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Feb 15

The digital euro from a geopolitical perspective: Will Europe lag behind?

Authors: Philipp Sandner, Jonas Gross The digital euro is not a monolithic project. On the contrary: The fields of application are broad, and possible solutions are diverse. This article provides an overview of use cases, application domains, and infrastructures for the digital euro that differ significantly. A comparison with solutions…

Blockchain

34 min read

The digital euro from a geopolitical perspective: Will Europe lag behind?

Jan 14

Legal Aspects of Blockchain Technology — Identities

Authors: Markus Kaulartz, Jonas Gross, Constantin Lichti, Philipp Sandner Considering that information is seen as the new gold of the digital age, data protection is a powerful tool that does not spare blockchain-based data. This article outlines the lawful obligation for anonymization of different data that can be stored on…

Blockchain

8 min read

Dec 16, 2021

Legal Aspects of Blockchain Technology — Liability

Authors: Markus Kaulartz, Jonas Gross, Constantin Lichti, Philipp Sandner Which influences do new technologies have on the existing liability regime, which is already complicated without the use of distributed systems? This article sheds light on contractual and product liability in general before addressing the liability question of smart contracts. A…

Blockchain

13 min read

Nov 21, 2021

Studie “Der programmierbare Euro: Bestandsaufnahme — Perspektive”

Frankfurt am Main — November 19, 2021 — Das Frankfurt School Blockchain Center (FSBC) hat im Auftrag der Finanzplatz München Initiative (fpmi) eine Studie zum programmierbaren Euro veröffentlicht, einem blockchain-basierten Euro, der programmierbare Zahlungen ermöglicht. Diese Studie legt dar, wie DLT- basierte Zahlungssysteme und ein programmierbarer Euro innovative Geschäftsmodelle der…

Blockchain

4 min read

Studie “Der programmierbare Euro: Bestandsaufnahme — Perspektive”

Nov 21, 2021

Study “The Programmable Euro: Review and Outlook”

Frankfurt am Main — November 19, 2021 — The Frankfurt School Blockchain Center (FSBC) has published a study on behalf of the Finanzplatz München Initiative (fpmi) on the programmable euro, a blockchain-based euro that enables programmable payments. This study sets out how DLT-based payment systems and a programmable euro can…

Euro

5 min read

Oct 26, 2021

Legal Aspects of Blockchain Technology: Governance

Authors: Markus Kaulartz, Jonas Gross, Constantin Lichti, Philipp Sandner This article addresses the question in which manner a consortium using a collaborative blockchain can be organized legally. In this article, we distinguish between the (1) “contract solution” and the (2) “legal person solution”. Not only national but also cross-border collaborations…

Blockchain

7 min read

Sep 30, 2021

Studie zur Tokenisierung von Immobilien: Wie die Blockchain-Technologie den Immobilienmarkt revolutioniert

Die Hamburg Commercial Bank AG (HCOB) und das Frankfurt School Blockchain Center (FSBC) an der Frankfurt School of Finance and Management haben eine Studie zur Tokenisierung von Immobilien mittels Blockchain-Technologie veröffentlicht. Die Autoren analysieren in der Studie die Anbieter tokenisierter Immobilien weltweit und vergleichen Unternehmen und Transaktionen anhand objektiver Kriterien…

Blockchain

5 min read

Jul 27, 2021

Which jurisdictions head up the retail central bank digital currency league table?

Authors: Jonas Gross, John Kiff While much attention is focused on the retail central bank digital currency (rCBDC) ruminations of China, Europe and the United States, aside from China, smaller jurisdictions are actually leading the way. Although the People’s Bank of China launched their rCBDC pilot in April 2020, Banco…

Cryptocurrency

11 min read

Which jurisdictions head up the retail central bank digital currency league table?

Jul 22, 2021

The future of payments: Programmable payments for the Internet-of-Things (IoT)

Authors: Maximilian Forster, Jonas Gross, Anja Kristina Kamping, Serkan Katilmis, Dr. Mario Reichel, Prof. Dr. Philipp Sandner, Philipp Schröder Digitization is taking hold of entire industries, including in Germany. The area of the “Internet of Things (IoT)”, in particular, promises revolutionary, new types of business models. In this context, the…

Blockchain

4 min read

The future of payments: Programmable payments for the Internet-of-Things (IoT)

Jul 20, 2021

Legal Aspects of Blockchain Technology: Data Protection Law

Authors: Markus Kaulartz, Jonas Gross, Constantin Lichti, Philipp Sandner, Stephan Raubach In this article, we analyze from a legal perspective how the topic of data protection, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), plays out specifically in the context of blockchain-based databases. In our legal assessment, we distinguish between…

Blockchain

14 min read