Detecting Suspicious Activity on the Bitcoin Blockchain
It is a globally accepted belief that financial crimes such as money laundering, fraud and the financing of terrorism are societal evils warranting enormous preventative and investigative efforts....
View ArticleBitcoin, Blockchains and Regulation
Blockchain-based technologies could revolutionize not only how companies operate but also how regulators and law enforcement officers perform their supervisory and investigative duties. Could the...
View ArticleRegulation in the Age of Transparency
[Reading time: 5 minutes] Voluntary transparency is a superior self-regulatory mechanism that could substantially enhance consumer protection and prudential oversight. On a panel called ‘What Keeps...
View Article2014-12-01 Crypto-Timeline
Here is a log with relevant legal, regulatory, law enforcement and business risk milestones in the race of crypto-currencies to maturity with links to trusted sources. This November was an extremely...
View Article2014-11-01 Crypto-Timeline
Here is a log with relevant legal, regulatory, law enforcement and business risk milestones in the race of crypto-currencies to maturity with links to trusted sources. This October was an extremely...
View Article“My Taxes Pay Regulators, so I Expect Them to Treat Me With Respect”
[Reading Time: 9 minutes] Interview with Aaron Greenspan, Harvard graduate, original creator of “The Facebook,” payments innovator, and autodidact non-lawyer. (PART THREE) Aaron was generous both in...
View Article2014-10-01 Crypto-Timeline
Here is a log with relevant legal, regulatory, law enforcement and business risk milestones in the race of crypto-currencies to maturity with links to trusted sources. September was also a very quiet...
View Article“Bitcoiners Are Repeating Forgotten History, and Are Accordingly Doomed”
[Reading Time: 8 minutes] Interview with Aaron Greenspan, Harvard graduate, original creator of “The Facebook,” payments innovator, and autodidact non-lawyer. (PART TWO) Aaron was generous both in his...
View Article“US Money Transmission Laws Are Worthless and Unconstitutional”
[Reading Time: 10 minutes] Interview with Aaron Greenspan, Harvard graduate, original creator of “The Facebook,” payments innovator, and autodidact non-lawyer. Having been a teen tech entrepreneur,...
View Article2014-09-01 Crypto-Timeline
Here is a log with relevant legal, regulatory, law enforcement and business risk milestones in the race of crypto-currencies to maturity with links to trusted sources. Quite an uneventful month this...
View Article2014-08-01 Crypto-Timeline
Here is a log with relevant legal, regulatory, law enforcement and business risk milestones in the race of crypto-currencies to maturity with links to trusted sources. The Key JULY 2014 Crypto-Events...
View Article2014-07-01 Crypto-Timeline
Here is a log with relevant legal, regulatory, law enforcement and business risk milestones in the race of crypto-currencies to maturity with links to trusted sources. The Key JUNE 2014 Crypto-Events...
View Article2014-06-01 Crypto-Timeline
Here is a log with relevant legal, regulatory, law enforcement and business risk milestones in the race of crypto-currencies to maturity with links to trusted sources. The Key MAY 2014 Crypto-Events...
View Article2014-05-01 Crypto-Timeline
Here is a log with relevant legal, regulatory, law enforcement and business risk milestones in the race of crypto-currencies to maturity with links to trusted sources. Phew. Short month, but no...
View Article2014-04-01 Crypto-Timeline
Here is a log with relevant legal, regulatory, law enforcement and business risk milestones in the race of crypto-currencies to maturity with links to trusted sources. Phew. Short month, but no...
View ArticleThoughts on a Country Adopting a Bitcoin-Like Currency
[Reading Time: 7 minutes] A few months ago, a Latin American advisory group asked me to comment on the Digital Sucre and the potential impact of a country adopting a digital or crypto-currency as legal...
View Article2014-03-01 Crypto-Timeline
Here is a log with relevant legal, regulatory, law enforcement and business risk milestones in crypto-currencies’ race to maturity with links to trusted sources. Phew. Short month, but no shortage of...
View Article2014-02-01 Crypto-Timeline
Here is a log with relevant legal, regulatory, law enforcement and business risk milestones in crypto-currencies’ race to maturity with links to trusted sources. The Key January 2014 Crypto-Events...
View ArticleWhat Would a BitLicense Look Like?
[Reading Time: 7 minutes] Last November, the New York State Department of Financial Services issued a notice communicating its intent to hold a hearing on virtual currencies, with the purposes of...
View Article2014-01-01 Crypto-Timeline
Here is a log with relevant legal, regulatory, law enforcement and business risk milestones in crypto-currencies’ race to maturity with links to trusted sources. The Key December 2013 Crypto-Events...
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