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From Wild West to SEC Regulation: Overstock.com’s Proposed Digital Securities & the Lessons of Bitcoin

JD Supra Perspectives on 5/6/2015

A first look at Overstock.com's proposal to use a Bitcoin-like technology to distribute and trade in digital securities....more

Technology, Innovation, and the Law: The Wacky World of Bitcoin

JD Supra Perspectives on 4/29/2014

The primary underlying goal of the Bitcoin system – to function as the world’s first completely decentralized, untaxed, and anonymous currency system – seems to have been compromised by its own popularity. Part of JD Supra's...more

What Does the IRS Bitcoin Ruling Mean for Virtual Currency?

JD Supra Perspectives on 4/24/2014

Because Bitcoin is fungible and greatly fluctuates in value on a daily basis, Bitcoin users will need to track their cost basis for each Bitcoin obtained and determine whether they have gain or loss on the subsequent exchange...more

Bitcoin Does Not Need a Ban, It Needs Enlightened Regulation

JD Supra Perspectives on 2/27/2014

If an outright ban of Bitcoin is not the correct approach, what is? More to the point, what does Bitcoin (and virtual currency in general) need to for legitimacy?...more

Real Money Cannot Be Invented: What Bitcoin & Other Virtual Currencies Need to Be Legitimate

JD Supra Perspectives on 2/13/2014

All real money arises out of market transactions in a process that is unplanned and decentralized....more

Could Bitcoin Make Retail Cybersecurity Obsolete?

JD Supra Perspectives on 2/3/2014

Interesting question, but life is never easy, and digital currency brings its own set of challenges...more

3 Bitcoin Lessons for Designing a Private and Secure Payment System

JD Supra Perspectives on 1/30/2014

Although reasonable people may disagree about whether Bitcoin is that ideal payment system, Bitcoin is worth studying for its privacy and security lessons and its potential to emerge as an important additional payment system....more

Look Before You Invest: Bitcoins, Virtual Currencies, Emerging Payment Products and Regulatory Compliance

JD Supra Perspectives on 11/19/2013

Some regulators have already started pursuing virtual currency and emerging payment providers, with unhappy consequences for financial innovators and their investors. Investors should therefore proceed with caution, demanding...more

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