This was announced today during a briefing by the Deputy Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine Oleg Chury.

As noted by the deputy head, that the complicated legal priority of the crypto currency does not allow to recognize them neither in cash, nor in currency, or in a payment instrument of another country.

According to him, the concept of "crypto-currency" and the regulation of transactions with it are not subject to the regulation of circulation of funds.

Since the crypto currency does not exist in the form of banknotes, banknotes, coins, or notes in bank accounts, it can not be recognized as money.

Now in Ukraine, a working group on the legal regulation of the status of crypto-currency in Ukraine to protect the rights of market participants and investors.

"We believe that the process of amending the legislation of Ukraine should not be hasty, since there is no single or unified position on crypto-currencies in the world today," Churiy said..

As previously reported in URA-Inform, the value of Bitcoin's crypto currency set a new absolute record - for the first time in history its rate is over 10 thousand. dollars. It is noteworthy that a new record was set in Korea, where demand for tokens rose sharply after statements by one of the largest banks of the country, Shinhan Bank, about the intention to launch an account servicing service in this crypto currency.