Research on the Rules for Adjudicating Evidence in Virtual Currency Crimes

As a novel asset form within the digital economy, virtual currency crime activities are increasingly prevalent, challenging traditional criminal evidence rules. The three defining characteristics of virtual currency crimeanonymity, cross-border circulation, and technological dependencycreate significant difficulties in evidence assessment. Specifically, these include excessive reliance on verbal evidence such as confessions, complex verification of involved fund flows, and difficulties in accurately determining the value of involved virtual currencies. To address this, approaches such as employing diversified chains of evidence for analysis, implementing differentiated verification of evidence content, and refining comprehensive valuation mechanisms for involved virtual currencies should be adopted. This will advance the refinement of evidence verification rules for virtual currency crimes, providing theoretical support for combating emerging criminal activities and safeguarding judicial fairness.