Cryptocurrency Investigations and Conflict of Jurisdictions: Legal Impasses of Cross-Border Enforcement
This report provides an in-depth analysis of the legal and procedural conflicts arising during international investigations of cryptocurrency crimes. The research focuses on the problem of the “jurisdictional vacuum” and simultaneous claims by multiple states to the right to adjudicate digital assets that lack physical borders. The author details the critical shortcomings of existing Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties (MLAT), which fail to match the speed of blockchain transactions, and analyzes the risks of “double jeopardy” for market participants. Special emphasis is placed on decentralized protocols as zones of permanent legal conflict and the necessity of creating supranational standards for verifying evidence obtained from distributed ledgers to prevent institutional chaos in global justice.
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