Monthly Archives: August 2017

The Regulation of Algorithms

Legal Futures Today published a paper by Jeremy Barnett, Adriano Soares Koshiyama and Philip Treleaven. http://www.legalfutures.co.uk/blog In Law, companies have the rights and obligations of a person. Algorithms are rapidly emerging as artificial persons. Intelligent algorithms will require formal training, testing, verification, certification, regulation, insurance, and status in law. Governments and research councils are publishing […]

International Regulation of ICOs

The Regulation of cryptocurrencies and in particular ICOs [Initial Coin Offering] where cryptotokens are issued to investors has become a matter of international concern. In recent weeks, due to a large number of successful funding rounds for a variety of companies and buy-in from some of the largest tech companies & financial institutions in the […]