Canadian cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX may well owe its customers $250 million but following the death of their CEO apparently no one knows the password required to access it. This may sound incredible – especially given the amount of money involved
Disputes regarding the authenticity and provenance of artworks are nothing new. But technology has changed the playing field in this area, with forgers using the internet to their advantage. The art world now requires the use of scientists and IT
Title disputes concerning pieces of art are on the increase and the complexity as well as severity in relation to the claims is also increasing. Ownership history is an increasingly sensitive issue for buyers and sellers since the purchase of
On November 13th, 42 pieces of art from the Barney A. Ebsworth Collection (including work by Jackson Pollock, William de Kooning, Charles Demuth and Georgia O’Keeffe) was sold at Christie’s auction house in New York for $317,801,250. At first glance
If you’re not totally sure what we mean by token, it is – broadly speaking – the name given to any kind of tradable asset used by a blockchain -based platform. The recent explosion in ICOs has seen investors offered