In this chapter for Global Legal Insights - Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Regulation 2020, Davis Polk partner Gregory Rowland and associate Trevor Kiviat examine Bitcoin and countless other open-source, decentralized protocols inspired by Bitcoin (for example, Ethereum and Monero) that have come to represent a $270 billion-plus market of alternative assets. These “digital assets” are typically traded over the internet using online exchange platforms.

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