Criminal responsibility for dealing with cryptocurrency

Abstract

Cryptocurrency is a form of currency that exists digitally or virtually, and is available on the international information network (the Internet), and does not have a physical (physical) presence, and is used in commercial exchange with full encryption in an easy and fast way. Given the advantages of this currency in facilitating financial activities on the one hand And the global fear of its use in criminal activities and the difficulty of detecting its perpetrators due to concealment of the identity of its dealers, on the other hand, led to the divergence of countries’ positions between spectators and prohibition and permissibility. Dealing with encrypted currency with criminal activities such as money laundering crimes, terrorist financing and tax evasion. one hand, and avoiding risks, on the other.