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<article xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">kaspy</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">THE CASPIAN REGION: politics, economics, culture</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="electronic" /><issn publication-format="print">1818-510X</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="ru">Астраханский государственный университет им. В. Н. Татищева</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">1632</article-id><title-group xml:lang="ru"><article-title>Bitcoin and economic policy of Russia</article-title></title-group><title-group xml:lang="en"><article-title>Bitcoin and economic policy of Russia</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Grigorev</surname><given-names>A.V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Grigorev</surname><given-names>A.V.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>proeu@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2700" /></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Lebedeva</surname><given-names>I.V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Lebedeva</surname><given-names>I.V.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>irenalebedeva@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2701" /></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff2700"><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Astrakhan State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Astrakhan State University</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2701"><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Caspian Institute of Sea &amp; River Transport</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Caspian Institute of Sea &amp; River Transport</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub"><year>2018</year></pub-date><issue>1</issue><fpage>111</fpage><lpage>115</lpage><history /><self-uri xlink:href="https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/en/archive/2018/issue/1/article/1632">https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/en/archive/2018/issue/1/article/1632</self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/storage/kaspy/archive/1(54)/111-115.pdf" content-type="pdf">https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/storage/kaspy/archive/1(54)/111-115.pdf</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Cryptocurrency is extremely popular today. In many countries people pay withcryptocurrency and sometimes they even paid salaries with it. In our country, a new currency came relatively recently. Despite the fact that operations with crypto currency in Russia are illegal, its popularity remains quite high. The authors of this article analyzed the literature on this topic and collected material using the method of included observation and expert interview. Despite the high volatility, the most popular cryptocurrency today is bitcoin.</p></abstract><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Cryptocurrency is extremely popular today. In many countries people pay withcryptocurrency and sometimes they even paid salaries with it. In our country, a new currency came relatively recently. Despite the fact that operations with crypto currency in Russia are illegal, its popularity remains quite high. The authors of this article analyzed the literature on this topic and collected material using the method of included observation and expert interview. Despite the high volatility, the most popular cryptocurrency today is bitcoin.</p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>криптовалюта</kwd><kwd>биткоин</kwd><kwd>добыча</kwd><kwd>биржа</kwd><kwd>продажа</kwd><kwd>анонимность</kwd><kwd>crypto currency</kwd><kwd>bitcoin</kwd><kwd>mining</kwd><kwd>exchange</kwd><kwd>sale</kwd><kwd>anonymity</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>криптовалюта</kwd><kwd>биткоин</kwd><kwd>добыча</kwd><kwd>биржа</kwd><kwd>продажа</kwd><kwd>анонимность</kwd><kwd>crypto currency</kwd><kwd>bitcoin</kwd><kwd>mining</kwd><kwd>exchange</kwd><kwd>sale</kwd><kwd>anonymity</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group xml:lang="ru"><funding-statement /></funding-group><funding-group xml:lang="en"><funding-statement /></funding-group></article-meta></front><body /><back><ref-list /></back></article>