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  • Ilmumisaeg: 08-Nov-2022
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  • ISBN-10: 1526521652
  • ISBN-13: 9781526521651
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 456 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 242x168x28 mm, kaal: 780 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 08-Nov-2022
  • Kirjastus: Bloomsbury Professional
  • ISBN-10: 1526521652
  • ISBN-13: 9781526521651
Providing a comprehensive explanation of blockchain, cryptocurrency and the international regulation and challenges that apply, this book introduces the reader to the core topics, including: global regulation of blockchain and cryptoassets; the Internet of Things; the Right to be Forgotten and the right to erasure; environmental, social and governance metrics; smart contracts; initial coin offerings; data protection regulation; Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs) and the Metaverse.

Written by leading UK experts in cyber law, the Second Edition includes: - fungible and non-fungible cryptoassets (NFTs) - remedy and tracing strategies - financial hygiene requirements that flow from anti-money laundering - counter-terrorist financing regulations.

Explaining the fundamentals of blockchain and cryptocurrency in an accessible and understandable way, and sparking new thinking about how old problems can be solved in new ways, this book is essential reading for anyone wishing to have a wider understanding of this complex and evolving area of law.

This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Cyber Law online service.

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I recommend it to anyone who wishes to have a better understanding of the legal implications of blockchain, cryptocurrency, and the Internet of Things -- Rod Thomas, Fellow, Cambridge Centre for Property Law, University of Cambridge * Review of 1st Edition *

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Blockchain and Cryptocurrency: International Legal and Regulatory Challenges is a pioneering and seminal read which identifies regulatory gaps and establishes applicable frameworks.
Dedications v
About the authors vii
Acknowledgements ix
List of Abbreviations
xv
1 Introduction
1(16)
The Internet of Things
3(1)
Blockchain
4(2)
Cryptocurrency
6(4)
Smart contracts
10(1)
Decentralised autonomous organisations
10(2)
Global regulation
12(1)
Initial coin offerings
12(2)
Natural resources industry
14(1)
General Data Protection Regulation
15(1)
The Metaverse
15(2)
2 What Are Blockchain And Cryptocurrency?
17(18)
Blockchain
17(1)
Introduction
17(5)
Characteristics of DLT
22(1)
Cryptocurrency
23(1)
Introduction
23(12)
3 Regulatory And Legal Challenges
35(16)
Regulatory challenges
35(1)
Cryptoassets
35(4)
Regulation of crypto-assets
39(1)
Regulation of DLT
40(1)
Legal challenges
40(1)
Criminal
40(1)
Money laundering
41(2)
Data privacy/protection
43(1)
Does a user's public key constitute `personal data'?
43(1)
Ownership of IP of information contained in the blockchain
44(1)
What is the legal status of decentralised autonomous organisations?
45(1)
Is the data on the blockchain `property' for the purposes of the Law of Property Act 1925?
46(1)
Jurisdictional issues
46(1)
What is the effect of this?
47(1)
Contracts
47(1)
Smart contracts -- what are they?
47(1)
Who are the parties to a `smart contract'?
47(1)
What are the benefits of a `smart contract'?
48(1)
What are the ingredients for a `smart contract'?
48(1)
Is a `smart contract' sufficient to govern a contractual relationship on its own?
48(1)
Where does the liability fall under a `smart contract'?
49(2)
4 Global Regulation: Uk And Eu Member States
51(20)
Softly, softly, catchee monkey
51(3)
Choice of jurisdiction
54(2)
Declaration for European Blockchain Partnership
56(1)
The EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum
57(1)
Regulation and treatment in the UK
57(2)
What are the requirements of being an authorised person?
59(1)
How is currency regulated across the EU?
60(1)
MiFID II controversies
61(1)
Regulation in other European jurisdictions (case studies)
62(1)
Estonia
62(1)
France
62(2)
Malta
64(4)
Jersey
68(2)
Tax considerations
70(1)
5 Global Regulation: North America
71(14)
Canada
71(2)
Mexico
73(3)
United States
76(4)
Licensing
80(1)
Money transmission laws
81(1)
Regulatory guidance
82(3)
6 Global Regulation: The Rest Of The World
85(20)
Introduction
85(3)
Divergent philosophies on cryptocurrency and blockchain regulation
88(1)
China
88(5)
Gibraltar
93(3)
Hong Kong
96(2)
India
98(1)
Israel
99(1)
Japan
100(1)
Kazakhstan, Belarus and Estonia
101(1)
Kyrgyz Republic
101(1)
South Korea
101(1)
Russia
102(1)
Switzerland
102(3)
7 Initial Coin Offerings
105(32)
Introduction
105(1)
What is an ICO?
106(2)
What is the regulatory picture in the United States?
108(3)
When is an ICO an investment contract? The `Howey Test'
111(1)
ICOs and the Howey Test
112(3)
Investment companies
115(2)
What is the regulatory position in the UK?
117(2)
How will ICOs be regulated in the UK?
119(6)
Restrictions of marketing an ICO which is a CIS or an AIF
125(1)
E-Money Tokens
126(1)
Unregulated Tokens
127(1)
Facilitating Regulated Payment Systems
128(1)
The limited approach of the European Union
128(15)
Current EU provisions
143
The Chinese case study of prohibition
133(4)
8 The Internet Of Things
137(36)
Introduction
137(1)
What is the IoT?
138(2)
Security problems with the IoT
140(2)
How does a director mitigate this security concern?
142(1)
Who owns the data collected through the IoT?
143(1)
UK regulation of the IoT
144(9)
EU regulation of the IoT
153(1)
How does GDPR apply to the IoT?
153(2)
Will the ePrivacy Regulation apply to the IoT?
155(2)
What is the Cybersecurity Certification Framework?
157(5)
Why does the Network Infrastructure Security Directive (`NISD') not apply to the IoT?
162(1)
US regulation of the IoT
163(4)
Voluntary guidance in the US
167(3)
So who owns the data?
170(3)
9 Right To Be Forgotten And Right To Erasure
173(12)
Introduction
173(1)
Right to erasure
174(1)
Right to be forgotten
174(1)
Fundamental issues with right to erasure/right to be forgotten and their enforcement
175(3)
Methods of data protection and data privacy
178(1)
What are the effects on compliance if data is pseudonymised?
179(1)
The right to amendment
180(1)
Other DLTs and GDPR compliance
180(5)
10 Environmental (Natural Resources), Social, And Governance Metrics
185(24)
Introduction
185(2)
Regulatory reform
187(1)
What is the key regulatory question?
188(1)
What other regulatory issues need to be addressed?
188(1)
Decentralisation
189(1)
Areas of application
190(1)
Non-renewables and intermediaries
191(1)
Renewables and electricity
191(2)
The reality
193(1)
Digitisation
194(1)
Information storage, transparency and real-time tracking
194(1)
Distributed technology and the energy market
195(2)
Obstacles for blockchain in the natural resources industry and energy sector
197(1)
Blockchain as a disruptive technology
198(1)
Legal issues
198(1)
Current regulation
199(1)
Strong and weak smart contracts
200(2)
Data privacy
202(1)
Public or private
202(1)
Security implications for nodal location and access
203(5)
Moving forward
208(1)
11 Decentralised Autonomous Organisations: Regulation And Liability
209(10)
Understanding decentralised autonomous organisations
209(4)
The legal status and other issues around DAOs
213(2)
Risks
215(4)
12 The Metaverse
219(20)
The Metaverse's Regulatory Framework
222(1)
Contract
222(3)
Intellectual Property
225(1)
Trademarks
226(2)
Copyrights
228(3)
Patents
231(1)
Regulation of behaviour
231(5)
The jurisdictional issue
236(3)
Appendix 1 General Data Protection Regulation 239(128)
Appendix 2 Cryptoassets Taskforce: final report (October 2018) 367(58)
Appendix 3 Cryptocurrencies and blockchain -- Legal context and implications for financial crime, money laundering and tax evasion (European Parliament, July 2018) 425(2)
Index 427
Dean Armstrong KC Barrister, Maitland Chambers, UK.

Dan Hyde, Partner, Harrison Clark Rickerbys, UK.

Sam Thomas, Barrister, 2 Bedford Row, UK.