XRP Lawsuit: The SEC Underestimated Ripple, Asserts Law Professor — Here’s Why

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The Risks Behind LUNA-UST Stablecoin, According to a Bearish Academic

The Terra ecosystem's breakout success may be "unsustainable," University of Calgary law professor Ryan Clements said on CoinDesk TV's “First Mover.”

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Crypto Industry Will Benefit From Tighter Regulation, Says Law Professor

The chairman of International Banking Law and Finance at the University of Edinburgh, professor Emilios Avgouleas, says that tighter crypto regulation will benefit the industry in the long run. He is bullish about the prospects of cryptocurrencies becoming widely used around the world.

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Experts debate whether NFTs really need blockchain

Crypto YouTuber EllioTrades and law professor Edmund Schuster debated the value of NFTs and the role of blockchain in digital collectibles.

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Blockchain-friendly Wyoming challenges Delaware's biz incorporation dominance

One business and law professor has argued that Wyoming’s liberal blockchain law could help the state compete with Delaware in the business incorporation arena.

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Professor: Ethereum could “eat” Wall Street in 5 to 10 years for 3 reasons

Aaron Wright, a professor at Cardozo School of Law, believes Ethereum could “eat” Wall Street in the next 10 years. The post Professor: Ethereum could “eat” Wall Street in 5 to 10 years for 3 reasons appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Digital Dollars Give the State Too Much Control Over Money

Arming the Federal Reserve with a digital dollar would harm the free market, says Max Raskin, an NYU adjunct professor of law.

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Libra Whitepaper Gets Updated, Association Members Won’t Get Paid On Reserve Asset Profits

Ever since the Libra Association released their whitepaper for their crypto asset (Libra), there have been many regulators pushing for change. Reports by CoinTelegraph shed light on a recent article by Chris Brummer, a law professor at Georgetown University, discussing the new changes that the whitepaper has gone through. Apart from the amendments that were […]

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Bitcoin’s Irreversibility Challenges International Private Law: Legal Scholar

Professor Matthias Lehmann has proposed an approach for applying private international law to Bitcoin and other blockchains

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A new study says nearly 96% of deepfake videos are porn

Deepfakes are one of the scariest phenomenons of recent technology trends. From demeaning women to costing monetary loss, these artificial videos are causing a lot of trouble for people. Now a new report from Deeptrace, a Netherland based cybersecurity company, has published a new report stating 96 percent of deepfake videos online are porn, and they received over 134 million views.

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Crypto Doesn’t Better the Lack of Financial Inclusivity in the U.S. Reports Lawyer

University of California Irvine School of Law’s law professor and practicing lawyer, Mehrsa Baradaran supposedly presented her arguments as to why cryptocurrencies aren’t the solution to the flaws associated with the financial system to the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Community Affairs.

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Mark Zuckerberg has a podcast now – but you may have already heard it

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg just launched a podcast the same day that his company issued its latest quarterly earnings report. But if you’ve been following his public posts on the social network over the few months, you’ve probably already heard the first two episodes.

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Athena Blockchain Lawyer Joins Carlton Fields To Help ICO Issuers for Token Litigation Cases

Andrew Hinkes, a blockchain lawyer, has recently decided to help Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) issuers to fight back the system. He was previously the general counsel at Athena Blockchain, a blockchain-based investment bank, and he also was a law professor at the New York University.

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Facebook’s Crypto Division Might Build a Blockchain Identity System: Mark Zuckerberg

Weighed down by countless accusations of user-data violations, crypto-curious Facebook has signaled that it could turn to blockchain technology for some tasks. In a video discussion, Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Harvard Law professor Jonathan Zittrain, that the social media giant could integrate blockchain technology into the platform’s login and data sharing systems.

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Mark Zuckerberg Considers Blockchain for Data Authorization and Logins

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO and founder of Facebook, expressed interest in utilizing blockchain technology for the authorization of data, such as logins and account validation, in an interview with Harvard Law professor Jonathan Zittrain on Feb.

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Zuckerberg’s ‘blockchain login’ plan makes absolutely no sense

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is exploring the possibility of leveraging blockchain technology for the company’s third-party login services. In an interview with Harvard Law Professor Jonathan Zittrain on Wednesday, Zuckerberg said a move from the existing centralized Facebook Connect to a distributed system could empower users and app developers alike.

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Dow Triumphs But a Skeptical Harvard Professor Warns of a Market Collapse

On February 12, the Dow Jones surged by more than 500 points by 1. 49 percent following optimistic forecasts on U. S. -China trade talks. The S&P 500, Nasdaq Composite, and Dow Jones all recorded strong gains in the past month, recovering by nearly 6 percent in a short time frame.

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Smart Contracts Don’t Necessarily Disrupt Traditional Contract Law, Expert Argues

Smart contracts fall subject to international law, a professor of Private International Law at the Friedrich Schiller University in Germany has argued

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The University of New Hampshire Law School Opens a Blockchain and Crypto Certificate Program

As Chinese philosophy goes, the yin must have yang. One man's loss is another's gain. This co-dependence is the law of nature, something that might not sit well with crypto traders. But the present climate of the bear in the crypto markets, a silver lining is seen by the adjunct professor at the University of […]

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Bitcoin Is Not A Commodity Says Expert In Financial Law

Regulators have “massively” misunderstood cryptocurrencies and urgently need to alter course, an expert in international banking law has said. Tokens shouldn’t be treated as money, nor should Bitcoin (BTC) have futures contracts.

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Crypto-Focused VCs Invest $30 Million in Digital Banking App

Good Money, a digital banking startup, has announced it’s raised $30 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Galaxy Digital with investments from Breyer Capital, Blocktower Capital, Boost VC, Ken Howery, Blockchange Ventures, Cross Culture Ventures, Troy Carter, Mitch Kapor, Peter Diamandis, Blake Mycoskie, Justin Rosenstein and others.

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The Daily: Coinbase Expands Gift Card Program, Facebook Seeks Blockchain Talent

In Tuesday’s edition of The Daily we cover stories about an electronic gift card program that Coinbase is extending to the U. S. market, new job offerings from Facebook that hint at the company’s blockchain plans, and an investment in the field from Unicef.

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US Law Professor: Confusing Cryptocurrency Regulations Will Hamper Innovation

Carol Goforth is a professor at the University of Arkansas School of Law. She recently published a paper about the consequences of having cryptocurrency regulations fall under a number of conflicting laws, defined by various U.

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Federal Judge Applies Long-Established Securities Law to ICOs

Does a decades-old securities law apply to an initial coin offering (ICO)? In a case that represents the first time securities laws have been applied to cryptocurrencies, a district judge says it may.

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Law School Professor: “Smart Contracts Can Kill”

While artificial intelligence is being touted by many as the technology that may end humankind in the not-so-distant future, little attention has been put towards how blockchain technology could contribute to a dystopian future where faulty smart contracts could wrongly interact with the Internet of Things (IoT) to the detriment of humans.

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Blockchain Courses Popular With University Students, Coinbase Study Finds

Crypto is making its entrance into the world’s academic scene, and students are lining up to learn. A recent Coinbase study reveals that University students want to learn more about cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.

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Study Finds Bitcoin Mining May Threaten Paris Climate Agreement

According to MarketWatch, Bitcoin mining requires so much energy that it could pose a threat to the international Paris Agreement, which was designed in 2015 to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions released into the earth’s atmosphere.

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Study Finds Bitcoin Mining May Threaten Paris Climate Agreement

According to MarketWatch, Bitcoin mining requires so much energy that it could pose a threat to the international Paris Agreement, which was designed in 2015 to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions released into the earth’s atmosphere.

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New Research Finds Backdoor ‘Centralized Control’ in Many ICOs

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have found that a significant number of ICOs retained centralized control through undisclosed code.   Backdoor Centralization The full paper, titled Coin-Operated Capitalism and published on July 18, is an “interdisciplinary effort spanning law, economics, and computer science,” according to University of Pennsylvania Law Professor David Hoffman.

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Study Shows Many ICO Protocols Fail to Match White Paper Promises

On July 19, a group of interdisciplinary researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, with guidance from the esteemed Penn Law professor David Hoffman, published an in-depth study of initial coin offerings (ICOs) that promise innovative concepts like autonomous governance and operate by the belief that ‘code is law’.

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A Looming Financial Crisis? – A Conversation On Unregulated Derivatives

Ten years after the unregulated derivatives market helped trigger a global financial crisis, University of Maryland Law Professor Michael Greenberger discusses his new INET research on how American banks continue to systematically evade derivatives regulation, putting the global economy at risk.

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Unofficial Report Confirms Tether’s Tokens Are Fully Backed by US Dollars

Tether Ltd. , which issues a stable coin allegedly tied to U. S. dollar reserves, claims it has hired Freeh Sporkin & Sullivan LLP — a law firm co-founded by FBI Director Louis Freeh — to confirm its bank deposits and assure investors that its cryptocurrency is backed by USD.

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Control of Highly Demanded Crypto Classes May Spark Turf War at Universities

Can only a law professor teach about smart contracts? Universities have faced several challenges with adding crypto classes to their curriculum such as a scarcity of knowledgeable lecturers and an ecosystem that develops much faster than they can reprint books.

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From Chatroom to Classroom: The Evolution of Blockchain Education

With the creation of Bitcoin and its blockchain, Satoshi Nakamoto introduced an entirely new practical application for cryptography, unearthing an unexplored area for computer science and technological development.

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