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Virtual currencies and financial crime : challenges and opportunities

This paper examines the financial crime risks involving VCs (with a particular focus on decentralised cryptocurrencies), the challenges that come with attempting to address those risks, and considers the implications for key stakeholders. It recommends the following high- level principles for governments, the VC industry and established financial sector participants. By taking an approach that is forward-looking, adaptive, collaborative and innovative, stakeholders can both manage the challenges and harness the opportunities of VCs

eBook, English, 2017
Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, London, United Kingdom, 2017