... et al., 2015 , p. 477). Rita Amoah Bekoe can be contacted at: celestialrita@gmail.com © 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Ponzi schemes Pyramid scheme Machine learning Financial literacy Ethereum Blockchain...

... at: aline.renda@unil.ch © Emerald Publishing Limited 2023 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Anti-money laundering Cryptocurrency Crypto assets Blockchain Blockchain, the underlying technology for crypto assets such as Bitcoin, functions as a payment mechanism...

... Financial services Blockchain Cryptocurrency Data privacy and security Because the market valuation of cryptocurrencies has surpassed $2.5tn and is still rising (Global Cryptocurrency Charts, 2021), governments throughout the world have begun looking into the threats posed by this new asset class...

... design Blockchain Distributed ledger technology E42 E44 E52 E58 This paper aims to provide a review of central bank digital currency (CBDC) research. It is important to understand the events that led to the rise of CBDCs, and it is also important to take stock of knowledge on CBDC...

... not store the private keys of their users, are not covered. A closer analysis of the amending directive to the fourth EU AMLD reveals that other relevant players in the crypto market, such as mixer and tumbler services, are also not covered. It is quite clear that cryptocurrencies and the blockchain...

... Liechtenstein blockchain act, which has, thus, far not received empirical attention, to set the benchmark for international regulations. Corruption Money laundering Terrorist financing Bitcoin Blockchain Corruption Financial crime Liechtenstein blockchain act Cryptocurrency The purpose...

... The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how cryptocurrencies are used to launder money and how solutions from Liechtenstein’s novel blockchain legislation could be used to tackle the issue. To layer the funds, the money launderers can send the coins back and forth between different crypto wallets...

... will provide recommendations on how the measures could be strengthened. This is the only article to adopt this kind of approach. Money laundering Blockchain Financial inclusion Bank verification number Basic current account Three-tiered KYC Two billion people lack access to formal financial...

... and integrate and share data for collaborative investigation. WannaCry Ransomware Cryptocurrency Bitcoin Blockchain Money flows Intelligence Target-centric Illicit money flows In May 2017, a ransomware outbreak known as WannaCry infected more than 300,000 computers across 150 countries...