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Editor: David Reiss
Cornell Law School

September 9, 2026

Tokenized Residential Real Estate

By David Reiss

I am excited that Who Controls the Block? How States Can Regulate Tokenized Residential Real Estate (co-authored with Bizub & Peralta) is forthcoming in the Texas A&M Law Review. The abstract reads, In July 2025, the City of Detroit filed … Continue reading

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September 9, 2026 in Blockchain | Permalink | No Comments

August 7, 2026

Who Controls the Block? How States Can Regulate Tokenized Residential Real Estate

By David Reiss

I have posted Who Controls the Block? How States Can Regulate Tokenized Residential Real Estate to SSRN (with Bizub & Peralta). The abstract reads, In July 2025, the City of Detroit filed a major nuisance abatement action against RealT, a … Continue reading

February 17, 2026

When Tokenized Real-World Assets Collide With The Real World

By David Reiss

Biying Cheng and I have a column in Law 360, When Tokenized Real-World Assets Collide With Real World. It reads, The city of Detroit filed a public nuisance lawsuit in July of last year in the Michigan Circuit Court for the Third … Continue reading

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February 17, 2026 in Blockchain | Permalink | No Comments

September 22, 2023

The DAO of Real Estate

By David Reiss

Joseph Bizub and I posted The DAO of Real Estate to SSRN (and BePress). The abstract reads, Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) have long proven their worth as liquid securities that give investors access to many real estate asset classes. … Continue reading

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September 22, 2023 in Blockchain | Permalink | No Comments

May 8, 2023

Blockchain Coming To Your Block

By David Reiss

Joseph Bizub, Justin Peralta and I wrote the lead story for latest issue of N.Y. Real Property Law Journal, Blockchain Coming to a Block Near You: How FinTech is Changing Real Estate Investing. You can find it on page 5: … Continue reading

January 26, 2023

How Fintech Is Changing Real Estate Investing

By David Reiss

Joseph Bizub, Justin Peralta and I have posted a short article, Blockchain Coming to a Block Near You: How Fintech Is Changing Real Estate Investing (also available on SSRN here). It opens, Until recently, real estate with a small footprint … Continue reading

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January 26, 2023 in Blockchain | Permalink | No Comments

September 27, 2022

NYSBA Task Force on the Digital Economy (and the Real Economy)

By David Reiss

The New York Law Journal ran a story on the NYSBA’s new Task Force on Emerging Digital Finance and Currency. The NYSBA Press Release is here. Joseph Bizub, my co-author, and I are members of the Task Force. We are … Continue reading

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September 27, 2022 in Blockchain | Permalink | No Comments