Keyword: «electronic money»

The article explores the concept of digital currency as a new object of civil rights, which emerged in the context of digitalization. The author concludes that, at present, this notion cannot be unequivocally defined. On the one hand, digital currency is a term introduced into Russian legislation to designate a cryptocurrency, that is, other property that is not a form of money. On the other hand, there is a digital currency issued by the Bank of Russia (digital ruble), which is one of the new forms of money that have emerged as a result of the digitalization processes.