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Blockchain
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Digital Currency + Blockchain Perspectives
SEC Commissioner Peirce Proposes Safe Harbor for Blockchain Developers
Speaking at the International Blockchain Congress in Chicago on February 6, 2020, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce proposed a safe harbor from U.S. securities laws so that developers of blockchain protocols…
Blockchain Legal Resource
How Blockchain Can Modernize Real Estate Transactions
By Jimmy Bui
Most retailers have yet to fully embrace blockchain technology. Perhaps for good reason. Applying new technology, particularly that aimed at changing legacy systems, comes with certain risks. That being said,…
Hunton Retail Law Resource
How Blockchain Can Modernize Real Estate Transactions
By Jimmy Bui
Most retailers have yet to fully embrace blockchain technology. Perhaps for good reason. Applying new technology, particularly that aimed at changing legacy systems, comes with certain risks. That being said,…
The Blockchain Monitor
Navy Awards Blockchain Contract, Crypto Loyalty Programs Advance, Australia Releases Blockchain Strategy, US Warns on Crypto AML and Continues Enforcement
By Robert A. Musiala, Veronica Reynolds, Jordan R. Silversmith
In this issue: • Blockchain Enterprise Applications Continue to Emerge Across Industries • Crypto Loyalty Rewards, Custody and Stablecoin Initiatives; Equity Swap on Blockchain • Anti-Money Laundering a Global Concern;…
All About IP
Bavaria Implements Blockchain Strategy
On 11 February 2020, five months after the German federal government adopted a blockchain strategy, the Bavarian state government implemented a blockchain strategy of its own, acknowledging that blockchain is…
Virtual Currency Report
Blockchain Week in Review: Week of February 7, 2020
Weekly Focus SEC Commissioner Proposes Safe Harbor for Token Offerings Crypto Company Must Place Investors Back in Their Pre-Investment Position American Council on Education to Explore Blockchain Optimization Two Men…
Blockchain and the Law
Blockchain 51% Attacks – Lessons Learned for Developers and Trading Platform Operators
By Wai Choy
Once purely theoretical, “majority” or “51%” attacks on public blockchains have dealt participants a reality check: The fundamental assumption of Satoshi Nakamoto’s 2008 Bitcoin whitepaper (that computing power will remain…
Technology and AI
9 blogs from Goodwin Procter, Rothwell Figg, and more join LexBlog
By Melissa Lin
Associate Editor’s Note: Nine blogs have joined LexBlog, covering issues and updates in digital currency, tax, legaltech, privileges, class action defense, and privacy. Please join us in welcoming our newest…
Blockchain and the Law
Supply Chain Blockchain Initiative Receives Federal Antitrust Exemption
TradeLens – a blockchain based shipping consortium – received an important antitrust exemption last week from the Federal Maritime Commission. The exemption allows five major container line shipping companies within…
Blockchain Legal Resource
The Blockchain Technology Act (Illinois)
On January 1, the Blockchain Technology Act went into effect in the state of Illinois, creating a statewide framework for the use of blockchain technology and blockchain based contracts, or…