How far would you go to get your hands on billions of pounds worth of cryptocurrency?  Dr Craig White, who also claims to be Satoshi...

In a significant step, the Bank of England and HM Treasury have declared that it is "likely" that a digital pound—the catchy moniker for...

Back at the very beginning of 2020 Covid-19 still hadn't been designated a pandemic, Brexit still wasn't quite 'done' and you could start...

The ICO is encouraging developers to consider privacy at an early stage when implementing new technologies and, in its first annual...

The Senior Managers and Certification Regime or 'SM&CR', a regulatory lever which seeks to foster greater individual accountability...

Ten years ago, the thought of your phone scanning your face before you pay for your morning coffee may have been a disturbing one. Five...

How to regulate AI is the subject of a wide-ranging debate, both in the UK and internationally. One of the critical issues in this debate...

In the introduction to its recent consultation on Digital Assets, the Law Commission states that it is proposing few changes to the law,...

The UKIPO has published its response to its Call for Views on the UK’s designs system. Although the UKIPO has provided no firm policy...

Until not so long ago, lawyers like me would have to trawl the internet for a whispered mention of crypto from a regulator, and it took...

The FCA has published a consultation paper setting out its approach to strengthening its financial promotion rules for high risk...

Last week, the UK Law Commission (the "Commission") published its much anticipated advice to the Government on the application of the...

Yesterday John Glen, the economic secretary to the Treasury, made a statement on the progress made regarding the development of a UK...

The Legal 500 Blockchain UK chapter for 2021—contributed by Slaughter and May—has been published. For the first time, this year's chapter...

Do cryptoassets pose a risk to the stability of the UK's financial system? In a speech published on 13 October, Sir Jon Cunliffe, Deputy...

57% of small and medium-sized enterprises believe they would go out of business from a serious cyber attack, according to a new report by...