How to Trade Grass (GRASS) in Ukraine

From Ukraine, exposure to Grass runs through a USDC-settled perpetual.

Is Grass trading legal in Ukraine?

Ukraine is the case where the framework exists on paper and has no legal force. Spot is neither banned nor regulated - it sits outside the legal perimeter.

Leveraged derivatives are a separate question with a separate answer. Derivative contracts are capital-market instruments that require an NSSMC licence, and the statutory list of things a derivative may be written on does not include virtual assets, so crypto perpetuals and CFDs cannot be licensed in Ukraine at all; there is no domestic venue for them, and no criminal provision aimed at the retail trader either.

What the contract is

A perpetual on GRASS tracks price and does not confer ownership of the underlying — the same contract mechanics apply in every jurisdiction; what differs by country is legal status and funding rails.

Sign up on Canborsa with email, X or a wallet

No document upload to open the account. Canborsa is non-custodial: your collateral stays under your own keys until a position opens.

Email X Wallet

Fund the account with USDC

Deposit USDC over Canton, Robinhood Chain, Ethereum, Base, BNB Chain or Arbitrum. Canborsa takes no fiat, so buying the USDC happens wherever you normally buy stablecoins.

→Robinhood Chain

Open GRASS-PERP

Pick GRASS in the markets list. The ticket shows the live price, the current funding rate and max leverage 3x .

GRASS-PERPPerpetual · USDC marginLONG

Choose Buy / Long, then set size and leverage

Buying $1,000 of GRASS at 5x uses $200 of collateral. Higher leverage moves the liquidation price closer to your entry: your exposure is the position size, whatever margin you posted. Set a stop-loss below your entry before you walk away.

Individuals are subject to 18% personal income tax plus a 5% military levy on crypto gains and income from virtual asset transactions.

Trading Grass from Ukraine: not clearly regulated.

Regulator for Grass trading in Ukraine: National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC) licenses capital-market activity including derivative contracts; the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) sets the currency restrictions; no authority currently supervises virtual assets.

For Ukraine residents trading Grass: Individuals are subject to 18% personal income tax plus a 5% military levy on crypto gains and income from virtual asset transactions.

5 platforms serve Ukraine for Grass trading, among them Aster, Extended and gTrade.