Regulating Virtual Currencies : a legal assessment of digital representations of value under financial and economic law KU Leuven
Jan Ronse Institute for Company and Financial Law, Research Unit KU Leuven Centre for IT & IP Law (CiTiP)
The development of e-commerce has not only given rise to new payment methods – for instance using mobile technologies – but has also resulted in the creation of various types of virtual currencies, such as cryptocurrencies. At the present moment, the legal status of these virtual currencies remains unclear, with different governmental entities holding rather divergent opinions on the matter. What is clear, is that there is currently no ...