Tag: Blockchain

  • Blockchain 2019: Making Sense of Uncertainty in the Regulatory and Compliance Landscape

    Blockchain 2019: Making Sense of Uncertainty in the Regulatory and Compliance Landscape

    While the high crypto valuations of late 2017 have crashed and we’ve entered into the early stages of our current ‘crypto winter,’ the global fervor for developing innovative blockchain solutions and distributed ledger technologies (DLTs) shows no signs of slowing down. So, what can we expect in 2019? Here are 3 up-and-coming crypto trends jockeying…

  • SWOT Analysis: Coalition of Automated Legal Applications – Intellectual Property (COALA IP)

    SWOT Analysis: Coalition of Automated Legal Applications – Intellectual Property (COALA IP)

    Executive Summary: Today decentralized application (DApp) platforms like Ethereum, Cardano, and NEO implement contractual governance models unique to their own technology and smart contract parameters. While they share similar values (e.g. smart contracts are efficient tools for disintermediating 3rd party costs), they do not share a global standard for recording, assigning or licensing the IP…

  • ICOs, Securities, and Utility Tokens: Getting Ahead of the Compliance Curve

    ICOs, Securities, and Utility Tokens: Getting Ahead of the Compliance Curve

    Every day cryptocurrency and blockchain startups in the U.S. face a lingering regulatory question, “how do you fit a square peg in a round hole?” Here I summarize how regulatory uncertainty affects blockchain development, what last week’s SEC commentary means for cryptocurrencies, and explain how decentralized applications are positioned within today’s regulatory landscape.

  • How Blockchains and Decentralized ID Solutions Flip the Switch on Privacy

    How Blockchains and Decentralized ID Solutions Flip the Switch on Privacy

    In Developing Blockchain Standards for the Decentralized Web, I wrote about 3 core use cases that will help operationalize Web3 in the coming years. Here I explore decentralized identity (DID) solutions and why blockchain interoperability matters. In my next article, I will focus on today’s regulatory landscape and how decentralized IDs are positioned to interoperate with current regulations…

  • Developing Blockchain Standards for the Decentralized Web

    Developing Blockchain Standards for the Decentralized Web

    While the volume, variety and promise of decentralized projects has surged since 2009, the current status of Blockchain ISOs leaves mainstream development open ended. Here are 3 core use cases that I believe will help operationalize Blockchains and Web3 (the decentralized web) in years to come. What use cases do you have your eye on?