Download PDF Matthew Kluchenek† I. Introduction Among all the U.S. regulators interested in regulating Bitcoin and virtual currencies, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is determined to be at the forefront. Since the announcement by CFTC … [Read more...] about Bitcoin and Virtual Currencies: Welcome to Your Regulator
Financial Regulation
It Ain’t Broke: The Case For Continued SEC Regulation of P2P Lending
Download PDF Benjamin Lo† Introductory Note In 2008, the Securities and Exchange Commission made waves by deciding to regulate the nascent peer-to-peer lending industry. Only two lending platforms survived the SEC’s entry into a previously lightly-regulated market. Under … [Read more...] about It Ain’t Broke: The Case For Continued SEC Regulation of P2P Lending
An Evaluation Of The U.S. Regulatory Response to Systemic Risk and Failure Posed by Derivatives
Download PDF Kimberly Summe* Derivatives, understood by few but disparaged by many, are often blamed for the collapse of the United States economy in the wake of Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy in September 2008.[1] A legislative response to the crisis was inescapable and on … [Read more...] about An Evaluation Of The U.S. Regulatory Response to Systemic Risk and Failure Posed by Derivatives
SPACs and the JOBS Act
Download PDF Usha Rodrigues † Public Inroads in Private Equity The law has long confined the average investor to trading in public securities[1] while allowing wealthy—or “accredited”[2]—individual investors access to a panoply of private securities, including investment … [Read more...] about SPACs and the JOBS Act
Complexity of Regulation
Download PDF Chester S. Spatt† It is a great pleasure to provide keynote remarks at this weekend’s conference on “Complexity and Change in Financial Regulation” at the Harvard Law School. In my comments tonight I will try to build from my experiences as a former Chief … [Read more...] about Complexity of Regulation