Abstract:
The objective of this work is to become aware of the cryptocurrency scenario, its
characteristics, peculiarities and to analyze how the regulation of cryptoassets can
help Brazil in the fight against money laundering crimes in the virtual environment,
since the agency is a tool of these crimes. In this way, a brief consideration is made
about the typical crimes of money laundering in the Brazilian legal system through
Law 9.613/98, approaching each phase in which the crime occurs and the techniques
by which these steps can occur to identify when it begins money laundering in the
virtual environment. That is, an analysis of the characteristics of cryptocurrencies as
tools for the practice of virtual money laundering crimes and their insertion in the
context of each stage of the crime is undertaken. Finally, an analysis of the problem
involving the lack of efficient regulation against money laundering with
cryptocurrencies is carried out, as well as to present regulations that can solve this
problem.
