# Blockchain and crypto will challenge current finance, Nigeria VP says

# Blockchain and crypto will challenge current finance, Nigeria VP says

“# Blockchain and crypto will challenge current finance, Nigeria VP says ” Nigeria’s vice president, Yemi Osinbajo, delivered a speech at an economic summit on Friday in which he spoke positively of crypto and blockchain.  “There is no question that blockchain technology generally, and cryptocurrencies in particular, will in the coming years, challenge traditional banking,…

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# Law Decoded: Loose ends and long dramas, Feb. 19–26

# Law Decoded: Loose ends and long dramas, Feb. 19–26

“# Law Decoded: Loose ends and long dramas, Feb. 19–26 ” Every Friday, Law Decoded delivers analysis on the week’s critical stories in the realms of policy, regulation and law. Editor’s note One day in the not-so-distant future, the curious experience of episodic television with its week-by-week gaps will be a weird thing that old…

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# SEC’s Division of Examinations issues Risk Alert on digital assets

# SEC’s Division of Examinations issues Risk Alert on digital assets

“# SEC’s Division of Examinations issues Risk Alert on digital assets ” The Security and Exchange Commission’s Division of Examinations published on Friday a blueprint for investment managers and institutions on how the division will inspect the handling of crypto assets, or “digital asset securities,” moving forward.  The division (formerly the Office of Compliance Inspections…

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# Bitcoin needs clear regulations to be less volatile, Bridgewater analyst says

# Bitcoin needs clear regulations to be less volatile, Bridgewater analyst says

“# Bitcoin needs clear regulations to be less volatile, Bridgewater analyst says ” A senior analyst at asset management firm Bridgewater believes that regulation could potentially make Bitcoin (BTC) a good asset for institutional investors. Bridgewater director of investment research Rebecca Patterson claimed that regulatory certainty around Bitcoin would solve some of the cryptocurrency’s biggest…

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