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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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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. 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...

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...

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...

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...