Journal Evidence Of Law
Vol. 4 No. 2 (2025): Journal Evidence Of Law (Agustus)

Traditional Decriminalization in a Digital World: Reconstructing Criminal Policy towards Bitcoin-Based Money Laundering in the Era of Decentralized Finance

Fadilah, Fadilah (Unknown)
Susanto, Deny (Unknown)
Akkapin, Supaphorn (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
24 Aug 2025

Abstract

The emergence of Bitcoin and blockchain technology as a decentralized financial infrastructure has shaken the foundations of the conventional criminal justice system, particularly in addressing money laundering offenses. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of existing criminal policies and reformulate the criminal law approach toward anonymous and cross-jurisdictional digital assets. Using a legal-normative method and comparative analysis of international policies, it was found that policies overly reliant on formal financial institutions become irrelevant in detecting peer-to-peer blockchain transactions. This study proposes a model for reconstructing criminal policy based on the principles of responsive law, adaptive digital surveillance (RegTech and SupTech), and transnational jurisdictional cooperation. The findings of this study are expected to provide conceptual and practical contributions to the design of a relevant, progressive, and digitally grounded criminal justice system.

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Abbrev

JEL

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Subject

Humanities Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice

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Journal Evidence Of Law merupakan jurnal yang diterbitkan oleh CV. Era Digital Nusantara, terbit secara berkala 3 kali dalam 1 tahun sejak tahun 2022 pada bulan Januari, Mei dan Septemeber dengan ISSN Print: 2830-3350 , ISSN Online:2828-5301 berbahasa Indonesia dan berbahasa Inggris. Journal ...