Crypto-Finance Law and Regulation

<p><em>Crypto-Finance Law and Regulation</em> investigates whether crypto-finance will cause a paradigm shift in regulation from a centralised model to a model based on distributed consensus. </p><p>This book explores the emergence of a decentralised and disintermediated crypto-market and investigates the way in which it can transform the financial markets. It examines three components of the financial market – technology finance and the law – and shows how their interrelationship dictates the structure of a crypto-market. It focuses on regulators’ enforcement policies and their jurisdiction over crypto-finance operators and participants. The book also discusses the latest developments in crypto-finance and the advantages and disadvantages of crypto-currency as an alternative payment product. It also investigates how such a decentralised crypto-finance system can provide access to finance promote a shared economy and allow access to justice. </p><p>By exploring the law regulation and governance of crypto-finance from a national regional and global viewpoint the book provides a fascinating and comprehensive overview of this important topic and will appeal to students scholars and practitioners interested in regulation finance and the law.</p>