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A cryptocurrency is a virtual digital currency based on cryptography and peer-to-peer networking, for example Bitcoin.
''Law.''


Generally:
#In a civil case, the person complained against
#In a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.


Sometimes known as 'crypto-assets', also written ''cryptoassets''.


Regulators and some commentators prefer these terms, as a reminder that cryptoassets are not currencies in the traditional sense.
Use is dependent on jurisdiction.


 
For example, they are sometimes known as the 'defender' in a civil case, or the 'accused' in criminal cases.
:<span style="color:#4B0082">'''''Cryptocurrency, central bank digital currency (CBDC) & regulation'''''</span>
 
:"A CBDC would be fundamentally different to cryptocurrencies or cryptoassets.
 
:Cryptoassets combine new payments systems with new currencies that are not issued by a central bank...
 
:Our Financial Policy Committee has assessed cryptoassets and concluded that they do not currently pose a risk to monetary or financial stability in the UK. However, cryptoassets do pose risks to investors and anyone buying cryptoassets should be prepared to lose all their money...
 
:HMT’s proposed approach [is] for an overarching framework to bring crypto-assets into the scope of activities that are regulated – the ‘regulatory perimeter’."
 
:''Bank of England - CBDC versus cryptocurrency''




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Altcoin]]
* [[Claimant]]
* [[Bank of England]]
* [[Court]]
* [[Bitcoin]]
* [[Blockchain]]
* [[Blockchain Governance Initiative Network]]  (BGIN)
* [[Central bank digital currency]]  (CBDC))
* [[Centralised finance]]  (CeFi)
* [[Cryptoassets]]
* [[Cryptocurrency mining]]
* [[Cryptography]]
* [[Currency]]
* [[Decentralised finance]]  (DeFi)
* [[Digital currency]]
* [[Ether]]
* [[Fiat currency]]
* [[Financial Policy Committee]]
* [[Gold standard]]
* [[HM Treasury]]  (HMT)
* [[Libra]]
* [[Money]]
* [[Non-fungible token]]
* [[Regulation]]
* [[Ripple]]
* [[Virtual currency]]
 
 
==External link==
[https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/research/digital-currencies Central bank digital currencies - Bank of England]


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[[Category:Compliance_and_audit]]

Revision as of 17:21, 23 March 2016

Law.

Generally:

  1. In a civil case, the person complained against
  2. In a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.


Use is dependent on jurisdiction.

For example, they are sometimes known as the 'defender' in a civil case, or the 'accused' in criminal cases.


See also