Interrelation between State Regulation and Self-Regulation in the Cryptocurrency Market

The rapid development of the cryptocurrency market makes us think about the need and subject of regulation of activities related to their issuance, placement, storage and circulation. The question arises whether the activities that are related to them are entrepreneurial or professional, related to the commodity or financial market, subject exclusively to state regulation, exclusively self-regulation or both types of regulation at the same time. The authors come to conclusions that will allow building a theoretical basis for a more systematic perception of the cryptocurrency market in the future, including revealing the concept and legal nature of cryptocurrencies, the features of these objects of civil rights that require their free circulation in the financial market, the role of private entities in their creation and use. It is concluded that the activities related to the turnover of cryptocurrencies are entrepreneurial, unregulated activities in the capital market as part of the financial market. Special attention is given to public interest in the framework of the circulation of cryptocurrencies, in particular to national security issues, protection of the weak side of transactions using cryptocurrencies, protection of personal data. In particular, the authors acknowledge that intermediary activities in the cryptocurrency market involving financial services consumers should be regulated and recognized as professional. The authors, on the one hand, point to the need to ensure state regulation of the use of cryptocurrencies, on the other hand, emphasize that a balance must be achieved between public and private interests in this area, that it cannot be over-regulated, which will ensure stable economic growth in the digital environment.

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