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Digital Assets + Blockchain

With a deep understanding of technology and our clients’ businesses, we offer comprehensive services for both emerging and established participants in the digital asset markets. Our firm provides seamless support in areas such as corporate, regulatory compliance, IP, data use, privacy, litigation, cybersecurity, tax, and more. We are experienced with cryptocurrencies, web 3.0, regulatory due diligence, blockchain technology, and other peer-to-peer distributed ledger technologies, including smart contract platforms.

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From NFTs to Web3, bitcoin to blockchain, fintech to regtech, and payment processing to data processing, this podcast series walks you through the federal and state regulatory, legal, and business intricacies of this rapidly evolving industry sector.

  • 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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