James Cooper

James Cooper, a CoinDesk columnist, is a professor of law at California Western School of Law in San Diego.

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Regulación

A Need for More Regulatory Clarity

Legislators must decide whether crypto is a security, utility, commodity, currency or the latest tulip mania.

SEC building

Regulación

Learning by Doing: A Different Kind of Graduate School for Blockchain

Work hard, innovate and find a real problem that needs solving. That’s it.

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Regulación

The US Can Make Bitcoin Mining Greener

With companies like Square announcing environment-focused mining initiatives, the U.S. can take the lead in reducing bitcoin's carbon impact.

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Mercados

That Decoupling Sound: China, the US and a Year of CBDCs

This year China and the U.S. faced off over trade and technology bans. But the battle for monetary hegemony has just begun.

President Xi and President Trump

Mercados

Latin America's Big Blockchain Opportunity

Decentralizing the financial sector and putting trust in distributed ledgers means less reliance on the continent's corrupt intermediaries.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Finanzas

The New US-Mexico-Canada Trade Pact Holds Opportunity for Distributed Tech

NAFTA's replacement, which comes into force today, contains several provisions that might open the way for blockchain technology.

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Regulación

HODLpac Shows Crypto Is Becoming a Mainstream Industry

It's good the cryptocurrency industry is getting its own political action committee, even if it's ironic, says our columnist.

Congress

Regulación

This Unstable Moment Is a Chance for Crypto to Go Mainstream

Crises create opportunities for renewal. This is a moment for cryptocurrencies to reinvent money and the financial system.

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Regulación

With Central Bank Digital Currencies, States Are Reasserting Power Over Money

Nothing is more centralizing than a state’s control over decentralized technologies like blockchain and cryptocurrency, says law professor and blockchain adviser James Cooper.

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Regulación

Coronavirus Checks China's Blockchain Ambitions

As long as the Coronavirus keeps everyone indoors, China's big, bold blockchain ambitions are on hold.

Coronavirus have a "crown-like" structure, image via the Ecohealth Alliance

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