4 April 2022
All About NFT's Part 5: Regulate? But How?
We've come to the final part of our short series on NFT's with the folks at Rajah & Tann, and we wrap things up by thinking about regulation. Is it necessary for such a new and fast-evolving space? Can regulators even do it effectively, and might they need to approach the regulatory issues in a different and novel fashion? Rajesh Sreenivasan, Head of Technology, Media and Telecommunications and Benjamin Cheong, Partner at Rajah & Tann, help us wrap things up.

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28 March 2022
All About NFT's Part 4: How Secure Are Blockchains and Decentralized Systems?
Each Monday in March, we'll be speaking to the folks at Rajah & Tann to take a closer look at NFT's -- what these mysterious "Non-Fungible Tokens" are, what opportunities and pitfalls may befall potential investors and creators, and if there is a role for regulating this fast-changing new world. In Part Four, JP Ong speaks with Rajesh Sreenivasan, Head of Rajah & Tann's Technology, Media, and Telecommunications Practice, and Benjamin Cheong, a Partner at Rajah & Tann, and asks them just how impenetrable are blockchains and the decentralized systems NFT's and other digital assets are based on.

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21 March 2022
All About NFT's Part 3: Of Smart Contracts, Illicit Activities, and Scrapped Projects
Each Monday in March, we'll be speaking to the folks at Rajah & Tann to take a closer look at NFT's -- what these mysterious "Non-Fungible Tokens" are, what opportunities and pitfalls may befall potential investors and creators, and if there is a role for regulating this fast-changing new world. In Part Three, JP Ong speaks with Rajesh Sreenivasan, Head of Rajah & Tann's Technology, Media, and Telecommunications Practice, and Benjamin Cheong, a Partner at Rajah & Tann, where they expound on the idea of NFT's and the smart contract, and also tackle why authorities in the UK made their first seizure of NFT's, and the curious case of the NBA player who started, then scrapped, a planned NFT project after its value rose significantly.

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14 March 2022
All About NFT's, Part 2: Opportunities, Valuations, and Speculations
Each Monday in March, we'll be speaking to the folks at Rajah & Tann to take a closer look at NFT's -- what these mysterious "Non-Fungible Tokens" are, what opportunities and pitfalls may befall potential investors and creators, and if there is a role for regulating this fast-changing new world. In Part Two, JP Ong speaks with Rajesh Sreenivasan, Head of Rajah & Tann's Technology, Media, and Telecommunications Practice, and Benjamin Cheong, a Partner at Rajah & Tann, about how NFT's are being used, how the market is evolving, and if prices are pure speculation or an attempt by market players to establish benchmarks to base valuations on.

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7 March 2022
All About NFT's, Part 1: What They Are and Aren't
Each Monday in March, we'll be speaking to the folks at Rajah & Tann to take a closer look at NFT's -- what these mysterious "Non-Fungible Tokens" are, what opportunities and pitfalls may befall potential investors and creators, and if there is a role for regulating this fast-changing new world. In Part One, JP Ong speaks with Rajesh Sreenivasan, Head of Rajah & Tann's Technology, Media, and Telecommunications Practice, and Benjamin Cheong, a Partner at Rajah & Tann, about the basics: what is an NFT, what is its relationship to its underlying asset, and what are the basic copyright risks facing NFT creators.

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