Max Raskin
New York University
11 Papers
28 Citations
Max Raskin is an academic researcher from New York University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Digital currency & Cryptocurrency. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 11 publications.
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Papers
Digital Currencies, Decentralized Ledgers, and the Future of Central Banking
Max Raskin,David Yermack +1 more
TL;DR: A sovereign digital currency could have profound implications for the banking system, narrowing the relationship between citizens and central banks and removing the need for the public to keep deposits in fractional reserve commercial banks as discussed by the authors.
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Digital Currencies, Decentralized Ledgers, and the Future of Central Banking
Max Raskin,David Yermack +1 more
TL;DR: A sovereign digital currency could have profound implications for the banking system, narrowing the relationship between citizens and central banks and removing the need for the public to keep deposits in fractional reserve commercial banks as discussed by the authors.
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The Law and Legality of Smart Contracts
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine smart contracts from a legal perspective, both their operation and place in existing contract law, and conclude that smart contracts are simply a new form of preemptive self-help that should not be discouraged by the legislatures or courts.
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A Regulatory Classification of Digital Assets: Toward an Operational Howey Test for Cryptocurrencies, ICOs, and Other Digital Assets
M. Todd Henderson,Max Raskin +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose two tests that operationalize the Supreme Court's test in SEC v. J. Howey Co. The first test is the Bahamas Test, which asks whether a digital asset is sufficiently decentralized such that it is not a security.
A Regulatory Classification of Digital Assets: Toward an Operational Howey Test for Cryptocurrencies, ICOs, and Other Digital Assets
M. Todd Henderson,Max Raskin +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose two tests that operationalize the Supreme Court's test in SEC v. J. Howey Co. The first test is the Bahamas Test, which asks whether a digital asset is sufficiently decentralized such that it is not a security.
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