Bitcoin regulation? Imperfect knowledge of identities and the money laundering risk: A West African perspective

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2018Author
Egbiri, Egbiri Ifegwu
Azinge, Nkechikwu Valerie
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Arguments for regulating Bitcoin are built mainly on the technologically disruptive
nature of the currency and its susceptibility to facilitating financial crimes on a scale
larger than financial institutions. This paper questions this notion and proposes
instead that the disruptive nature of Bitcoin is not technological but legal. The legal
disruption requires a legislative response aimed at ensuring suitable regulation that
can circumvent the identity crises in Bitcoin transactions.
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http://www.jacl.org.za/images/stories/vol_2_bitcoin_regulation.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/7212