Cryptocurrency and national security: peculiarities of interaction

Abstract

Social changes like globalisation, global economy, technological development, and Industry 4.0 presuppose a holistic approach to the issues of national security. There are numerous scientists and researchers who are investigating technologies that are going to change our industries. Cryptocurrency is a social-technological phenomenon, which determines many contradictory conclusions in the field of national security. First, the legal environment of this phenomenon is not regulated in many states; second, there are increasing trends in its turnover all over the world; third, it is identifiable as part of the critical infrastructure; fourth, cryptocurrency as a phenomenon causes problematic issues in the field of the national security. This study focuses on its main problematic aspects: how cryptocurrency and national security interact, what characteristics, peculiarities and trends of this interaction are.