DAO Workshop in Zurich

On Friday, May 6, 2022, Wharton BDAP and the Swiss law firm MME co-organized a workshop on Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) – Legal and Governance Aspects in Zurich. A growing number of communities and blockchain-based protocols are organizing as...

A Turning Point for Digital Asset Regulation

On Wednesday, March 9, 2022, President Biden’s Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets was released. Wharton BDAP Director Kevin Werbach wrote an opinion piece which was published in The Regulatory Review.   Access full...

The Global Challenge of Digital Asset Regulation

Wharton BDAP’s director Kevin Werbach and research fellow Bianca Kremer published an article in the Competition Policy International TechREG Chronicle, February 2022 issue. Abstract: Digital assets add complexity to an already complex global financial system....

WEF and Wharton launch DAO Series

Last year, the Wharton Blockchain and Digital Asset Project collaborated with the World Economic Forum to release the Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Policy-Maker Toolkit. We are excited to announce a new collaboration with the Forum’s Crypto Impact and...

Werbach testifies before Senate Committee

On Wednesday, February 9, 2022, the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry invited witnesses to a hearing on Examining Digital Assets: Risks, Regulation, and Innovation organized in two panels. During the first panel, the Honorable...

Back to the Future

New Wharton BDAP report “Back to the Future – The Sixth Reg@Tech Roundtable on Digital Assets” has been released. Reg@Tech is a biannual series on the regulation of digital assets from a multi-jurisdictional perspective. Reg@Tech 6 was held via Zoom...