Virtual currency in the civil law of Ukraine: state, trends, perspectives

The article deals with the peculiarities of the virtual currency in the civil law of Ukraine, namely a current state, problems, trends and prospects. The technical aspects of the work of the blockchain technology and their influence on the legal support of the emission and turnover of cryptocurrency are explored. The approaches to the regulation of cryptocurrency in other countries in the context of their comparison with Ukrainian experience are considered. The cryptocurrency as an object of the Ukrainian civil law is analyzed, as well as the peculiarities and main problems using of blockchain at the present stage. A draft of law designed to regulate turnover of cryptocurrency in Ukraine, its characteristics, main advantages and disadvantages are described. Conclusions on the trends and prospects of legislative regulation of the emissioni and turnover of cryptocurrency in Ukraine are made