In a welcome development for the cryptoasset industry, the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce (UKJT) has issued a legal statement on cryptoassets and smart contracts, recognising for the first time that cryptoassets are property and smart contracts can have "contractual force" and thus be binding. The statement should provide market participants with some confidence and legal certainty and help the adoption of these new technologies.
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