N° 23 - Septembre 2023 - La souveraineté numérique : dix ans de débats, et après ?

Cryptocurrencies and the passion for secrecy

By François VALÉRIAN
Member of the International Board of Transparency International, Professor of Finance, Regulation and Supervision at Mines ParisTech and Associate Professor of Finance at Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers

Cryptocurrencies have developed over the past 15 years, benefiting from a passion for secrecy and a desire to abolish government control. This has created vast opportunities for the financial crimes that opacity allows, among which money laundering. More government is needed, more of a state whose financial regulation serves the needs of citizens, not the “less government” claimed by the first promoters of cryptocurrencies. More government, and more global regulation, since the financial world is global whereas the political world is fragmented.

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