Problems of determining the legal nature of digital currency

Introduction: the appearance of the digital currency category in Russian legislation was caused by a number of reasons related both to the need to regulate existing economic relations and to prevent illegal behavior (corruption schemes, terrorist activities, etc.). However, the definition proposed by the legislator did not solve the existing problems, and its contradictory wording causes numerous discussions in the scientific literature that require doctrinal resolution, which determines the relevance of the study.