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Initial Coin Offerings: The Top 25 Jurisdictions and Their Comparative Regulatory Responses

23 Pages Posted: 15 Feb 2018

Wulf A. Kaal

University of St. Thomas, Minnesota - School of Law

Date Written: February 2, 2018

Abstract

This article provides an overview of the evolving ICO market in January 2018. It evaluates hand-selected data for the top 25 ICO jurisdictions by market capitalization. The author codes the regulatory responses of the top 25 ICO jurisdictions and provides a comparative analysis of their respective regulatory actions.

Keywords: Initial Coin Offerings, Blockchain, Distributed Ledger Technology, Regulation, Market Abuse, Investor Protection, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science, Data Scientists, Innovation, Entrepreneur, Start-up, Big Data, Crytpo Economics, Diversification, Optimization, Efficiency JEL Classification: K20, K23, K32, L43, L5, O31, O32 Suggested Citation:

Kaal , Wulf A., Initial Coin Offerings: The Top 25 Jurisdictions and Their Comparative Regulatory Responses (February 2, 2018). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3117224 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3117224