What It Means if Social Media Companies Are Designated ‘Systemically Important’
When I first suggested Systemically Important Social Media Institutions were the parallel to Systemically Important Financial Institutions, I did not expect the theory to be picked up...
Quantifying Blockchain Network (De)Centralization
Over a year, multiple drafts and many debates later, we are so excited to finally publish our framework of data-driven metrics that would hopefully bring...
Social Media Companies Are ‘Too Big to Fail’
This year, 2020, is the year social media institutions became systemically important.
This term, “systemically important,” typically describes a financial institution whose failure poses a significant...
Explaining Bitcoin with Horcruxes and White Walkers
I was recently quoted in CoinDesk using Horcruxes to explain Bitcoin to JK Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series: Remember how He Who Must Not Be...
Update to Australia’s ICO Guidance: Clearing and Settlement
A few days ago, Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) updated its Information Sheet on ICOs and Crypto-assets. This is the second, and most significant...
Blockchain Poisoning and the Proliferation of State Privacy Rights
Blockchain has been touted as an evolved solution to the problem of catastrophic data breaches. However, as databases that are both extremely difficult and wildly...
7 Legal Questions That Will Define Blockchain in 2019
7. Will the SEC define ‘sufficient decentralization?’
The SEC delivered some of its most important regulatory guidance of 2018 through conferences, interviews and personal statements. With...
Australian update: PFMIs on Crypto Exchanges
Last month, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) published its Corporate Plan for 2018-2022. One of the action plans is to develop an approach for...
ASX’s Proposed Distributed Ledger and the Future of Clearing and Settlement
Two days after the launch of Airswap (a decentralized exchange or DEX), Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) revealed more information on their proposed CHESS (Clearing House...
How to freeze crypto assets
An interesting question is whether it is possible for the courts to force crypto custodians/digital vaults/digital wallet service providers (crypto custodians from hereon) to comply...