Publisher's Synopsis
Cryptoassets are now a $2 trillion+ market involving considerable legal uncertainty and innovation and in this unique and definitive new book, Charles Kerrigan and a range of expert contributors analyse the law on crypto and digital assets in an integrated way that provides strong guidance and the answers that practitioners working in this new (and constantly changing) area of the law need to know. All the key areas are discussed, including: the legal principles relating to blockchain and distributed ledger technologies, Smart contracts, Cryptoasset regulation in the UK, Europe and the US, Payments, Tokenisation, Central Bank Digital Currencies, Stablecoins, Digital Asset Exchanges, Wallets, Lending transactions, Security interests, Decentralised Finance, Yield, NFTs, Blockchain and Crypto Analytics, Fundraising, Venture Capital investment, Taxation, Personal Data and the Blockchain, Intellectual Property, Outsourcing, Disputes and Restructuring and Insolvency.