Legal regulation of risk hedging in financial markets using digital assets

Abstract

This article is devoted to the consideration of issues related to the possibility of hedging risks using digital currencies and digital financial assets. The authors analyze the essence of hedging as one of the key factors of commercial activity, analyze its current legal regulation, identify financial risks that can be hedged, as well as the prospects for using digital assets as a risk management tool. The authors also determine some real cases of hedging transactions using digital assets.

The authors believe that building a system of legal regulation in relation to hedging with digital assets should be aimed, first of all, at distinguishing hedging transactions and speculative high-risk transactions with financial instruments arising on the market.