[Webinar] The Practicalities of Enforcement of Crypto-assets

No. of Public CPD Points: 1.5 Practice Area: Others/Multi-disciplinary Training Level: General Notice: SILE Attendance Policy for CPD Points

About the Programme

Transactions using crypto-assets are gaining ground worldwide. Employees, service-providers, financial institutions and funds are increasingly willing to accept crypto-assets as payment or as collateral for payment.

However, unlike fiat currency, crypto-assets such as coins and tokens might not be deemed ‘fungible’ even where they are notionally linked to the value of fiat currency. They exist in virtual realms that are not bound by physical borders, transaction quantity limits or other traditional currency controls; and often take place between users who operate under pseudonyms using IP addresses that may be in a different location from where the actual user is sited. Further, crypto-currency transactions, once completed, are arguably irreversible in circumstances where there is there is no controlling authority that can undo transactions without the user’s release of his or her private key.

As a result, there are practical challenges that arise when an aggrieved party seeks to use the traditional court system as a means of recovery when crypto-fraud occurs. 

Join Danny Quah (Director, TSMP Law Corporation) as he moderates an international panel discussion with Jacob Turner (Barrister, Fountain Court Chambers), Lee Shih (Managing Partner, Lim Chee Wee Partnership), Peter Watts QC (Barrister, Bankside Chambers) and Niklas Wong (Associate Director, TSMP Law Corporation) who will discuss what these challenges are and suggest means to overcome them.

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