Les cryptomonnaies, la spéculation et la guerre économique. Pax Economica

Overview & Synopsis

Conceived as an alternative to currencies framed by central banks and traditional markets, crypto-currencies are now invading corporate strategies, banking networks and the regalian powers of states. Crypto-currencies developed during the global financial crisis of 2008-9 and the widespread distrust of central bank fiat money. They are a powerful instrument of speculation, they are very active in ransomware, they are independent of the financial establishment. However, crypto-currencies pose many problems, including its excessive use by banditry, in favor of terrorist financing or money laundering. Their action has been feared as a way for a country to escape international sanctions. In the context of the war in Ukraine, Russia, which is very hesitant about the status to be given to cryptocurrencies, is not able to use it efficiently to avoid international sanctions.