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...
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...
Legal issues surrounding Parity wallet’s kill switch
The Parity wallet is one of the products offered by Parity Technologies Limited under a free software license. To be perfectly clear, the Parity wallet...
When I buy Bitcoin, am I entering into a contract? I lose my money — who can I sue?
And other questions from the SEC Investor Advisory Committee Meeting on Blockchain “When I buy Bitcoin, am I entering into a contract? … Assume I don’t...
Could The DAO Tokens be classified as a financial product in Australia?
This article predates ASIC’s recent Information Sheet on ICOs published on 28 September 2017. I have made minor updates throughout the post reflecting the new...