Short Articles
Switzerland
Blockchain, FinTech and RegTech
Citation: Jürg Baltensperger, Geldwäschereibekämpfung in der Blockchain, in: Jusletter IT 23. Mai 2019
Blockchain and combating money laundering seem to be highly incompatible at first sight. On the one hand a dynamic and decentralized technology allowing asset transfers globally and mainly anonymous within a fraction of a second. On the other, a rather cumbersome national control system, that reviews, often manually, transactions for suspicious of money laundering. This article suggests specific tools that may counteract money laundering risks in decentralized systems.
