# Market access `kaal:entity:market-access` **Status.** derived This node is assembled mechanically from the 9 claims that carry the concept tag `market-access`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself. ## Every claim under this term 9 claims across 5 works, 2016 to 2024. **2016** - [2715083-018](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2715083-018) [mechanism/argued] -- Alternative funds gave retail investors access to hedge fund strategies and higher returns than traditional mutual funds while charging mutual fund fees, and that combination is what increased retail demand. > Alternative funds offered retail investors access to hedge fund strategies and higher returns than mutual funds while paying mutual fund fees, thus increasing demand by retail investors. Kaal, Confluence of Mutual and Private Funds (2016). SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2715083 **2017** - [2834531-001](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2834531-001) [mechanism/argued] -- The obstacles preventing consumers and entrepreneurs from accessing a workable new technology are frequently not technological limits but human choices embodied in law: legal and regulatory rules prohibit or limit commercial exploitation of, and public access to, new technology. > These obstacles are not the result of technological limitations, but human choice. The law — and other regulations — can often prohibit, or otherwise limit, commercial exploitation of, and public access to, new technology. Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P. M. Vermeulen, Regulation Tomorrow What Happens When Technology Is Faster Than the Law (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2834531 - [2834531-018](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2834531-018) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Regulatory caution is not neutral: it functions to reinforce the status quo, with the result that new technologies struggle to reach the market in a timely or efficient manner. > But such caution merely functions to reinforce the status quo and the result is that new technologies struggle to reach the market in a timely or efficient manner. Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P. M. Vermeulen, Regulation Tomorrow What Happens When Technology Is Faster Than the Law (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2834531 **2018** - [3128900-012](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3128900-012) [condition/argued] *(failure mode)* -- A bank account is a necessary condition for participation in the existing centralized micro task marketplace: without one, a worker can neither contribute nor profit. > Without a bank account, workers cannot contribute and profit from the existing centralized micro task marketplace. Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Mechanical Turk Through Verified Reputation (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3128900 - [3128900-014](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3128900-014) [design/argued] -- Decentralized crypto market solutions can significantly optimize the existing mechanical turk market while simultaneously democratizing access to it. > Decentralized crypto market solutions for the existing mechanical turk market can provide significant optimization while democratizing market access. Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Mechanical Turk Through Verified Reputation (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3128900 - [3128900-020](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3128900-020) [predictive/argued] -- Because platform access requires only an internet connection rather than a bank account, the decentralized design expands the micro task labor pool by up to 40 percent, including the unbanked. > The Semada Platform GUI gives access to anyone with an internet connection, including the unbanked. Thus, expanding the micro task labor pool by up to 40%. Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Mechanical Turk Through Verified Reputation (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3128900 - [3128900-041](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3128900-041) [condition/argued] -- Because holding and storing the platform's tokens requires no banking relationship, internet access is the only requirement for a micro task worker to earn a living on the platform. > Holding and storing Semada tokens does not necessitate a banking relationship. All that is needed for a micro task worker to earn a living on the Semada Platform is access to the Internet. Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Mechanical Turk Through Verified Reputation (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3128900 **2021** - [3936876-003](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3936876-003) [condition/asserted] *(failure mode)* -- Without the ability to rely on proven custody providers, mainstream and legacy institutional investors are restrained from making digital asset investments for legal or business reasons. > Without the ability to rely on proven custody providers, mainstream and legacy institutional investors are restrained from making digital asset investments for legal and / or business reasons. Wulf A. Kaal, Hayley Howe, Custody of Digital Assets (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3936876 **2024** - [4755632-014](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4755632-014) [failure/asserted] *(failure mode)* -- Approximately thirty eight percent of the labor pool is unbanked but skilled and therefore excluded from centralized micro task marketplaces, because without a bank account these workers cannot contribute to or profit from the existing marketplace. > the circa 38% of the labor pool that is unbanked but skilled does not currently have access to the centralized micro task marketplaces. Wulf A. Kaal, AI Learning - Decentralized Governance to Optimize Human Output Datasets for AI Learning (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4755632 ## Verify Every claim above resolves to a record carrying a verbatim source quote, the sha256 of the source PDF, and a preformatted citation. 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