| Summary: | Cryptocurrencies are specific financial
instruments that work based on blockchain
technology and are currently used by an
increasing number of people as a means of
payment and investment. By analysing the positions of official institutions in the field of cryptocurrencies, as well as the opinions of
experts in financial information technologies, a
complex view of the issue has been developed.
heir anonymity and the support infrastructure
make them attractive to international criminal
activities, especially for laundering illicit financial flows through various scams. Different methods are used for this. To combat this phenomenon in different countries, combative measures have been taken. At the same time, an
important opportunity has become the improvement of the regulatory framework at the national and international level of activity on the crypto-
currency market.
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