#109 - Stephen Palley on the Evolution of Crypto Law, Insurance, Dumpsters and AI.

Stephen Palley (@stephendpalley) is a litigation partner and co-chair of Brown Rudnick’s Digital Commerce group. Stephen is a seasoned litigator with over 20 years of extensive courtroom experience litigating and trying complex commercial matters. Stephen has written extensively and been quoted widely on legal issues arising from the use of Blockchain technology, with appearances in both print and television media. For more on Stephen's background, listen to episode 28 of Law of Code: #28 - Stephen Palley: Crypto regulation, building a team, and defining decentralization.

Show highlights:

[2:30] Analogies in crypto: Smart contracts and dumpsters.

[14:00] Intangible scarcity: Why blockchain's enable scarce, intangible assets.

[18:30] Licensing regimes: Future of front-ends and developers.

[26:30] Evolution of crypto law: Has it aligned with Palley's expectations?

[31:45] Insurance and digital assets: Parametric insurance, oracles and blockchain technology.

& much more.

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