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There is a dispute underway that involves fraud, greed and the disappearance of millions of dollars of both fiat currency and bitcoin. It is a cautionary tale for anyone who believes that investing in bitcoin is like investing in any other commodity. Since this is an ongoing case, there has not been a final decision…
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Blockchain innovation is taking hold in the insurance industry. And, it just might be the rocket fuel for transformative change in the insurance sector. According to Walid Al Saqqaf, founder of InsureBlocks, a leading educational resource for blockchain in the insurance industry, blockchain technology will become the foundational layer for a new way of doing…
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Written by Russell DaSilva and Andrea Tinianow We are moving into a digital world in which nearly everything of material value can be represented digitally on a blockchain. Assets will be in unit form and native to the blockchain, like cryptocurrency; or a digital avatar of something that exists outside the blockchain, such as a…
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Maersk—the largest shipping container company in the world—took the bold step of forming a blockchain-enabled platform called TradeLens to transform the shipping industry. However, up until now, only a single shipper has signed on to use the platform, and it’s my view that few others will join. Although the concept is a natural fit for…
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There is global interest in what a shared distributed ledger means for the accounting industry. With more than 7,000 members worldwide, one need look no further than the American Accounting Association — the premier organization of accounting academics—for proof. For more than 100 years, the AAA’s members have been responsible for training the next generation…
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In the last year, more and more blockchain entrepreneurs have sought to leverage public blockchains, such as Ethereum, to create registries allowing for the recording and transferring of assets, such as diamonds, real estate and securities, through a system that allows the assets to be represented by specific computer code, often referred to as tokens.…
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Brazil is full of contradictions and opportunity. It is the eighth largest economy in the world and ranked third for having the most entrepreneurs. I got a glimpse of Brazil’s innovative entrepreneurial culture when I visited MAR ventures, a Sāo Paulo-based venture builder, and then again when I met with attorneys in Sāo Paulo. However,…
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Blockchain for Lawyers American Bar Association By Andrea Tinianow, Esq. Chief Innovation Officer, Global Kompass Strategies The recent cryptocurrency frenzy has generated much buzz about blockchain technology, and attorneys everywhere are scrambling to get up to speed on the underlying tech and its applications. However, rather than taking a deep dive into the bits and…
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EVENTS 2018 March 26-28th: Blockchain West: San Francisco, CA April 6th: Blockchain Law & Technology Symposium: College of Law, Cleveland, OH
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Bitcoin continues to capture headlines. But the more compelling story for corporate directors is not bitcoin, but the technology that girds the cryptocurrency: blockchain technology and its many iterations, also referred to as distributed ledger technology. At its core, blockchain technology is a network of computers that are connected by complex algorithms. Parties to a…
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