Blockchain

Blockchain

Gregory W. Lavigne Jr. | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Blockchain has the potential to democratize energy deregulation. It’s the natural next step in a process that started in the 1990s when the federal government separated electric generation, transmission and distribution. Companies are now building platforms on the blockchain that will allow...

FinTech

David Felsenthal, Jesse Overall | Clifford Chance

With investors mortgaging their houses to finance Bitcoin investments [1], questions regarding the legal status of cryptocurrency have taken on increasing urgency. The CFTC recently said "US law does not provide for direct, comprehensive Federal oversight of underlying Bitcoin...

Blockchain

Harriet Territt, Stephen Obie, Chris Ahern, Philippe Goutay, Sushma Jobanputra, Graham Lim, Hiromitsu Miyakawa, Peter J. Wang, Nick Wittek | Jones Day

Organizations across every sector and of every size and complexity are being told that blockchain technology will revolutionize their business – both for better (by reducing costs/transaction times or increasing security) and for worse (by disrupting or even extinguishing entire business...