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Regulating blockchain: techno-social and legal challenges

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford University Press 2019 OxfordDescription: xv, 443 p.: ill. Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN:
  • 9780198842187
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 346.082178 R3
Summary: Less than a decade after the Financial Crisis, we are witnessing the fast emergence of a new financial order driven by three different, yet interconnected, dynamics: first, the rapid application of technology - such as big data, machine learning, and distributed computing - to banking, lending, and investing, in particular with the emergence of virtual currencies and digital finance; second, disintermediation fuelled by the rise of peer-to-peer lending platforms and crowd investment which challenge the traditional banking model and may, over time, lead to a transformation of the way both retail and corporate customers bank; and, third, a tendency of de-bureaucratization under which new platforms and technologies challenge established organizational patterns that regulate finance and manage the money supply. These changes are to a significant degree driven by the development of blockchain technology. This book aims to understand the technological and business potential of the blockchain technology and to reflect on its legal challenges. The book mainly focuses on the challenges blockchain technology has so far faced in its first application in the areas of virtual money and finance, as well as those that it will inevitably face (and is partially already facing, as the SEC Investigative Report of June 2017 and an ongoing SEC securities fraud investigation show) as its domain of application expands in other fields of economic activity such as smart contracts and initial coin offerings. The book provides an unparalleled critical analysis of the disruptive potential of this technology for the economy and the legal system and contributes to current thinking on the role of law in harvesting and shaping innovation. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/regulating-blockchain-9780198842187?q=9780198842187&cc=us&lang=en#
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Table of Contents

Part I: Technological and Business Challenges of Blockchain Technology
Chapter 1: The Blockchain Paradox
Chapter 2: Blockchains, Private Ordering and The Future of Governance
Chapter 3: In Code(rs) We Trust: Software Developers as Fiduciaries in Public Blockchains
Part II: Blockchain and the Future of Money
Chapter 4: Old Utopias, New Tax Havens: The Politics of Bitcoin in Historical Perspective
Chapter 5: Monetary Policy in the Digital Age
Chapter 6: Global Currencies and Domestic Regulation: Embedding through Enabling?,
Chapter 7: Corporate Governance for Complex Cryptocurrencies? A Framework for Stability and Decision Making in Blockchain-Based Organizations
Part III: Blockchain and the Future of Banking, Finance, Insurance and Securities Regulation
Chapter 8: Banking in a Digital Fiat Currency Regime
Chapter 9: Regulating the Shadow Payment System: Bitcoin, Mobile Money and Beyond
Chapter 10: Blockchain-Based Insurance
Chapter 11: Blockchain, Securities Markets and Central Banking
Chapter 12: The Crypto-Security: Initial Coin Offerings and EU Securities Regulation
Chapter 13: Regulation of Blockchain Token Sales in the United States
Part IV: Beyond Finance: Blockchain as a legal and regulatory challenge
Chapter 14: Blockchain and Payment Systems: A Tale about Re-Intermediation
Chapter 15: Conflicts of Laws and Codes: Defining the Boundaries of Digital Jurisdictions
Chapter 16: The Judicialisation of Blockchain
Chapter 17: Smart Contracts: Coding the Transaction, Decoding the Legal Debates
Part V: Connecting the Dots: Competitive Advantage and Regulation in the Era of Blockchain
Chapter 18: Blockchain Competition. Gaining Competitive Advantage in the Digital Economy: Competition Law Implications
Bibliography
Index

Less than a decade after the Financial Crisis, we are witnessing the fast emergence of a new financial order driven by three different, yet interconnected, dynamics: first, the rapid application of technology - such as big data, machine learning, and distributed computing - to banking, lending, and investing, in particular with the emergence of virtual currencies and digital finance; second, disintermediation fuelled by the rise of peer-to-peer lending platforms and crowd investment which challenge the traditional banking model and may, over time, lead to a transformation of the way both retail and corporate customers bank; and, third, a tendency of de-bureaucratization under which new platforms and technologies challenge established organizational patterns that regulate finance and manage the money supply.
These changes are to a significant degree driven by the development of blockchain technology. This book aims to understand the technological and business potential of the blockchain technology and to reflect on its legal challenges. The book mainly focuses on the challenges blockchain technology has so far faced in its first application in the areas of virtual money and finance, as well as those that it will inevitably face (and is partially already facing, as the SEC Investigative Report of June 2017 and an ongoing SEC securities fraud investigation show) as its domain of application expands in other fields of economic activity such as smart contracts and initial coin offerings. The book provides an unparalleled critical analysis of the disruptive potential of this technology for the economy and the legal system and contributes to current thinking on the role of law in harvesting and shaping innovation.

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