Blockchain and Cryptocurrency: International Legal and Regulatory Challenges

Dean Armstrong, QC Dean Armstrong, QC is a barrsiter at 36 Commercial. Dean is a heavyweight in litigation and regulatory matters, and has been instructed in many of the last decade’s most high-profile, serious, and complex cases. Dean is ranked as a leader in the field in the current editions of both Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500. He has been classed as a leader in the field in the principal legal directories for more than a decade, and has twice been nominated for the Chambers & Partners Bar Awards. Dan Hyde Dan Hyde is a partner with Penningtons Manches LLP with an established white collar practice which encompasses commercial fraud, business crime and contentious financial regulation. Dan’s cases are often cross-border with an increasing emphasis on cyber security; he is a leading cyber security lawyer and assisted the Law Commission with its review of cyber security legislation. The Legal 500, describes him as ‘calm under pressure and skilled at managing the crossover between parallel civil and criminal proceedings’, ‘very experienced and sensible’ and ‘a lawyer of the highest calibre’. Sam Thomas Sam Thomas is a barrister at 2 Bedford Row. Sam’s practice encompasses violent and financial crime, inquests and regulatory law. He provides written representations, advice and advocacy to clients facing the prospect of regulatory sanction. He has acted as a led Junior and a Junior alone in complex confiscation and cash forfeiture hearings.

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 2 WHAT ARE BLOCKCHAIN AND CRYPTOCURRENCY?
CHAPTER 3 REGULATORY AND LEGAL CHALLENGES
CHAPTER 4 GLOBAL REGULATION: UK AND EU MEMBER STATES
CHAPTER 5 GLOBAL REGULATION: NORTH AMERICA
CHAPTER 6 GLOBAL REGULATION: THE REST OF THE WORLD
CHAPTER 7 INITIAL COIN OFFERINGS
CHAPTER 8 THE INTERNET OF THINGS
CHAPTER 9 RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN AND RIGHT TO ERASURE
CHAPTER 10 NATURAL RESOURCES
CHAPTER 11 DECENTRALISED AUTONOMOUS ORGANISATIONS: REGULATION AND LIABILITY
Appendix 1 General Data Protection Regulation
Appendix 2 Cryptoassets Taskforce: final report (October 2018)
Appendix 3 Cryptocurrencies and blockchain – Legal context and implications for financial crime, money laundering and tax evasion (European Parliament, July 2018)