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Cryptocurrency Regulation: A Primer

Cryptocurrency Regulation: A Primer

Author: Jerry W. Markham
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 9781035347469

Published In: August 2024
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Hardback Edition ISBN: 9781035318179

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This incisive and thought-provoking book examines the regulation of cryptocurrency trading by state and federal financial services regulators in the US, in order to understand why these statutes proved to be ineffective in regulating this new asset class. It further analyzes and evaluates pending proposals in Congress for more effective cryptocurrency regulation.

Providing a sector-by-sector exploration of the financial services industry, the book delves into the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) efforts to regulate cryptocurrencies, highlighting the flaws in its jurisdictional claims, as well as the exclusion of “actual delivery” contracts from Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) jurisdiction and how this applies to cryptocurrencies. The chapters chart the invention and rise of cryptocurrencies, fluctuations in the cryptocurrency market, and the regulation of cryptocurrencies under banking laws, the Federal Securities Laws, and as ‘commodities’. In addition, it reviews the application of banking and money transmitter regulations to cryptocurrency trading platforms and proposes a bespoke regulator structure for cryptocurrencies.

Cryptocurrency Regulation: A Primer is an essential resource for students and scholars of economics, finance and banking law, and internet and technology law. It will also be beneficial for financial services professionals, regulators, and members of the financial press.

Introduction to Cryptocurrency Regulation

1. The invention and role of cryptocurrencies

2. Regulating cryptocurrencies under banking laws

3. Regulating cryptocurrencies under the federal securities laws

4. CFTC Regulation of cryptocurrencies as “commodities”

5. Constructing a regulatory structure for cryptocurrencies

Conclusions on Cryptocurrency Regulation

Selected bibliography

Index