There remains a lack of clarity surrounding the legal proceedings and rights of investors if crypto custodians enter a state of insolvency, according to a group of researchers from the Leiden Law School. The researchers — Matthias Haentjens, Tycho de Graaf and Ilya Kokorin — published a study last month entitled "The Failed Hopes of Disintermediation: Crypto-custodian Insolvency, Legal Risks and How to Avoid Them," where they discussed which rights investors have if a crypto custodian falls insolvent. The group analyzed how bitcoin is held and how its ownership can be created and transferred. They looked into the ... (full story)