Cryptoregulation
Kevin Werbach, Professor of Legal Studies & Business Ethics, is the faculty member responsible for leading the Cryptoregulation Pillar of the Carol and Lawrence Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research. The Cryptoregulation Pillar addresses the regulation and governance of emerging blockchain-based systems, cryptocurrencies, and digital assets. The Zicklin Center provides a neutral forum to connect regulators and the private sector in these emerging areas. Through a combination of research and meetings, it promotes regulatory and governance best practices for smart contracts, token sales, decentralized applications, and related activities.
Reports
Regulatory Considerations for Token Offerings (June 2018)
News
Initial Coin Offerings: Can Regulators Curb the Risks? Knowledge@Wharton (March 27, 2018)
Research Papers
SUBJECT AREA PUBLICATIONS BY FACULTY
Kevin Werbach: On the Application of Blockchains to Spectrum Sharing, 5 IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking 193 (June 2019) (with Martin Weiss, Douglas Sicker, and Carlos Caicedo)
Kevin Werbach: Trust, But Verify: Why the Blockchain Needs the Law, 33 BERKELEY TECH. L.J. 489 (2018)
Kevin Werbach: Contracts Ex Machina, 67 DUKE L.J. 313 (2017), with Nico Cornell
Events
Wharton Reg@Tech Workshop: The Evolution of Digital Assets
The Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania hosted the third invitation‐only meeting on the regulation, self‐regulation, and co‐regulation of cryptocurrency token offerings and related activities from a multi‐jurisdictional perspective. The Wharton Reg@Tech workshop series brings together an exclusive group of regulators, academics, attorneys, issuers, advisors, and investors.
Wharton Reg@Tech Workshop: Digital Assets and Decentralized Finance
The Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania hosted the third invitation‐only meeting on the regulation, self‐regulation, and co‐regulation of cryptocurrency token offerings and related activities from a multi‐jurisdictional perspective. The Wharton Reg@Tech workshop series brings together an exclusive group of regulators, academics, attorneys, issuers, advisors, and investors.
Wharton Reg@Tech Workshop: Regulatory Approaches to Cryptocurrencies and Token Sales
The Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania hosted the third invitation‐only meeting on the regulation, self‐regulation, and co‐regulation of cryptocurrency token offerings and related activities from a multi‐jurisdictional perspective. The Wharton Reg@Tech workshop series brings together an exclusive group of regulators, academics, attorneys, issuers, advisors, and investors.
Wharton Reg@Tech Workshop: Perspectives on Regulatory Approaches to Token Offerings
The Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania hosted the second invitation‐only meeting on the regulation, self‐regulation, and co‐regulation of cryptocurrency token offerings and related activities from a multi‐jurisdictional perspective. The Wharton Reg@Tech workshop series brings together an exclusive group of regulators, academics, attorneys, issuers, advisors, and investors.
January 26, 2018
First Annual Works in Progress Program on Blockchains and the Law
Location: Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, NY
Conference sponsored by the Cardozo School of Law Blockchain Project. Duke University’s Center on Law and Technology, and the Department of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
November 17-19, 2017
After the Digital Tornado: Networks, Algorithms, Humanity
Many of the contemporary technology trends with the greatest significance for the economy and for public policy—Internet of Things, Big Data, Platform Economy, Blockchain, and Algorithmic Society—should be seen as manifestations of this larger phenomenon. Growing tensions around governance, innovation, surveillance, competition, consumer/worker protection, privacy, and discrimination are best understood within a broader frame. The algorithmic networked world poses deep questions about power, freedom, fairness, and human agency. Conference sponsored by the Legal Studies & Business Ethics Department
WhartonReg@Tech: Perspectives on Regulatory Approaches to Token Offerings
The Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania hosted a two-day invitation-only meeting on the regulation, self-regulation, and co-regulation of token offerings from a multi-jurisdictional perspective. At this inaugural event of the RegTech@Wharton workshop series, a group of regulators, academics, attorneys, issuers, and investors discussed potential approaches to token offerings and similar transactions.
April 21, 2017
Big Data Law & Ethics Colloquium
Wharton hosted the fourth annual research colloquium for business law scholars focused on the legal and ethical dimensions of big data and business analytics. Researchers presented papers on algorithmic discrimination, government use of data analytics, worker surveillance, interpretation of machine learning models, and biometric data collection, among other topics.
September 15-17, 2017
WhartonReg@Tech: Perspectives on Regulatory Approaches to Token Offerings
The Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania hosted a two-day invitation-only meeting on the regulation, self-regulation, and co-regulation of token offerings from a multi-jurisdictional perspective. As this inaugural event of the RegTech@Wharton series, a group of regulators, academics, attorneys, issuers, and investors discussed potential approaches to token offerings and similar transactions. The Wharton Reg@Tech workshops are regularly scheduled in March and September each year.
The State of Blockchain Legal Research (presentation by Prof. Werbach)