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Foreword
Thesetimesaremarkedbyprogressingglobalisationandtheaccompanyingpheno-
menaofregionalisation,internationalisationofenterprises’activities,accelerating
technicalandtechnologicalprogress,deepeningglobalproblemsandstrengthening
thepositionoftransnationalcorporations.Inthischanginglandscapeoftheglo-
baleconomy,animportantmeaningisgivenbytheincreasinglyfrequentlyoccur-
ringandmoreandmoreadvancedinnovativesolutionsinthefieldofinternational
finance.Thesesolutionstranslateintoprogressivelymoderninvestmentinstruments
andcategoriesofservicesprovidedbyfinancialinstitutions,intotheamplifying
roleoftheInternetandofthedigitalisationofthissector,intoadvancingprocesses
ofderegulationinsomeareas,inothersofadeepeningscopeofregulationscale,and
intothegrowingdegreeoftheintegrationoffinancialmarkets.Financialconnections
betweenentities,bothindividualandinstitutional,aretakingonnewshapes,beco-
mingfaster,safer,cheaperandmoreaccessible.Thefastdevelopingpaymentand
settlementchannelsoccupyaspecialplacehere,andduetothemthetransferofvalue
resultingfromtransactionsconcludedatvariouslevelsismoreandmoreeffective.
Cryptocurrencies,systematicallyimprovingtheirshareininternationalfinancial
relations,incross-bordersettlementsandinpublicawareness,aswellasbeingmore
andmorewidelyusedbybusinessentities,areanimportanttoolinthisarea.Their
currentandfuturesignificanceintheglobaleconomicandfinancialsystemcannot
beoverestimated,andtheirdevelopmentpotentialisundeniable.Thepossibilityof
makingelectronicpaymentswiththemturnsouttobeparticularlycrucialintheera
ofglobalpandemics,whentheuseofcashorothertraditionalformsofsettlement
isperceivedasunsafeinepidemiologicalterms.Cryptocurrenciesarebecomingan
importantalternativetotraditionalinternationalmoney,andalsoplayanimportant
roleasaninnovativetoolofcrowdfundingandpromotionwithintheframework
oftheso-calledInitialCoinOfferings,beingamodernwayofraisingcapitalfor
pioneeringandriskymarketventures.
Thismonograph’ssubjectmatterfocusesoncryptocurrenciesthemselves,an
instrumentwhichaspirestobeamodernformofmoney,andonitsplaceinthe
worldeconomy,insystemsofpaymentsandfinancialmarkets.Particularattention
isdevotedtotheprinciplesoftheirusageinInitialCoinOfferings,oneofthemost
importantareasoftheirapplication.Themainaimoftheworkistheidentification