Distributed ledger technology especially in the form of publicly coordinated validation
networks such as Ethereum and Bitcoin with their own monetary circles provide for a …

This paper analyses the impacts of the innovation known as distributed ledger technology
(DLT) on the monetary system and on financial activities. Private cryptocurrencies, such as …

Distributed ledger technology (and one of its sub-categories,'blockchain'technology) has
attracted interest from financial market participants, venture capitalists and regulators alike …

Abstract The Cypriot Ministry of Finance published in September 2021 a bill on a proposed
Distributed Ledger Technology Law which aims to incorporate blockchain technologies …

The financial sector has pioneered the deployment of Blockchain and Distributed Ledger
Technologies (BDLTs) since the launch of bitcoin in 2008. The technology has been tooted …

The phenomenon of virtual currencies has to be distinguished from the underlying
distributed ledger technologies. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies need to be subject to …

On 24th September 2020, the EU Commission has published a package of legislative
proposals with the aim to create an EU framework on markets in crypto-assets, tokenisation …

The advent of Bitcoin suggested a disintermediated economy in which Internet users can
take part directly. The conceptual disruption brought about by this Internet of Money (IoM) …

The internet era has generated a requirement for low cost, anonymous and rapidly verifiable
transactions to be used for online barter, and fast settling money have emerged as a …

This research project focuses on the impacts exerted by the tech schemes behind virtual
currencies on the EU framework to prevent the misuse of the financial system and it aims to …