Keyword: «distributed registry technologies»

The article examines the concept of digital currency in two contexts: as an analogue of cryptocurrency and as a central bank digital currency (digital ruble). The authors come to the conclusion that the essence of digital currency is uniform, since it is determined by the technologi-cal aspect of its issue and turnover through distributed registry technology (blockchain). In turn, the legal nature of digital currency (cryptocurrency) and digital ruble is different, since it is determined by economic and legal aspects. Digital currency (cryptocurrency) is not a means of payment, but at the same time participates in civil circulation as other property. The digital ruble is a type of non-cash funds, that is, one of the forms of money, therefore it has all the characteristics that money has as objects of civil rights.