crypto Questions as Mining Income Debate Heats Up
Russia’s Social Fund received around 37 million calls in 2025, with crypto-related inquiries among the most popular requests, alongside traditional social benefit inquiries.
According to a local report, citizens wanted to know whether pensions could be paid in digital assets and whether mining income would count toward social benefit calculations, prompting officials to clarify that all state payments remain exclusively in rubles, while crypto taxation falls under the Federal Tax Service’s jurisdiction.
The unusual volume of crypto queries reflects Russia’s growing appetite for crypto, where mining now generates roughly 1 billion rubles daily, and regulatory frameworks continue to take shape ahead of mid-2026…
