Regulating blockchain : techno-social and legal challenges / edited by Philipp Hacker, Ioannis Lianos, Georgios Dimitropoulos and Stefan Eich.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Regulating blockchain : techno-social and legal challenges: an introduction / Philipp Hacker, Ioannis Lianos, Georgio Dimitropoulos, and Stefan Eich -- The blockchain paradox / Paolo Tasca and Riccardo Piselli -- Blockchains, private ordering, and the future of governance / Jonathan Rohr and Aaron Wright -- In code(rs) we trust : software developers and fiduciaries in public blockchains / Angela Walch -- Old utopias, new tax havens : the politics of Bitcoin in historical perspective / Stefan Eich -- Monetary policy in the digital age / Claus D. Zimmermann -- Global currencies and domestic regulation : embedding through enabling? / Georgios Dimitropoulos -- Corporate governance for complex cryptocurrencies? a framework for stability and decision making in blockchain-based organizations / Philipp Hacker -- Banking in a digital fiat currency regime / Rohan Grey -- Regulating the shadow payment system : Bitcoin, mobile money, and beyond / Jonathan Greenacre -- Blockchain-based insurance / Michael Abramowicz -- Blockchain, securities markets, and central banking / Alexandros L. Seretakis -- The crypto-security : initial coin offerings and EU securities regulation / Philipp Hacker and Chris Thomale -- Regulation of blockchain token sales in the United States / Houman B. Shadab -- Blockchain and payment systems : a tale about re-intermediation / Agnieszka Janczuk-Gorywoda -- Conflicts of laws and codes : defining the boundaries of digital jurisdictions / Florian Möslein -- The judicialization of the blockchain / Pietro Ortolani -- Smart contracts : coding the transaction, decoding the legal debates / Roger Brownsword -- Blockchain competition : gaining competitive advantage in the digital economy : competition law implications / Ioannis Lianos

Less than a decade after the Financial Crisis, we are witnessing the fast emergence of a new financial order driven by three different, yet interconnected, dynamics: first, the rapid application of technology - such as big data, machine learning, and distributed computing - to banking, lending, and investing, in particular with the emergence of virtual currencies and digital finance; second, a disintermediation fuelled by the rise of peer-to-peer lending platforms and crowd investment which challenge the traditional banking model and may, over time, lead to a transformation of the way both retail and corporate customers bank; and, third, a tendency of de-bureaucratisation under which new platforms and technologies challenge established organisational patterns that regulate finance and manage the money supply.. These changes are to a significant degree driven by the development of blockchain technology.