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NLJ this week: Understanding the ever-expanding token economy

07 October 2022
Issue: 7997 / Categories: Legal News , Cyber , Technology , Banking
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What is asset tokenization? In this week’s NLJ, Michael Patchett-Joyce continues a series of cyber articles by 36 Commercial. 

He gives the lowdown on all things blockchain and finance-related—fungible, non-fungible and security tokens, decentralised and centralised. It is a fascinating area of rapidly emerging importance.

One key issue is regulation: how do digital assets fit into the current regulatory system, and what adaptation needs to take place? With an increasingly decentralised financial sector, how do regulators strike the right balance between maximising innovation and minimising risk?

Read Michael's article in full here.

Issue: 7997 / Categories: Legal News , Cyber , Technology , Banking
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