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Blockchain
What is the Ethereum 'Merge' and how will it make blockchain greener?
'The Merge' will significantly decarbonise the infrastructure for many blockchain applications, such as crypto assets, NFTs and DeFi systems
Blockchain
Law Commission launches digital assets consultation
UK businesses involved in crypto-token transactions have an opportunity to shape the future regulation of crypto-assets
Sanctions, ownership and related issues
New sanctions reporting obligation on crypto-asset exchanges and custodian wallet providers
New regulations increasing the obligations to report under the UK financial sanctions regime are likely to impose significant burdens on
Financial Services
Political agreement reached on the EU's Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation
New regulatory framework for crypto expected to come into force in 2024 – with implications for issuers and service providers
Blockchain
Should blockchain's decentralised autonomous organisations be regulated or unregulated?
Crypto 'community in action' clubs are raising legal issues around regulation, liability, tax optimisation and contract
Corporate
Crypto and blockchain in M&A: how to address issues around volatility, validity and valuation
The value of crypto-funded deals has doubled over the last couple of years, but there are specific challenges for parties
Tech, Media and Comms
Blockchain in the metaverse: what international regulatory challenges lie ahead?
A metaverse unleashed by blockchain technology raises big questions for digital, financial and data regulators the world over
Financial Services
The EU steps up the debate on a proposed regime for crypto-asset markets
What are the objectives of the recently adopted MiCA text and how does it promote market competitiveness?
Blockchain
Retail central bank digital currencies: are they inevitable if the metaverse is inescapable?
What are the chief characteristics of CBDCs and their talking points in Singapore, Hong Kong, China and India?
Digitalisation
Not everyone's cup of NFT
Are NFTs a type of property and what fraud and security risks arise from their technical implementation?
Urban Dynamics
Future living: How proptech is transforming home buying
Increased technology usage since the pandemic began has fundamentally altered the residential transaction process
Blockchain
Law Commission concludes English law supports smart contracts
Businesses can take comfort that smart contract technology can create legally binding agreements, but should be aware of remaining areas