- Established custodial relationship for a credit union to hold fiat on behalf of a digital asset company’s customers.
- Advised key stakeholders in developing a national virtual currency law, establishing a regulatory framework for cryptocurrency mining and exchanges.
- Consulted with U.S. Congressional staff, major U.S. banking institutions, and European central banks on Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and stablecoins.
- Advised the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on a virtual currency pilot program.
- Provided counsel to an online bank on risks associated with blockchain technology-related products and services.
- Advised a global payments and enterprise blockchain company on a new product launch, bankruptcy issues, and regulatory due diligence.
- Reviewed business plans and product offerings of fintech companies regarding risks of being identified as unlicensed money transmitters/MSBs.
- Advised crypto companies on compliance with commercial agreements with banks.
- Advised banks on enhanced due diligence processes for “high risk” customers, including crypto exchanges.
- Represented a blockchain company in cryptocurrency mining and rewards policies for a mobile phone-based virtual wireless network for IoT.
- Counseled a publicly traded international digital commerce company on obligations as a vendor to a bankruptcy trustee.
- Represented ad hoc committees and individual customers in the Celsius Network LLC, BlockFi, and FTX bankruptcies.
- Represented liquid staking pioneer StakeHound S.A., in a $150 million suit brought by Celsius Network Limited in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York
- Represented liquid staking pioneer StakeHound S.A., in a $150 million suit brought by Celsius Network Limited in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York
- Representing a cryptocurrency brokerage services provider in a common unit offering for CDN $100 million.
- Assisting a cryptocurrency exchange with obtaining no action letters for money transmission licensure.
- Assisting a financial institution with onboarding a cryptocurrency exchange to hold fiat wallets for customers.
- Represented a bitcoin self-mining company in securing a multimillion-dollar credit facility from one of the world’s oldest and most trusted cryptocurrency platforms.
- Representing a web 3.0 advertising and marketing company offering cryptocurrency for advertising, promotional, and loyalty programs with major brands, in connection with their privacy, data use, and commercial agreements.
- Representing software technology and money services businesses in consumer and commercial litigation including offensive collection matters.
- Assisting a client with corporate issues in connection with investments in a lending company that accepts crypto such as bitcoin, ether, and stable coins as collateral and which provides 100% financing for the purchase of owner-occupied and investment properties.
- Represented a client in connection with licensing technology to mine cryptocurrency.
- Advised cryptocurrency exchanges and NFT platforms on state and federal money transmission law compliance and regulatory issues, including OFAC and FinCen virtual currency guidance.
- Advised money transmitters and fraud prevention companies regarding the creation, implementation, and maintenance of international privacy programs.
- Advised publicly traded digital financial services companies on data sharing and compliance with federal laws including the Fair Credit Reporting Act/Regulation V and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.
- Represented money transmitters and payment processors before federal regulators, including the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Federal Trade Commission.
- Represented money transmitters and payment processors in connection with the U.S. Department of Justice investigations and state attorney general investigations.
- Assisted money transmitters and payment processors in resolving commercial disputes and related litigation.
- Advised crypto companies on compliance with the Equal Credit Opportunity Act/Regulation B.
- Advised payments and fraud prevention companies providing crypto to fiat on/off ramps relating to privacy and data sharing, including compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.
- Represented a family office in a privately negotiated forward purchase of cryptocurrency.
- Represented crypto companies in evaluating the U.S. federal securities law implications of the proposed issuance of their native cryptocurrency.
- Represented crypto companies in structuring the issuance of their native cryptocurrency to U.S. and non-U.S. purchasers in compliance with U.S. federal securities law exemptions.
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