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Smart legal contracts: The common law can handle them

Posted on January 4, 2022 by Molly Jones

In a recent report, the Law Commission of England & Wales (Commission) has concluded that our current legal framework is able to facilitate and support the use of “smart legal contracts” without the need for legislative intervention. Distributed ledger technology …

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Visa & Paypal announce changes supporting cryptocurrency transactions

Posted on March 30, 2021 by Christopher Wilsher

There have been two very important announcements in the digital assets space made over the past 24 hours: Firstly, owing to increasing demand from consumers, Visa will soon allow transactions to be settled in the cryptocurrency USD Coin (USDC). Traditionally, …

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The NFT revolution in the covid-era

Posted on March 17, 2021 by Alice Heathfield

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have been around for a while, but in the Covid-era as more cultural experiences are migrating online, we are now seeing a far greater take-up amongst ordinary consumers. In simple terms, an NFT represents provable ownership rights …

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