Our partner Juan I. Apoita Carvajal has published an article in LA LEY Penal, No. 174, May–June 2025, entitled “Criminal Classification of the Counterfeiting of Crypto-Assets and Cryptocurrencies: The Current State of the Law”.
The article analyses the diversity of the crypto-asset market—including asset-referenced tokens, electronic money tokens, central bank digital currencies, crypto-assets issued by public entities, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), cryptocurrencies and other crypto-assets—and the criminal law implications associated with the counterfeiting of these digital assets.
Its aim is to determine how such conduct fits within the existing framework of counterfeiting offences and to put forward de lege ferenda proposals to adapt the legal regime to the new societal needs arising from the widespread use of crypto-assets, thereby providing the necessary legal certainty to protect citizens in their dealings with these digital assets.
Dialnet: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/ejemplar/702225