The DAREC Library
| North Carolina Banking Institute Journal
Bitcoin Futures: From Self-Certification to Systemic Risk
Self-certification is an inappropriate process for listing complex new derivatives. The financial system would be better served by reverting to the mandatory pre-approval process which existed between 1974 and 2000.
| American Banker
The Problems With Crypto's Revolving Door
Ask any cryptocurrency company what its biggest challenge is, and it’ll likely tell you legal and regulatory issues.
| Duke FinReg Blog
Reflections on NYC Cryptocurrency Conference
Like any good professor, I offer my authoritative opinion, but the truth is, I don’t really know. Perhaps I would find out at Consensus.
| Duke FinReg Blog
For Bitcoin Futures, the CFTC Defends the Indefensible
Bitcoin futures contracts are susceptible to manipulation because their underlying Bitcoin reference price can be easily manipulated.
| Duke FinReg Blog
SEC Stands Firm Against New Bitcoin ETF Proposals
The SEC’s stance is disheartening to those who believed that the launch of Bitcoin futures contracts last month presaged a Bitcoin-related ETF.