Cryptocurrencies as a new form of money: prospects for use and impact on the financial system in the future

Abstract

In today's environment modern economic technologies are rapidly developing. This process and its impact on the financial system as a whole requires all the details effective consideration. Given that cryptocurrencies are highly dynamic in the market, the article proposes prospects for further use of the new currency. Accordingly, the purpose of the research was to provide a comprehensive analysis of cryptocurrencies as digital currencies in the Ukrainian economic market, trends, and prospects for their introduction. In the article such methods as special scientific methods (methods of collecting information, methods of processing information, methods of conducting analytical work) and general scientific methods (analysis, synthesis and generalization) were used. It allowed carrying out a complex study based on the principles of systematicity, scientificity and specificity. Search engines revealed more than 70 works on the issue of cryptocurrencies. In the course of the study, 40 in-depth studies from 2019 to 2023 were selected. The results provided a strategy for the impact and transformation of cryptocurrencies on the reform of the economic sector in general. It has been established that the introduction of cryptocurrency into the Ukrainian economy will facilitate the digitalisation of the economy. Based on the analysis of market denominations, crypto-exchanges and cryptocurrencies in the world are aimed at people, management, savings, and services. The research analysed the concept of the content of “cryptocurrency”, its features, advantages and disadvantages, and the relationship with the economic world. The international cryptocurrency market, the general state, development factors, and dynamics of adaptation in Ukraine were studied. The main conclusions were reflected in a comprehensive study of cryptocurrencies and their rapid growth as major technological innovations in the global and Ukrainian economy.