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Oxford UP Cryptoassets: Legal Regulatory And Monetary Perspectives by Brummer Chris
Cryptoassets represent one of the most high profile financial products in the world, and fastest growing financial products in history. From Bitcoin, Etherium and Ripple's XRP-so called utility tokens used to access financial services-to initial coin offerings that in 2017 rivalled venture capital in money raised for startups, with an estimated $5.6 billion (USD) raised worldwide across 435 ICOs. All the while, technologists have hailed the underlying blockchain
technology for these assets as potentially game changing applications for financial payments and record-keeping.