After a Master’s degree at the French Institute of Geopolitics, Hugo Estecahandy is currently writing a doctoral thesis on the geopolitical issues of cryptocurrencies and their mining industries, with a focus on Russia and Central Asia. More generally, since the beginning of his Master’s degree, his research has focused on geopolitical issues in cyberspace. His 1st year Master’s thesis focused on Russian and Western strategies of digital informational influence in Montenegro. In particular, he mapped the country’s media cyberspace. Then, in the 2nd year of the Master, he studied the emerging issues of the application of solutions supported by blockchain technology in Russia. Today, his doctoral thesis focuses on both the geography and the challenges of the physical infrastructures supporting cryptocurrencies, and on the strategic and political weight of these digital currencies within various networks of actors. His research focuses on Russia and Central Asia.