Mistakes in Algorithmic Trading of Cryptocurrencies.

How should the doctrine of unilateral mistake apply when a programming error results in a buyer's algorithmic trading programme accepting an offer generated by the seller's trading programme to exchange cryptocurrencies at 250 times the current market rate? How should the knowledge element be adapte...

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Published in:Modern Law Review Vol. 83; no. 6; pp. 1343 - 1354
Main Author: Loke, Alexander
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell Nov2020
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