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NLJ this week: Understanding the ever-expanding token economy

07 October 2022
Issue: 7997 / Categories: Legal News , Cyber , Technology , Banking
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What is asset tokenization? In this week’s NLJ, Michael Patchett-Joyce continues a series of cyber articles by 36 Commercial. 

He gives the lowdown on all things blockchain and finance-related—fungible, non-fungible and security tokens, decentralised and centralised. It is a fascinating area of rapidly emerging importance.

One key issue is regulation: how do digital assets fit into the current regulatory system, and what adaptation needs to take place? With an increasingly decentralised financial sector, how do regulators strike the right balance between maximising innovation and minimising risk?

Read Michael's article in full here.

Issue: 7997 / Categories: Legal News , Cyber , Technology , Banking
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ career profile: Liz McGrath KC

NLJ career profile: Liz McGrath KC

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Burges Salmon—Matthew Hancock-Jones

Burges Salmon—Matthew Hancock-Jones

Firm welcomes director in its financial services financial regulatory team

Gateley Legal—Sam Meiklejohn

Gateley Legal—Sam Meiklejohn

Partner appointment in firm’s equity capital markets team

NEWS

Walkers and runners will take in some of London’s finest views at the 16th annual charity event

Law school partners with charity to give free assistance to litigants in need

Could the Labour government usher in a new era for digital assets, ask Keith Oliver, head of international, and Amalia Neenan FitzGerald, associate, Peters & Peters, in this week’s NLJ

An extra bit is being added to case citations to show the pecking order of the judges concerned. Former district judge Stephen Gold has the details, in his ‘Civil way’ column in this week’s NLJ

The Labour government’s position on alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is not yet clear

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