By Hamza Fareed Malik The Law Commission of England and Wales today published new proposals to reform the law around crypto and suggested recognising them as a new, distinct form of property known as “data objects.” The Commission highlighted the increasing importance of crypto and its numerous uses as it considered the principles of private law and private property law relating to digital assets in a consultation paper. The Commission said the “data objects” recognition would be separate from other types of property such as things in possession, which are physical assets like gold, and things…