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ARTICLE · 10 JULY 2024

Blockchain 2024: Chambers Global Practice Guide Publication | Law and Practice

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Compares the law and practice relating to blockchain technology across 17 jurisdictions as well as emerging trends.

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Piper Alderman Blockchain team Partners, Michael Bacina and Steven Pettigrove, along with Luke Higgins and Jake Huang, have authored the Australian chapters of Blockchain 2024: A Chambers Global Practice Guide, published by Chambers and Partners.

The Piper Alderman Blockchain team is pleased again to be the Australian contributor to Chambers and Partners' annual global guide on Blockchain 2024. The publication compares the law and practice relating to blockchain technology across 17 jurisdictions as well as emerging trends and developments.

This Law and Practice guide provides a side-by-side comparison of local insights into the regulatory framework; recent enforcement actions; emerging regulatory trends; the local blockchain ecosystem; treatment of smart contracts; AML/CTF obligations; asset tokenisation; tax; data privacy; decentralised finance (DeFi); and recent trends.

Click here to download the PDF version of Blockchain 2024: Chambers Global Practice Guide Publication | Law and Practice.

The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your specific circumstances.

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