BLOCKCHAIN DAS CRIPTOMOEDAS COMO FERRAMENTA ECONÔMICO-FINANCEIRA A SERVIÇO DO BIOPODER

The development of blockchain technology has brought great challenges to the field of legal sciences, especially regarding the need to regulate its use. The aim of this paper is to analyze how blockchain, used 1 Doutor em Direitos Humanos e Desenvolvimento pela Universidade Pablo de Olavide, Sevilha (Espanha). Professor da Graduação, do Mestrado e do Doutorado em Direito da UNIMAR (Universidade de Marília). ORCID iD: http://orcid.org/00000002-3101-1621. E-mail: jeffersondias@unimar.br. 2 Mestre em Direito na UNIMAR (Universidade de Marília). ORCID iD: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5277-3281. E-mail: brunoazz@hotmail.com. 3 Mestre e Doutor pela UNIMAR (Universidade de Marília). Professor da UNIMAR (Universidade de Marília). ORCID iD: http:// orcid.org/0000-0002-6816-4883. E-mail: advos@terra.com.br. Jefferson Aparecido Dias, Bruno Azzolin Medeiros e Galdino Luiz Ramos Júnior R EV IS T A M ER IT U M • v. 15 • n .3 • p . 8 710 2 • Se t./ D ez . 2 02 0 88 specifically in cryptocurrencies, can be used by biopower to influence the economic-financial order. In the search to fulfill the general objective outlined, based on a documentary research, of an exploratory and analytical-descriptive nature, adopting the deductive method, the article presents brief notes on the functioning of blockchain technology, then discusses about its relationship with Foucault’s governmentality and its regulation as safety devices. In the end, it is argued that the regulation of the use of blockchain in cryptocurrencies may be the appropriate way for the full compliance with the constitutional precepts related to the economic order.