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Wharton Reg@Tech takes place in Europe for the first time
On June 16, 2023 Wharton BDAP organized the first Reg@Tech Roundtable on Digital Assets in Europe. It took place in Vienna, Austria and was hosted and supported by Schoenherr Attorneys at Law. The roundtable covered a variety of topics. The morning session was focused...
Restoring Trust & Managing Risks
The latest Wharton BDAP Report "Restoring Trust & Managing Risks" authored by our research fellow Bianca Kremer is out now. The ninth Reg@Tech Roundtable on Digital Assets delved into critical aspects of digital asset regulation, including the need for global...
Reg@Tech 9 takes place in Philadelphia
On March 23-25, 2023, Wharton BDAP hosted the 9th edition of the Reg@Tech Roundtable at The Wharton School in Philadelphia. The three-day roundtable was titled “The Future of Digital Asset Regulation”. The first day addressed the key developments and pending issues in...
Werbach’s Wharton Global Modular Course on Web3
Recently, from March 5-10, 2023, the Wharton Global Modular Course (GMC) on “L3 for Web3” with 40 MBA/EMBA students took place in London and Lisbon. The course is the first of its kind and was led by Wharton BDAP Director Professor Kevin Werbach who was joined by his...
Werbach at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos
BDAP Director Kevin Werbach was a delegate at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on January 16-20. In addition to releasing the DAO Toolkit in collaboration with the WEF, he participated in a strategy meeting on blockchain and digital...
Finding Common Ground
The new Wharton BDAP Report "Finding Common Ground" written by our research fellow Bianca Kremer is out now. Reg@Tech is a biannual series on the regulation of digital assets from a multi-jurisdictional perspective. This report is based on Reg@Tech 8, which took place...
Reg@Tech 8 takes place in Philadelphia
On Friday, October 7, 2022, and Saturday, October 8, 2022, Wharton BDAP hosted the eighth edition of the semi-annual Reg@Tech Roundtable in Philadelphia, entitled "Digital Assets and Decentralized Systems." Roundtable participants shared their perspectives on the...
The Digital Asset World of 2035
In this report, written by our research fellow Bianca Kremer, readers will gain insight into the four scenarios developed during Reg@Tech 7 in Philadelphia in March 2022. Roundtable participants were asked to envision the future, specifically the year 2035. Reg@Tech...
DeFi Fellowship 2022-23
[WE ARE NO LONGER SEEKING APPLICANTS FOR THE DEFI FELLOW POSITION] Job Description In 2021, BDAP and the World Economic Forum published DeFi Beyond the Hype and The DeFi Policy-Maker Toolkit, two white papers that helped crystallize the potential and risks of...
Quo Vadis Digital Asset Regulation?
The new Wharton BDAP Report "Quo Vadis Digital Asset Regulation?" written by our research fellow Bianca Kremer is out now. Reg@Tech is a biannual series on the regulation of digital assets from a multi-jurisdictional perspective. This report is based on Reg@Tech 7....
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Restoring Trust & Managing Risks
The latest Wharton BDAP Report "Restoring Trust & Managing Risks" authored by our research fellow Bianca Kremer is out now. The ninth Reg@Tech Roundtable on Digital Assets delved into critical aspects of digital asset regulation, including the need for global...
Decentralized Autonomous Organization Toolkit released
We are thrilled to announce the release of the "Decentralized Autonomous Organization Toolkit". It is the second in a series of outputs from our joint World Economic Forum and Wharton BDAP DAO Project series collaboration that began with DAOs: Beyond the Hype. The DAO...
Finding Common Ground
The new Wharton BDAP Report "Finding Common Ground" written by our research fellow Bianca Kremer is out now. Reg@Tech is a biannual series on the regulation of digital assets from a multi-jurisdictional perspective. This report is based on Reg@Tech 8, which took place...
The Digital Asset World of 2035
In this report, written by our research fellow Bianca Kremer, readers will gain insight into the four scenarios developed during Reg@Tech 7 in Philadelphia in March 2022. Roundtable participants were asked to envision the future, specifically the year 2035. Reg@Tech...
Quo Vadis Digital Asset Regulation?
The new Wharton BDAP Report "Quo Vadis Digital Asset Regulation?" written by our research fellow Bianca Kremer is out now. Reg@Tech is a biannual series on the regulation of digital assets from a multi-jurisdictional perspective. This report is based on Reg@Tech 7....
Decentralized Autonomous Organizations: Beyond the Hype released
We are thrilled to announce the release of a joint World Economic Forum and Wharton BDAP publication entitled "Decentralized Autonomous Organizations: Beyond the Hype". This white paper aims to shed light on the topic of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs),...
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.
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....
Werbach, Written Statement Examining Digital Assets: Risks, Regulation, and Innovation (Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Feb. 2022)
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 on October 14-15,...