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  • Intro to Wyoming Crypto Law

    Intro to Wyoming Crypto Law

    New legislation seeks to clarify the law of blockchain. Does it?
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    CleanApp
    Feb 22
    Crypto Lawyers Gone Wild

    Crypto Lawyers Gone Wild

    When the stakes are high, there’s little room for error.
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    CleanApp
    Feb 18

    If that was the case then crypto teams wouldn’t need to pay $500K in legal fees to launch tokens.

    Immunity from governmental oversight might be an aspiration for many crypto teams, but the decision to tap into established legal forms…
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    CleanApp
    Feb 14
    Zamfir v. Szabo on Governance & Law

    Zamfir v. Szabo on Governance & Law

    The CryptoLaw debate is heating up; here’s what you need to know.
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    CleanApp
    Feb 4
    Crypto’s Founding Fallacy

    Crypto’s Founding Fallacy

    How mistakes in the “smart contract” genesis block weaken the whole chain.
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    CleanApp
    Jan 31

    CleanApp’s Response to Buterin re: Law & Physics

    The CryptoLaw debate is heating up. That’s a very good sign for crypto.
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    CleanApp
    Jan 27
    Against Szabo’s Law, For A New Crypto Legal System

    Against Szabo’s Law, For A New Crypto Legal System

    Earlier this week (on Sunday night, in fact), I came across a definition and understanding of ``legal systems” that has really cleared up…
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    Vlad Zamfir
    Jan 25
    Paxos and Gemini: the dangers of unbundled blockchain banking, and the end of the ‘trustless’ dream

    Paxos and Gemini: the dangers of unbundled blockchain banking, and the end of the ‘trustless’ dream

    The New York Department of Financial Services (‘NYDFS’) announced on 8 September 2018 that it had approved the launch of two…
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    Rory Copeland
    Jan 14
    Ummmm … hate to break it to you, but CryptoLovers should not have used legacy legal concepts (and…

    Ummmm … hate to break it to you, but CryptoLovers should not have used legacy legal concepts (and…

    On this point, the question for CryptoLovers is whether they want agencies like the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to…
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    CleanApp
    Dec 12, 2018
    The Wood-Zamfir Governance Debates

    The Wood-Zamfir Governance Debates

    Two of the sharpest minds in crypto disagree on what it means to agree. Or do they?
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    CleanApp
    Nov 27, 2018
    Blockchain Governance Bibliography

    Blockchain Governance Bibliography

    What follows is a non-exhaustive shell/draft/kernel/etc. bibliography on blockchain governance.
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    CleanApp
    Nov 21, 2018
    Crypto Prescriptive Jurisdiction

    Crypto Prescriptive Jurisdiction

    Crypto for Regulators (CfR), Part 4 — the power of states to regulate crypto legal relations.
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    CleanApp
    Nov 16, 2018
    Crypto for Regulators

    Crypto for Regulators

    Regulators have a hard job when it comes to crypto; let’s make it easier.
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    CleanApp
    Nov 14, 2018
    SEC v. EtherDelta {Big Picture}

    SEC v. EtherDelta {Big Picture}

    The latest crypto-regulatory story concerns charges brought against Zachary Coburn, founder of the unlicensed decentralized EtherDelta…
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    CleanApp
    Nov 14, 2018
    The Crypto Soviets

    The Crypto Soviets

    Many CryptoCats think of themselves as Anarchists or Austrians; but in their view of Law & State, they are eerily Soviet. This presents a…
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    CleanApp
    Oct 30, 2018
    Crypto Environmentalism

    Crypto Environmentalism

    How crypto responds to legitimate green critiques defines how regulators will respond to crypto.
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    CleanApp
    Oct 30, 2018
    Crypto for Regulators, Part 1

    Crypto for Regulators, Part 1

    “To regulate or not to regulate,” that is the question.
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    CleanApp
    Oct 26, 2018
    Crypto Legal Theory

    Crypto Legal Theory

    Like it or hate it, CryptoLaw is here to stay. This is a theory of what it’s doing & how it’s doing it.
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    CleanApp
    Oct 22, 2018
    Why’s Szabo Afraid of “Smart Contract” Critiques?

    Why’s Szabo Afraid of “Smart Contract” Critiques?

    The inventor of “smart contracts” rejects critique. That says a lot about the inventor and sheds bad light on the underlying invention…
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    CleanApp
    Oct 16, 2018
    Blockchain Governance 105: International Law

    Blockchain Governance 105: International Law

    Global blockchains = global blockchain governance.
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    CleanApp
    Oct 10, 2018
    Blockchain Governance 102

    Blockchain Governance 102

    Response to Vlad Zamfir’s Blockchain Governance 101
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    CleanApp
    Oct 2, 2018
    Crypto Debt Collection

    Crypto Debt Collection

    Borrowers salivate at cheap CryptoCredit; lenders salivate at easy CryptoProfits; everyone should be very careful before going all in.
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    CleanApp
    Oct 1, 2018
    Defining CryptoLaw

    Defining CryptoLaw

    September 28, 2018
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    CleanApp
    Sep 28, 2018
    State-by-State Legality of Crypto

    State-by-State Legality of Crypto

    What Wiki Analytics Teach Us About CryptoLaw
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    CleanApp
    Sep 28, 2018
    Enter the Crypto Legal Matrix

    Enter the Crypto Legal Matrix

    Crypto sees “Law” as the problem & “CryptoLaw” as a solution. Crypto should see law as a matrix, instead.
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    CleanApp
    Sep 24, 2018
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