Aims & Scope
Aims
- To promote advanced research in cryptocurrency, blockchain technology, and digital assets law.
- To provide a scholarly platform for legal, regulatory, and policy research concerning emerging digital financial technologies.
- To encourage interdisciplinary and comparative studies on blockchain governance, cryptocurrency regulation, and digital asset markets.
- To examine legal challenges arising from decentralized technologies, smart contracts, tokenization, and digital currencies.
- To support academic dialogue on the development and evolution of national and international legal frameworks governing digital assets.
- To contribute to informed discussions on innovation, regulation, consumer protection, financial stability, and legal compliance in the digital economy.
Scope
The journal covers, but is not limited to:
- Cryptocurrency law and regulation
- Blockchain technology and legal frameworks
- Digital assets and virtual asset regulation
- Cryptocurrency taxation and financial regulation
- Smart contracts and legal enforceability
- Decentralized finance (DeFi) and regulatory issues
- Tokenization and digital securities
- Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs)
- Digital asset ownership and property rights
- Blockchain governance and decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs)
- Anti-money laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer (KYC) regulations
- Consumer protection and investor rights in digital asset markets
- Cybersecurity, privacy, and data protection in blockchain systems
- Intellectual property and blockchain technology
- Comparative and international cryptocurrency law
- FinTech regulation and emerging digital financial technologies
- Legal challenges associated with Web3 and decentralized applications
- Cross-border transactions and jurisdictional issues involving digital assets
- Environmental and sustainability considerations related to blockchain technologies
- Emerging legal and regulatory developments in the digital asset ecosystem