Delaware Might Soon Introduce Pro-Blockchain Corporate Law
Delaware to amend its corporate laws to allow implementation of blockchain technology for tracking stocks. Delaware, one of the hottest jurisdictions for incorporating companies, and the home to some of the leading corporates plans to streamline corporate governance by promoting blockchain adoption. According to a regional media outlet, the Delaware General Assembly could soon make necessary amendments to the state’s corporate law, facilitating the inclusion of distributed ledger technology for keeping track of stock owners. The plan to promote the adoption of blockchain technology among....
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Delaware Gov. Jack Markell announced a state initiative to embrace blockchain and smart contract technology to help public and private enterprises lower transactional costs, automate and speed up transactions and reduce fraud. Markell announced the plan to look into blockchain technology while delivering a keynote address at Consensus 2016, a New York technology conference on blockchain innovation. The Delaware Blockchain Initiative is designed to provide a legal and regulatory environment for developing blockchain technology and encourage blockchain companies to locate in Delaware. The....
One business and law professor has argued that Wyoming’s liberal blockchain law could help the state compete with Delaware in the business incorporation arena. Amid the patchwork of state and federal regulations for crypto and blockchain firms, Wyoming seems to have established itself as a more progressive jurisdiction for companies involved in the novel technology.For Pierluigi Matera, professor of comparative law at the Link Campus University of Rome, these liberal blockchain laws could see the state chip away at Delaware’s preeminence in business incorporation in the United States.In a....
CoinDesk today announced that Delaware Governor Jack Markell will deliver the opening keynote for Consensus 2016, its 2nd annual blockchain technology summit, which will be held May 2–4, 2016, at the New York Marriott Marquis. Governor Markell will give a special presentation unveiling for the first time details surrounding "The Delaware Blockchain Initiative", which includes projects designed to draw new blockchain technology businesses to the state. In addition to the Governor's keynote, members from the Delaware Department of State and the State Bar Association will....
Delaware is looking to use blockchain technology in a bid to streamline the cost and paperwork burden of registering new companies in the state. In partnership with smart contract-focused startup Symbiont and New York law firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, the planned system would move the process of registering companies, tracking share movements, and managing shareholder communications into a digital environment. At present, Delaware is in the initial phases of the project. Before any companies starts registering via blockchain, deliberations with the state’s bar association await,....
A Delaware judge is urging institutional investors to use the blockchain as a way of protecting their voting rights, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. Last month, Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster, presented a speech at the Council of Institutional Investors advising shareholders that the blockchain could help to remove the middleman when it comes to how shares are held and voted. According to Laster, the current system is outdated and too complex making it difficult to determine who actually owns a share and how it’s used in corporate decision making. At present,....