Blockchain Lawyers of Chicago

Meetup in Chicago to explore legal issues surrounding #Blockchain #smartcontracts #cryptocurrency and so on

[Drew Hinkes @propelforward]

#Crypto twitter, meet @marcodellerba_ . Marco is an Italian lawyer with two Ph.D's & an LLM in corporate law from @nyulaw where I had the pleasure of having Marco as a student. Marco has written some key articles analyzing securities law approaches to #crypto fundraising.Welcome!

[Coin Center @coincenter]

Authoritarian states may not be that interested in payments networks they can’t control https://t.co/9HbLL8rwpe

[Coin Center @coincenter]

The SEC published much-needed guidance on tokens and trading. https://t.co/oSHiCaLF8S

[Emin Gün Sirer🔺⚔️ @el33th4xor]

Interested in the Bitcoin Cash hash war? This site shows you the play by play: https://t.co/AQVkH99yee

[nic carter @nic_carter]

Central bank digital currency is a threat to commercial banks. It is cosmetically similar to cryptocurrency, but it is just another version of fiat. It's no more a threat to cryptocurrency than regular fiat is.

[Ari Paul @AriDavidPaul]

Contentious hard forks are fascinating: the epitome of all that is cryptocurrency. Bitcoin Cash will shortly hard fork into two chains. There are threats of game theory (mining) attacks, of attacking the engineering of networks with spam or zero day attacks, and of

[Coin Center @coincenter]

Can a Future Network’s Token Be “Presold” and Not Qualify as an Investment Contract? https://t.co/GciOPl9km1

[Drew Hinkes @propelforward]

@VladZamfir @stephendpalley Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

[Coin Center @coincenter]

What can the EtherDelta settlement tell us about how decentralized exchanges are regulated? https://t.co/mRyROKtlbJ

[Drew Hinkes @propelforward]

Here's the @Etherdelta and #SEC consent order: https://t.co/8tnaApQGmr

[Brian Cohen @inthepixels]

1897: Western Union facilitated front running at bucket shops through its stock exchange quotation? Is this the beginning of High Frequency Trading HFT? https://t.co/WciUSuSIxs

[Nelson M. Rosario d/acc 🇵🇷⚖️🤖 @NelsonMRosario]

Somehow, @bloc_chicago has over 500 members now #blockchain #Meetup #cryptocurrency

[Drew Hinkes @propelforward]

Outstanding discussion of the impact of #blockchain issuance of corporate shares/implications of enhanced traceability on corporate governance by Prof. George Geis (@gsgeis) discusses clearing, voting, litigation, liability: https://t.co/4qJsLvCd22 (caution- long scholarly read)

[Coin Center @coincenter]

Three pro-cryptocurrency bills are being introduced in Congress https://t.co/zjncJcTTOS

[Emin Gün Sirer🔺⚔️ @el33th4xor]

Ok, thanks to everyone who pointed out that the data in the article is dated.

On the same topic, there's this:
https://t.co/aF1sB6M5y6

[Emin Gün Sirer🔺⚔️ @el33th4xor]

Let that sink in:

https://t.co/ciCUx4Jziu

[Coin Center @coincenter]

The public internet needs public payments infrastructure https://t.co/PH16P54PFa

[Nelson M. Rosario d/acc 🇵🇷⚖️🤖 @NelsonMRosario]

Tons of great questions tonight at the @bloc_chicago meetup about #blockchain forensic investigations

[Stephen Rynkiewicz 🦄 @rynk]

Blockchain lawyers and regulators in the same room at @bloc_chicago @News_CRA to talk about #aml, ransomware and other scams. Strange that in demanding Bitcoin payment, perpetrators offer helpful instructions on how to set up a crypto wallet.

[encl4ve @encl4ve]

Great hearing from @News_CRA speaking about the legal implications of #blockchain at @bloc_chicago ⚖️⛓️