specifically for Bitcoin trading and later picked up by major bitcoin trading platforms …

Bitcoin emerged as a cryptocurrency relying on new blockchain technology in 2009, but how to regulate it was not … immediately clear. The recent emergence of bitcoin futures poses a new level of risk to the economy, again raising questions of … regulation. This is the first law review article to examine the potential regulatory regime for bitcoin futures …

Is Bitcoin the payment system of the future? This chapter argues that Bitcoin is neither a currency nor gold, but that … it is a tradable asset and an alternative form of investment. Bitcoin also exhibits some features as an investment asset … that are similar to collectibles. The true value of Bitcoin lies not in its speculative nature but in the embedded …