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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?
CleanApp
Feb 22
Crypto Lawyers Gone Wild
Crypto Lawyers Gone Wild
When the stakes are high, there’s little room for error.
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…
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.
CleanApp
Feb 4
Crypto’s Founding Fallacy
Crypto’s Founding Fallacy
How mistakes in the “smart contract” genesis block weaken the whole chain.
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.
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…
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…
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…
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?
CleanApp
Nov 27, 2018
Blockchain Governance Bibliography
Blockchain Governance Bibliography
What follows is a non-exhaustive shell/draft/kernel/etc. bibliography on blockchain governance.
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.
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.
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…
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…
CleanApp
Oct 30, 2018
Crypto Environmentalism
Crypto Environmentalism
How crypto responds to legitimate green critiques defines how regulators will respond to crypto.
CleanApp
Oct 30, 2018
Crypto for Regulators, Part 1
Crypto for Regulators, Part 1
“To regulate or not to regulate,” that is the question.
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.
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…
CleanApp
Oct 16, 2018
Blockchain Governance 105: International Law
Blockchain Governance 105: International Law
Global blockchains = global blockchain governance.
CleanApp
Oct 10, 2018
Blockchain Governance 102
Blockchain Governance 102
Response to Vlad Zamfir’s Blockchain Governance 101
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.
CleanApp
Oct 1, 2018
Defining CryptoLaw
Defining CryptoLaw
September 28, 2018
CleanApp
Sep 28, 2018
State-by-State Legality of Crypto
State-by-State Legality of Crypto
What Wiki Analytics Teach Us About CryptoLaw
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.
CleanApp
Sep 24, 2018
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