The purpose of this article is to analyse virtual currencies, with specific regard to Bitcoins, in
light of a specific human right, the right to privacy. In the first part, this contribution will reflect …

The purpose of this article is to provide a first comment to the new provisions on virtual
currencies included in the European Union Directive 2018/843, amending Directive …

Virtual currencies1, like Bitcoin, raise new legal questions due to their innovative
technological con-cepts. While academic research covers nearly all areas of the …

Since Bitcoin was invented a decade ago, the phenomenon of Virtual Currencies has been
hailed as an ingenious innovation and decried as the preferred transaction vehicle for illicit …

Virtual currencies have been and continue to be the subject of legal ambiguity and policy
fervour. The nature of their creation, evolution and exchange takes place in a complex virtual …

Virtual currencies began creating controversy soon after their launch. The nature of virtual
currencies is difficult to apprehend, the underlying technology is complicated, their …

The goal of this paper is to analyze the extent to which virtual currencies are regulated under
EU financial and economic law, with particular attention to cryptocurrencies. The focus of this …

Bitcoin, conceived by the pseudonymous software developer Satoshi Nakomoto, is the
world's first cryptocurrency. This invention of peer-to-peer electronic cash has trigerred a …

This thesis sets out to determine the influence of Bitcoin on the current Anti-Money
Laundering law in Malta, which is largely derived from European Union Directives. The …

In connection with the growing popularity of the use of virtual currency and with risks
associated with its use raises the need of the European Union regulation. The group of …