Category: Compliance

Interview

Use Non-Blockchain Precedents as a Guide To Self-Regulation Say Perkins Coie's Crypto Lawyers

Many companies are in a catch-22 when it comes to working with blockchain. On the one hand, organizations are fearful of doing nothing with blockchain because they know how, in the hands of a clever competitor, distributed ledger technology could be used to disrupt their businesses or industries. On the other hand, those same organizations also know blockchain laws are coming but not when or in what form. Meanwhile, regulators at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have embarked on a startling wave of enforcement activities against blockchain-related projects.

NFT.NYC

Compliance

Government

Legal

By David Berlind

Published:April 18, 2023

Use Case

How an NFL Team (and its Fans) Could Have Benefitted from the Inherent Multi-Party Transparency of Public Blockchain

According to multiple lawsuits, the Washington Commanders, an NFL franchise, has allegedly misappropriated the financial deposits of its fans. Could blockchain’s multi-party transparency and auditability have simultaneously protected the interests of fans as well as the team, and even the NFL?

Multi-Party Transparency

Sports

Smart Contracts

DLT Strategy

Risk Management

Compliance

By David Berlind

Published:January 4, 2023

10 min read

Security

There are multiple unrelated definitions for the term “security,” each of which is relevant to the blockchain industry. This glossary page is intended to disambiguate the term into its multiple contexts. Currently, the two disambiguations of the term “security” in the Blockchain Journal glossary are:Security (finance): This involves the definition of “security” as it applies to investment-related activities or the possible treatment of cryptocurrencies as securities. Security (protection): This ...

Security Regulation Legal Compliance Exploits

Security (finance)

Securities are financial assets that have monetary value and can be bought, sold or traded. Types of securities include equity securities, debt securities, derivative securities and hybrid securities.Typically, an equity security represents some amount of ownership in a company, usually as stocks or shares. Equity securities can be preferred stock, common stock and convertible stock.A debt security represents a loan made by an investor to a borrower. Debt securities are typically issued by gover...

Regulation Legal Compliance

Security (protection)

Security (protection) is one of Blockchain Journal’s two disambiguated versions of the term “security.” The other is security (finance), which relates to the treatment of cryptocurrency assets as securities from an investment and regulatory point of view. In a protection context, “security” refers to all of the technologies, best practices, precautions and measures that play a role in helping to secure Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT). These include but are not limited to:The cryptographic te...

Security Compliance Exploits

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Interview

Use Non-Blockchain Precedents as a Guide To Self-Regulation Say Perkins Coie's Crypto Lawyers

Many companies are in a catch-22 when it comes to working with blockchain. On the one hand, organizations are fearful of doing nothing with blockchain because they know how, in the hands of a clever c...

NFT.NYC Compliance Government Legal

By David BerlindPublished:April 18, 2023

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