Cryptocurrencies

Dear Readers,   In this CPI TechREG Chronicle, we turn our attention to the rapidly changing regulatory, technical, and competitive landscapes of cryptocurrency and digital assets — from stablecoins aimed...

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Dear Readers,   This Chronicle explores key developments in the ever-evolving landscape of cryptocurrency and digital assets. As these financial instruments continue to gain prominence, regulatory approaches, portfolio strategies, and...

Berkshire Hathaway’s Charlie Munger wants America to take a page from China and ban cryptocurrencies. In a Wall Street Journal opinion piece Wednesday (Feb. 1), the billionaire vice chairman of the conglomerate decried the “wretched excess” of the crypto market. “A cryptocurrency is not a currency, not a commodity, and not a security,” he wrote. “Instead, […]

By Wai Choy, Vincent Indelicato, Timothy Q. Karcher, Steven O. Weise & Steve Ma (Blockchain And The Law/Proskauer) On July 5, 2022, cryptocurrency brokerage Voyager Digital filed for chapter 11 in the Southern District of New York Bankruptcy Court, citing a short-term “run on the bank” due to the “crypto winter” in the cryptocurrency industry generally and the default of a […]

Global regulators have published a framework for “vigilantly” monitoring risks from crypto assets like Bitcoin and ether, even though they don’t pose a major risk to financial stability for now, reported Reuters. Start ups have begun issuing new digital currencies via initial coin offerings, raising concern among regulators over investor protection. The aim of the […]

Posted by Social Science Research Network Antitrust and Costless Verification: An Optimistic and a Pessimistic View of the Implications of Blockchain Technology By Christian Catalini & Catherine E. Tucker  Blockchain technology allows a network of individuals, institutions or devices to coordinate economic activity on a global scale (‘internet-level consensus’) without assigning the same degree of […]

Posted by Social Science Research Network The Adequacy of Competition Policy for Cryptocurrency Markets By Peder Østbye (Norges Bank) Abstract:     Several cryptocurrencies are now circulating in the economy. Many have significant market value measured in national currencies. The intention behind most of these currencies is to replace or supplement the traditional payment system based […]