Bitcoin Regulation? Imperfect Knowledge of Identities and the Money Laundering Risk: A West African Perspective’

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money laundering, cryptocurrency, bitcoin

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Bitcoin Regulation? Imperfect Knowledge of Identities and the Money Laundering Risk: A West African Perspective’. / Azinge, Nkechikwu Valerie ; Egbiri, Egbiri ifegwu.
In: Journal of Anti-Corruption Law , Vol. 2, No. 2, 2, 01.12.2018, p. 163-182.

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abstract = "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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