Partner Ryan Thomas discusses antitrust concerns regarding blockchains, including competition considerations, per se and tacit collusion, and exclusionary conduct among members of a blockchain.
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Blockchain technology, particularly private blockchains, can provide a technological curtain behind which business transactions occur. Still, any anticompetitive practices that stem from private blockchains are subject to...more
8/3/2018
/ Anticompetitive Agreements ,
Antitrust Division ,
Blockchain ,
Competition ,
Competition Authorities ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Monopolization ,
OECD ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Sherman Act ,
Trading Platforms ,
Transparency