Cryptocurrency in transnational offenses: criminal and civil legal aspects

Abstract

The emergence of digital technologies contributed to the emergence and rapid development of digital commerce, and at the same time, the number of electronic payments, the use of digital and virtual currencies increased. The article presents an analysis of the legal nature of such a financial instrument as cryptocurrency, characterizes the distinctive features, highlights the advantages and disadvantages. The purpose of the work is to consider the regulatory legal position of cryptocurrency in the modern world, to highlight the legal practice in cases of the circulation of cryptocurrency, to study the role of cryptocurrency in transnational offenses, to explore possible options for combating cybercrime, which is carried out using the use of cryptocurrency. The methodology of the work is represented by a set of methods and techniques, operations that are used to study the topic and achieve the set goal, namely: hermeneutic, historical, extrapolation, comparative-legal, comparison and generalization, analysis, synthesis, deduction. Results of the work: in today's reality there is no unified international legal regulation of cryptocurrency, which complicates the prevention and fight against transnational offenses, the means or subject of which are cryptocurrencies and mining.

Tren Investasi Aset Digital: Studi tentang Perilaku Investor Muda terhadap Cryptocurrency di Tengah Perubahan Pasar Keuangan di Kota Bandung

“…Bitcoin, Ethereum, dan berbagai altcoin telah menarik perhatian investor dan lembaga keuangan di seluruh dunia. Di antara beragam demografi yang terlibat dalam pasar yang sedang berkembang ini, investor muda menonjol karena keterlibatan mereka yang semakin meningkat (Hamayel & Owda, 2021;Modjo & Santoso, 2022;Prytula et al, 2021). Di Kota Bandung, Indonesia, tren ini sangat penting karena populasi anak muda yang dinamis dan melek teknologi mengeksplorasi peluang dalam investasi mata uang kripto.…”