Named experts · Practitioner profile
Vasyl Ponomarev
Manimama · Estonia, Lithuania, Ukraine, European Union
About Vasyl
Vasyl Ponomarev is Co-founder of Manimama. With over 20 years of business experience including cryptocurrency-market trading, mining operations, and IT consulting, Vasyl combines operational entrepreneurship with the legal-services side of Manimama's fintech advisory work. He established and managed cryptocurrency mining centres in Ukraine and Estonia before co-founding the firm.
Practice fields
Credentials
- Co-founder — Manimama
- 20+ years business experience in crypto trading, mining, and IT consulting
- Operator of crypto-mining centres in Ukraine and Estonia
Jurisdictions
Sources
Every entry on this page is sourced from public records. The references below are the evidence base for the practitioner's expertise claims.
- Manimama — About the firm and its founders — firm bio
- Crypto Law Index — Manimama CLPAI ranking — directory
Relevant guides
Knowledge-base coverage that overlaps with Vasyl's practice (Estonia, Lithuania, Ukraine, European Union · MiCA CASP, Non-EU crypto).
Crypto company formation · Cross-jurisdiction guide
Crypto Company Formation 2026: The Vehicle, the Capital, and the Licence
A cross-jurisdiction guide to forming the company behind a crypto business — Estonia OÜ, Lithuania UAB, Czech s.r.o., Ireland LTD, Poland sp…
VASP licensing · Pre-MiCA frameworks
VASP License Crypto Explained — Pre-MiCA Frameworks to MiCA Migration
VASP (Virtual Asset Service Provider) registration was the dominant pre-MiCA EU crypto framework — AML-focused registration in Estonia, Lith…
EU TFR · Travel Rule · 2026 implementation
EU Travel Rule, AML, Sanctions & DAC8 — CASP Compliance 2026
The EU AML, Travel Rule, sanctions and tax-reporting stack for CASPs in one place: the TFR and what differs by member state, self-hosted wal…
Licensed crypto exchanges EU · Checking MiCA authorisation
Licensed Crypto Exchanges in the EU: How to Check MiCA Authorisation
ESMA's interim MiCA register listed 370 crypto-asset service providers across the EEA on 7 October 2026. This guide explains what the regist…
Estonia vs Lithuania · CASP comparison
Estonia vs Lithuania CASP License 2026 — Which to Choose
Estonia vs Lithuania for a MiCA CASP licence, with Latvia and Poland in the frame too. The Baltic-CEE rulebooks have converged under MiCA. W…
MiCA · CASP operations & lifecycle
CASP Operations and Lifecycle 2026 — MiCA Passport, Banking, Wind-Down
The CASP passport under MiCA Article 65 went operational in late 2024 — but a working passport is one part of running an authorised CASP. Th…