<P><EM>Crypto-Finance, Law and Regulation</EM> investigates whether crypto-finance will cause a paradigm shift in regulation from a centralised model to a model based on distributed consensus. </P><P></P><P>This book explores the emergence of a decentralised and disintermediated crypto-market and investigates the way in which it can transform the financial markets. It examines three components of the financial market ¿ technology, finance, and the law ¿ and shows how their interrelationship dictates the structure of a crypto-market. It focuses on regulators¿ enforcement policies and their jurisdiction over crypto-finance operators and participants. The book also discusses the latest developments in crypto-finance, and the advantages and disadvantages of crypto-currency as an alternative payment product. It also investigates how such a decentralised crypto-finance system can provide access to finance, promote a shared economy, and allow access to justice. </P><P>By exploring the law, re