The Evolution of Law in the Digital Age
On January 4, GM tweeted news of its collaboration with Lyft to create self-driving vehicles. This announcement came as the industry was awaiting Ford and Google to announce a partnership for self-driving vehicles this week. Both of these projects promise ripe Read More …
From Bravenewcoin.com, an article about how North Carolina (my home state) is a fabulous place to start a Bitcoin business, and how it’s setting its sights on serving the crypto industry.
In a reversal of position from of legislation considered last term, the North Carolina Commissioner of Banks updated its FAQ page today to clarify that certain businesses dealing in virtual currencies, including miners, are not covered under the Money Transmitters Read More …
The Bank for International Settlements is the central bankers’ central bank. Located in Basel, Switzerland, the BIS was begun to facilitate German war reparations payments after World War I and it has maintained its status as the linchpin of international Read More …
Chris Odom, founder of Stash, spoke to a group of BItcoin investors in November. His advice was to look forward when building Bitcoin business models. For example, he cautioned that analytics based on the current bitcoin protocols will be passe Read More …
Ethereum’s Devcon1 is full of epic speeches, but I like to read. Nick Szabo, wizard computer scientist and legal/economic thinker rumoured to be Bitcoin’s founder Satoshi Nakamoto, followed up his speech with a tweet about Proplets, a way of managing Read More …
Last week Visa announced a partnership to create blockchain leases; this week it’s remittances with SaaS company Epiphyte. Story from cryptocoinsnews.com.
From Coindesk: SEC chief Kara Stein spoke to Harvard Law School yesterday about blockchain potential and the need to get ahead of the technology from a regulatory perspective.
The market still needs legal expertise, even as it tries to phase out a layer of legal expense. Bloomberg’s Big Law Business underscores the need for more lawyers to come up to speed in technology.
Blockchain technology has financial companies moving quickly to make alliances and products that will help them leverage this rapidly-evolving, powerful technology. Mainstream media outlets are beginning to notice. Financial Times: Banks seek the key to blockchain The Economist: The great Read More …