The Law Commission of England and Wales has published a consultation paper (the Paper) on the recognition and protection of digital assets. The consultation, which closes on 4 November 2022, focuses on the legal treatment of digital assets and recommends law reform to create a third category of personal property – referred to as "data objects" – beyond things (or "choses") in possession (such as physical objects) and things in action (such as contractual rights). Read more

In this regular update, we round-up FinTech-related financial services regulatory developments for the week ending 22 July 2022. Read more

In this regular update, we round-up FinTech-related financial services regulatory developments for the week ending 15 July 2022. Read more

Our #Bitesize round-up covers key recent FinTech, payments, and Open Banking-related regulatory developments in Australia. Read more

In a recent case concerning the use of an allegedly tampered hardware wallet, the Hong Kong Court described the circumstances to be “rather unusual” and proceeded to summarise the features of Bitcoin and digital keys, their storage in wallets and how ownership of Bitcoin is established in the judgment with the assistance of expert evidence. Read more

In this regular update, we round-up FinTech-related financial services regulatory developments for the week ending 1 July 2022. Read more

In this regular update, we round-up FinTech-related financial services regulatory developments for the week ending 24 June 2022. Read more

In this regular update, we round-up FinTech-related financial services regulatory developments for the week ending 3 June 2022. Read more