Blockchain And Competition Law

• Published date: 12 January 2021
• Subject Matter: Anti-trust/Competition Law, Technology, Antitrust, EU Competition , Fin Tech
• Law Firm: Bristows
• Author: Ms Pat Treacy and Alex Latham

Pat Treacy and Alex Latham explore the main competition law issues related to blockchain technology in the latest issue of European Competition Law Review.

This material was first published by Thomson Reuters in Pat Treacy and Alex Latham, "Blockchain and competition law", European Competition Law Review, Issue 12 and is reproduced by agreement with the Publishers.

Arguably the technological buzzword of our times, according to many, blockchain is a revolutionary force that will change the face of commerce as we know it. Whilst the underlying technology itself is not novel, most of us only came into contact with the idea of blockchain when the meteoric rise of bitcoin caught international attention in late 2017, prompting many commentators to draw comparisons...