Evolution of cryptocurrency and digital assets: legal institutionalization strategy in the Republic of Uzbekistan

  • Doctor of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor, Vice-Rector, Tashkent State University of Law

DOI

https://doi.org/10.47689/2181-1415-vol6-iss4-pp414-422

Keywords

digital property , digital object , cryptocurrency , blockchain technology , digitalization , information technology

Abstract

In this article, the author systematizes the legal classification, theoretical and practical aspects of digital property in Uzbekistan and foreign countries - digital online objects, cryptocurrencies, blockchain technologies, etc. The variety of digital, virtual objects, consisting of cryptocurrency and other electronic financial assets, records in information databases (Big data), domain names and accounts, allows them to act as objects of both material rights and rights of obligations, depending on the specifics of the legal regime . The article discusses the movement of cryptocurrency, which is one of these digital objects, in civil circulation, their legal status and description. The author analyzed the legal characteristics of the objects of the digital world on the basis of domestic and foreign experience and made proposals for improving their regulation by civil law.

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Evolution of cryptocurrency and digital assets: legal institutionalization strategy in the Republic of Uzbekistan

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Yakubov, A. (2025). Evolution of cryptocurrency and digital assets: legal institutionalization strategy in the Republic of Uzbekistan. Society and Innovation, 6(4), 414–422. https://doi.org/10.47689/2181-1415-vol6-iss4-pp414-422