Cybersecurity
Blockchain and Digital Assets
Matt Green
May 2025
Director and Head of Blockchain Matt Green presented to the Ministry of Justice, Trade and Industry of the Government of Gibraltar, outlining the evolving legal status of digital assets alongside Scott Pounder, Founder and CEO of Prometheus Insights.
Looking to the current legal landscape and potential future developments, Matt and Scott explained why recognising digital assets as property is essential, considering:
- The definition of digital assets
- The canon of common law, including Matt’s own cases, and how asset recovery cases created precedents globally
- The role of legal definitions of property, now ratified in the Court of Appeal, from case law through to the Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill
- Considering a draft statutory instrument designed to bring dealing with crypto assets into the remit of regulated activity under FSMA 2000.
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