Tokens – Lowering the Barriers to Innovation

I was getting my daily hit of Matt Levine’s excellent Money Stuff this morning (subscribe here!). In my favourite blockchain blockchain blockchain section he noted: But a popular pattern in the crypto/token/blockchain world is that someone will come along and be like “finally, through tokenization, we have invented a way to slice _________ into bits … Continue reading Tokens – Lowering the Barriers to Innovation The post Tokens – Lowering the Barriers to Innovation appeared first on Bits on Blocks.

Who legally owns all the shares? Not you.

In this post I explore how legal title to publicly listed shares works in Hong Kong, the USA, and Singapore. Then I relate this to tokens recorded on blockchains. Hong Kong I learnt something interesting on Monday when the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission published a consultation paper on paperless securities. (Disclosure: I am … Continue reading Who legally owns all the shares? Not you. The post Who legally owns all the shares? Not you. appeared first on Bits on Blocks.