Foreword ixPreface xiiiAcknowledgments xixAbout the Author xxiIntroduction 1Part 1: Digital Asset Utilization and Regulation in the United States 7Chapter 1: About Bitcoin 9Chapter 2: Ethereum 21Chapter 3: Initial Coin Offering 27Chapter 4: New Financial Alternatives 33Chapter 5: Hedging Bitcoins with Options on the World Wide Web 37Chapter 6: Cryptocurrency Spreads 45Chapter 7: Altcoin, Stablecoin Utility Coins, and CBDC 51Chapter 8: Cryptocurrency Tumblers and Mixing Services 59Chapter 9: The Darknet 63Chapter 10: Illicit Use of Cryptocurrencies 69Chapter 11: Cybercrime Task Force 75Chapter 12: Money Laundering 81Chapter 13: Theft Hacking and Ransom Payments 93Chapter 14: Cryptocurrency Bribes 97Chapter 15: Corruption 101Chapter 16: US Tax Evasion 103Chapter 17: Intellectual Property Espionage and Cryptocurrency 107Chapter 18: The US Government Implements Blockchain Programs to ImproveTransparency and Efficiency 111Chapter 19: Supply Chain Management with Blockchain Amid the COVID Pandemic 117Chapter 20: Are NFTs Here to Stay? 135Chapter 21: Regulation of Digital Assets 151Part 2: Digital Asset Utilization and Regulation Around the World 153Chapter 22: Portugal 155Chapter 23: Netherlands 159Chapter 24: South Africa 165Chapter 25: Switzerland 169Chapter 26: Israel 175Chapter 27: South Korea 181Chapter 28: Brazil 185Chapter 29: Canada 191Chapter 30: Malta 197Chapter 31: Germany 201Chapter 32: The United Arab Emirates 209Chapter 33: Turkey 215Chapter 34: Singapore 223Chapter 35: Puerto Rico 229Part 3: Solarized Around the World 235Chapter 36: Is US Environmental Tax Policy Hindering Solar Power to FuelDigital Technologies? 237Chapter 37: Japan to Solarize Its Burgeoning Digital Economy 245Chapter 38: Green Policy and Crypto Energy Consumption in the EU 259Chapter 39: Chinese Blockchain-Based Mobile Payment Revolution 271Chapter 40: India Is Fostering a Solarized Digital Future 287Chapter 41: Russia Leads Multinational Stablecoin Initiative 295Chapter 42: Africa's Solarized Digitalization Agenda in the Time ofCoronavirus 307Chapter 43: The Need to Report Carbon Emissions Amid the CoronavirusPandemic 315Chapter 44: The Pandemic Year Ends with a Tokenized Carbon Cap-and-TradeSolution 327Chapter 45: The UN's COP26 Climate Change Goals Include Emerging Tech andCarbon Taxes 337Index 345