Virtual Currencies and Private International Law

• Paolo Bertoli ^[1]
  1. [1] Università dell'Insubria

     Università dell'Insubria

     Varese, Italia

     
• Localización: Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale, ISSN 0035-6174, Vol. 54, Nº. 3, 2018
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Virtual currencies are a new technology with potential for financial inclusion and global reach. However — due, in particular, to their anonymity and lack of regulated intermediaries - they pose significant risks, including in terms of protection of consumers and investors, the risk of being used for money-laundering purposes, to finance terrorism, to implement illegal transactions and/or evade taxes.

    This article discusses how, in the absence of any internationally uniform discipline and in light of a highly fragmented and sectorial domestic regulation, private international law rules and techniques allow States to address, at least partially, the numerous policy concerns raised by the development of virtual currencies