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Law Commission seeks views on market use of digital assets

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Published on: 05 May 2021

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LNB News 05/05/2021

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Issue Date: 05 May 2021

Published Date: 05 May 2021

Jurisdiction(s): England and Wales

Article summary

The Law Commission has launched a call for evidence on digital assets. The Law Commission is asking stakeholders to provide their views on how market participants use, treat and deal with digital assets, as well as the potential consequences of such assets being ‘possessable’. The evidence will be used to inform the Law Commission’s consultation paper on digital assets, which will make proposals to reform the law in order to provide certainty on the status of digital assets. The call for evidence closes on 30 July 2021.

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