Do bitcoin developers have a fiduciary duty to bitcoin owners? A company managed by the infamous Craig Wright claimed so. The main claim boiled down
UK crypto hub plans; criticism on EU KYC plans; Binance not subject to US fed. securities laws, says court; and UK court finds no fiduciary
After the DeFi reports from the OECD and the Financial Stability Board earlier this year, there’s a new kid in town: IOSCO’s DeFi report. IOSCO
DeFi copies TradFi risks, says IOSCO; next EU battle = KYC; more trouble for interest-bearing crypto products in US; Dubai gets crypto.com hub; de-banking lawsuit
Russia U-turn on crypto? EU MiCA close to fast-track, India nears crypto tax vote, OECD releases crypto tax consultation, are DAOs an existential threat to
EU Parliamentary committee votes on MiCA draft; UK FCA warns Bitcoin ATMs; Ukraine adopts Virtual Assets Bill; Israeli banks cannot flatly refuse crypto clients; Guernsey
Do bitcoin developers have a fiduciary duty to bitcoin owners? A company managed by the infamous Craig Wright claimed so. The main claim boiled down
UK crypto hub plans; criticism on EU KYC plans; Binance not subject to US fed. securities laws, says court; and UK court finds no fiduciary
After the DeFi reports from the OECD and the Financial Stability Board earlier this year, there’s a new kid in town: IOSCO’s DeFi report. IOSCO
DeFi copies TradFi risks, says IOSCO; next EU battle = KYC; more trouble for interest-bearing crypto products in US; Dubai gets crypto.com hub; de-banking lawsuit
Russia U-turn on crypto? EU MiCA close to fast-track, India nears crypto tax vote, OECD releases crypto tax consultation, are DAOs an existential threat to
EU Parliamentary committee votes on MiCA draft; UK FCA warns Bitcoin ATMs; Ukraine adopts Virtual Assets Bill; Israeli banks cannot flatly refuse crypto clients; Guernsey
The European Commission published its new Digital Finance Strategy on 24 September 2020 (DFS 2020). At the core of this strategy lie the legislative proposals
In 2008, the world ushered in the blockchain era[1] with a whitepaper posted pseudonymously in an online discussion of cryptography under the name “Satoshi Nakamoto.”[2]
We need more researchers and better metrics in DeFi to fulfill the promise of a more robust and transparent financial infrastructure. In a recent research
Source: https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/business-law-blog/blog/2021/04/regulating-crypto-finance-policy-blueprint This post is based on a chapter in my forthcoming book, Regulating the Crypto-economy (Hart Publishing). A brief introduction to the book sets
In a new article, I examine the development and regulation of digital currencies, which are monetary currencies that are evidenced electronically. Large “wholesale” payments among
In this article, the authors show that blockchain can help in reaching the goals of antitrust law in situations where the rule of law does
Earlier this year, the Indian Supreme Court overturned the central bank’s decision to ban cryptocurrency in the country. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) continues
Rapid technological innovation over the past five years has created unprecedented opportunities for entrepreneurs – often outside the world of traditional finance and capital markets.
Such regulation by enforcement does indeed run the risk of stifling important and valuable innovation in the crypto space. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
It has been five years since the UK Financial Conduct Authority pioneered the idea of a regulatory sandbox in the financial sector—a controlled space with
