Foreword ixPreface xiiiAcknowledgments xixAbout the Author xxiIntroduction 1Part 1: Digital Asset Utilization and Regulation in the United States 7Chapter 1: About Bitcoin 9Chapter 2: Ethereum 21Chapter 3: Initial Coin Offering 27Chapter 4: New Financial Alternatives 33Chapter 5: Hedging Bitcoins with Options on the World Wide Web 37Chapter 6: Cryptocurrency Spreads 45Chapter 7: Altcoin, Stablecoin Utility Coins, and CBDC 51Chapter 8: Cryptocurrency Tumblers and Mixing Services 59Chapter 9: The Darknet 63Chapter 10: Illicit Use of Cryptocurrencies 69Chapter 11: Cybercrime Task Force 75Chapter 12: Money Laundering 81Chapter 13: Theft Hacking and Ransom Payments 93Chapter 14: Cryptocurrency Bribes 97Chapter 15: Corruption 101Chapter 16: US Tax Evasion 103Chapter 17: Intellectual Property Espionage and Cryptocurrency 107Chapter 18: The US Government Implements Blockchain Programs to Improve Transparency and Efficiency 111Chapter 19: Supply Chain Management with Blockchain Amid the COVID Pandemic 117Chapter 20: Are NFTs Here to Stay? 135Chapter 21: Regulation of Digital Assets 151Part 2: Digital Asset Utilization and Regulation Around the World 153Chapter 22: Portugal 155Chapter 23: Netherlands 159Chapter 24: South Africa 165Chapter 25: Switzerland 169Chapter 26: Israel 175Chapter 27: South Korea 181Chapter 28: Brazil 185Chapter 29: Canada 191Chapter 30: Malta 197Chapter 31: Germany 201Chapter 32: The United Arab Emirates 209Chapter 33: Turkey 215Chapter 34: Singapore 223Chapter 35: Puerto Rico 229Part 3: Solarized Around the World 235Chapter 36: Is US Environmental Tax Policy Hindering Solar Power to Fuel Digital Technologies? 237Chapter 37: Japan to Solarize Its Burgeoning Digital Economy 245Chapter 38: Green Policy and Crypto Energy Consumption in the EU 259Chapter 39: Chinese Blockchain-Based Mobile Payment Revolution 271Chapter 40: India Is Fostering a Solarized Digital Future 287Chapter 41: Russia Leads Multinational Stablecoin Initiative 295Chapter 42: Africa's Solarized Digitalization Agenda in the Time of Coronavirus 307Chapter 43: The Need to Report Carbon Emissions Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic 315Chapter 44: The Pandemic Year Ends with a Tokenized Carbon Cap-and-Trade Solution 327Chapter 45: The UN's COP26 Climate Change Goals Include Emerging Tech and Carbon Taxes 337Index 345
SELVA OZELLI, ESQ., CPA, is an executive with extensive experience dealing with complex issues in the fields of international taxation, banking, securities, fintech, alternative and traditional investment, and aerospace. Her writing is frequently quoted in Thomson Reuters, The New York Times, Financial Times, and other high-profile publications.