Seminar on "Crypto-currencies – To Regulate or Not to Regulate?"

The presentation will consider the steps that have been taken to regulate crypto-currencies in various jurisdictions, categorise them according to the degree of receptiveness to digital currencies, and attempt to lay down certain recommendations for financial and monetary authorities responsible for maintaining order in financial markets. The presentation will cover both the currencies themselves and the activities of those whose seek to issue and use them. 

Some countries have already acted to ban crypto-currencies, while others have been more receptive. A third category, including both the United Kingdom and Singapore, have yet to decide on which side of the fence to come down.

Participants at the presentation will gain a better understanding of the issues, and of the actions taken by governments and agencies around the world, and be in a position to form their own views on this important issue.

 

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

After reading law at Gonville & Caius College Cambridge, and EU Law at l’Université Libre de Bruxelles, Mr Price was called to the Bar at Gray’s Inn in 1981. Being interested in finance he then spent more than 25 years in a variety of corporate finance, capital markets and fund management roles at a number of investment banks in the UK and in Asia.

Since 2008 Mr Price has been teaching at the University of Law in London and at Grenoble Ecole de Management in France and in Asia, specialising in finance and business law topics. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment and a member of the Expert Witness Institute on financial matters.

In his spare time, Mr Price likes helping new start-ups, and is currently non-executive chairman of BmyBit Ltd, a company that has developed an automated trading and arbitrage system for crypto-currencies.