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title: "Winning the Wild West: Cryptocurrency, WEB3, and the New UCC Article 12"
date: 2023-12-22T13:46:00-05:00
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# Winning the Wild West: Cryptocurrency, WEB3, and the New UCC Article 12

  December 22, 2023

The Review of Banking & Financial Services Journal

 

 

 

 

 

 

In this article in *The Review of Banking & Financial Services Journal,* Kelley Drye’s [Matthew Luzadder](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/matthew-c-luzadder) and [Alla Taher](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/alla-m-taher) provide an overview of the Uniform Commercial Code’s new Article 12, which was created to provide a legal framework for digital assets and cryptocurrency. The authors also discuss legal and industry developments applicable to digital assets and cryptocurrency.

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