Tag: Bitcoin
SEC Halts Dallas-Based Bank’s Cryptocurrency Sale – But Not Before It Says It Raised $600 Million
News
The Securities and Exchange Commission has halted the sale of AriseCoin, saying it was all part of a more straightforward, old-fashioned investment scam, according to The Dallas Morning News.
Not-So-Clever Contracts
Insight
Smart contracts mean a different order of automation: economic transactions are put on auto-pilot, writes The Economist.
How Close Are Smart Contracts to Impacting Real-World Law?
Article
Banks, exchanges, and other financial institutions are actively developing blockchain technologies that will enable them to store and trade real assets over blockchain systems.
Smart Contracts May Create Significant Innovative Disruption
Article
Smart contracts today may be similar to e-commerce in the 1990s – poised for widespread adoption and explosive growth even though it may still be a few years off, writes Oliver Herzfeld, chief legal officer of Beanstalk.
‘Smart Contracts’ Are the Future of Blockchain
Article
“Smart contract” essentially means “programmable money” or self-automated computer programs that can carry out the terms of any contract.
Bitcoin in Business: Smart Contracts
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Businesses can create and complete contracts that are stored on the public ledger permanently.