Bitcoin: Digital Finance Law

Can You make money in digital finance? And how! This book looks at digital financial instruments like cryptocurrency (bitcoin) digital securities like stocks, bonds, options contracts, and cryptography. It explains the legal rules of US banking and capital markets law so digital start-ups can confidently enter banking, financial services, and capital markets without fear of losing investments or investors. Traces the history of cryptocurrency from cipherpunks through bitcoin to wikileaks while exposing the law and economics of digital finance.