Initial Coin Offerings provide rapid access to capital for new ventures, but suffer from drawbacks relating to non-regulation, considerable risk, and non-accountability, which has created controversy and raised questions about the mechanisms for regulation in an era of emergent cryptocurrencies. This work provides a timely review of the regulatory and other risks that ICOs pose for participants, which thereby situates ICOs in the underexplored domain of accountability.
Language
English
Format
ebook
Publisher
Corporate & Financial Law Interdisciplinary Approaches - Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
Initial Coin Offerings provide rapid access to capital for new ventures, but suffer from drawbacks relating to non-regulation, considerable risk, and non-accountability, which has created controversy and raised questions about the mechanisms for regulation in an era of emergent cryptocurrencies. This work provides a timely review of the regulatory and other risks that ICOs pose for participants, which thereby situates ICOs in the underexplored domain of accountability.
Language
English
Format
ebook
Publisher
Corporate & Financial Law Interdisciplinary Approaches - Social Science Research Network (SSRN)