La gente pregunta sobre pensiones en cripto; el fondo social de Rusia lo revela

Los rusos han comenzado a consultar sobre pagos de pensiones utilizando criptomonedas, ha admitido el fondo de seguridad social estatal del país.

La agencia informó esta semana sobre las solicitudes de información recibidas durante el último año, y las criptomonedas estuvieron entre los temas principales enumerados.

Russians have started inquiring about pension payments using cryptocurrency, the country’s state-run social security fund has admitted.

The agency reported this week on the requests for information received throughout the past year, and crypto was among the main topics listed.

Russian citizens want to know if they can have a crypto pension

People in the Russian Federation are increasingly interested in finding out if getting their pensions paid in cryptocurrency is a viable option.

That’s according to Russia’s Pension and Social Insurance Fund (SFR), which took to Telegram on Saturday to share the more unusual inquiries it received in 2025.

Some of the less serious calls to the fund’s single contact center included queries about the working hours of Father Frost, Russia’s equivalent to Santa Claus, on New Year’s Eve.

Aparte de lo divertido, las tendencias modernas estaban bien representadas en las preguntas de los ciudadanos, y la agencia gubernamental que administra el fondo lo reconoció en su publicación en el popular mensajero.

One came from a husband who wanted to know if his wife is entitled to a pension supplement if she puts up with his bad temper.

Then, someone turned to the call center with a plea to help them remember the full name of a favorite musician, which they used as a password.

Quoted by the official Russian news agency TASS, it highlighted:

“Many people inquired about whether it was possible to receive their pension in cryptocurrency and if mining income would be taken into account when calculating social benefits.”

Customer service specialists politely explained that all payments are currently made exclusively in Russian rubles, the Social Fund noted.

La mayoría de ellos seguían centrados en beneficios, pensiones y pagos de capital de maternidad, aunque las consultas fuera del ámbito social se están volviendo más habituales, señaló el fondo.

The agents also reminded callers that the taxation of digital assets such as Bitcoin falls entirely within the responsibilities of the Federal Tax Service (FNS).

The funny part aside, modern trends were well represented in citizens’ questions, and the government agency running the fund acknowledged in its post on the popular messenger.

According to the compiled statistical data, the SFR received around 37 million calls in 2025, which lasted a total of 500 million minutes.

Russia pushes its digital ruble for pensions and salaries

In the spring of 2025, financial regulators proposed the establishment of a special legal regime for the use of digital coins in cross-border settlements and for crypto investments.

Rusia también se está preparando para el lanzamiento a gran escala de una versión digital de la moneda fiduciaria nacional este año, que se llevará a cabo en varias etapas, con la primera programada para comenzar en septiembre.

Most of them were still focused on benefits, pensions, and maternity capital payments, although inquiries outside the social sphere are becoming more regular, the fund remarked.

Entre los pagos presupuestarios que se pueden realizar utilizando la nueva encarnación del rublo ruso se encuentran las transferencias de seguridad social, incluidas las pensiones, así como los salarios y otros pagos en el sector público.

Según un aviso publicado por el Ministerio de Finanzas, la moneda respaldada por el Estado emitida por el Banco de Rusia se utilizará para estas transferencias únicamente a solicitud expresa de los respectivos destinatarios.