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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0252-8584</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Economía y Desarrollo]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Econ. y Desarrollo]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0252-8584</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Dirección de Publicaciones Académicas de la Universidad de La Habana (Editorial UH) ]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0252-85842022000100008</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Criptomonedas: ¿qué son y qué pretenden ser?*]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Cryptocurrencies: What They Are and What They Claim To Be?]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cabrera Soto]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Marian]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lage Codorniu]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de La Habana Facultad de Economía ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Comisión económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL)  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>166</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0252-85842022000100008&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0252-85842022000100008&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0252-85842022000100008&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN El presente trabajo discute la esencia de las criptomonedas: ¿qué son y qué representan en el momento actual de desarrollo del modo de producción capitalista? Concluye que es una tecnología disruptiva, pero portadora de importantes amenazas a la soberanía monetaria y las funciones regulatorias de los Estados. Es, esencialmente, una herramienta que profundiza la financiarización de la economía y plantea el peligro de una nueva escalada del proceso neoliberal: la privatización de la emisión de dinero.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT The present work discusses the essence of cryptocurrencies: what are they and what do they represent at the current moment of development of the capitalist mode of production? It concludes that it is a disruptive technology but at the same time carries significant threats to monetary sovereignty and the regulatory functions of States. It is, essentially, a tool that deepens the finacialization of the economy and poses the danger of a new escalation of the neoliberal process: the privatization of the issue of money.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[política monetaria]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[central bank]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[money]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[financial markets]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[monetary policy]]></kwd>
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