The value of bitcoin has risen 1000% since December 2016 and the world’s largest financial institutions are spending hundreds of millions of pounds on innovative use cases for blockchain technology.

Meanwhile initial coin offerings (ICOs) provide a platform for businesses issuing digital tokens to raise funds in record time. How do different jurisdictions define these revolutionary technologies? Are they speculative or here to stay?

Our new report provides a global assessment of the latest activity around Bitcoin, incorporating a useful guide to countries and territories that:

• have acted or are acting to regulate bitcoin
• have banned bitcoin
• have stopped short of regulating bitcoin, but have imposed taxes
• are undecided in respect of digital currencies
• do not regulate bitcoin

Each section also dives into international developments concerning blockchain and ICOs, which have taken the world by storm over the last 12 months.We hope our findings help to instigate not only industry debate, but also further development from a regulatory point of view.

To learn more, download the full report (PDF).

This Free Report is provided by Pinsent Masons LLP
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