[Event Report] Cryptocurrency Research Project The 6th "Governance Issues Surrounding DAOs" (Held on November 30, 2021)
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December 3, 2021
Cryptocurrency Research Project Holds its 6th Lecture
On Tuesday, November 30, 2021, the 6th lecture, "Governance Issues Surrounding DAOs," was held online. This time, we invited a professor from the Faculty of Law, who gave a lecture covering the overall picture of DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations), as well as issues related to governance and legal liability.
Mr. Akimasa Yanagi (Professor, Faculty of Law, Keio University (Specializing in Commercial Law, Company Law, and Financial Instruments and Exchange Act))
Major Publications: Editor of "Pre-Step Company Law" (Koubundou, 2019) and "New Trends in the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act" (Hosei University Press, 2016); "Electronically Recorded Transferable Rights and Information Disclosure" in "Issues in the Revision of Corporate Law" (Horitsu Bunka Sha, 2021); "The Applicability of Securities Regulations to Crypto-Assets—Focusing on the SEC's Theories," Hogaku Kenkyu (Journal of Law, Politics and Sociology) Vol. 93, No. 6 (2020), etc.
First, Professor Jiro Tamura (Professor, Faculty of Law, Keio University) gave the opening remarks, explaining the significance of the Cryptocurrency Research Project, its future activity policy, and introducing Professor Yanagi. Next, Professor Yanagi explained the basic concepts and features of DAOs, and also described their role as a means of solving governance issues. He then discussed the governance problems of DAOs and explained the legal challenges and potential solutions. Finally, a Q&A session was held to answer questions from the audience.
Through this project, by providing opportunities to hear directly from practitioners with deep knowledge of crypto-assets as guest speakers, we aim to deepen understanding of the potential that crypto-assets bring to society and promote research and dissemination in the crypto-asset industry. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all who participated.
The speaker during the public lecture.
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