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01:14:56

#101 - Legal Wrappers for DAOs: DAO Research Monthly

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2023/06/23

The goal of this podcast is to help DAOs and their members understand the potential legal wrappers which arise from bespoke legislation. This is the second episode of the DAO Research Monthly series, created by Jacob Robinson, Kyle Smith and Kyler Wandler. This episode reviews the legal wrappers created for DAOs. What do we mean when we say legal wrapper? What benefits do they offer DAOs and their members? What are the risks? We answer these questions and much more. [4:30] Evolution of the modern

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00:30:28

#100 - Why Crypto?

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2023/06/21

This podcast answers the "why" behind the blockchain space. It is a compilation of answers given from previous guests of Law of Code who explain why they believe in this technology, why they work in this space and what gets them excited about the future. This podcast was largely inspired by Polygon's Value Prop, a crowd-sourced and entirely open database, created to showcase the diverse and unique use cases for blockchain technology – across all networks – which are making an impact

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01:04:37

#99 - Overview of Crypto Regulation in USA and Canada...

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2023/06/16

In this episode of Law of Code, partners at McCarthy Tetrault's Fintech practice Ana Badour and Lori Stein, along with DLx Law's Lewis Cohen, Angela Angelovska-Wilson and Greg Strong discuss the differences in crypto regulation between Canada and the US, from securities rules to banking and AML policies. Show highlights: [3:00] Binance and Coinbase SEC charges [11:00] Digital assets and investment contracts [21:00] Differences in the Canadian approach to secondary sales [32:00] Banking and

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01:13:32

#98 - Understanding the Coinbase and Binance SEC...

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2023/06/12

Collins Belton (@collins_belton) is the founder and Managing Partner of Brookwood P.C., a boutique transactional practice focused on serving founders, startups and emerging technology companies working on frontier technology, particularly in the digital asset space. Collins was previously Counsel at Atrium and an Associate at Wilson Sonsini. Show highlights: [1:40] Binance charges from SEC [10:45] Is BUSD a security? [23:00] Binance complaint alleging tokens are securities [30:00] Binance asset

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00:47:57

#97 - Grayscale's Craig Salm on a Bitcoin ETF & the SEC

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2023/05/23

Craig Salm (@CraigSalm) is the Chief Legal Officer at Grayscale Investments, the world's largest digital currency asset manager, where he oversees the daily legal and regulatory operations of the business and its products. Prior to joining Grayscale, Craig was a corporate associate at Paul Weiss. This episode builds on a previous episode covering everything you need to know about the Grayscale lawsuit against the SEC. Show highlights: [2:00] Genesis block [13:00] Learnings from Paul

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00:39:12

#96 - Investment Contracts & Crypto: Takeaways from...

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2023/05/17

Freeman Lewin (@Freeman_Lewin) is an Attorney at DLx Law, where he advises clients in all matters related to blockchain, smart contracts, and tokenization. In late 2022, the DLx Law team published a comprehensive analysis of every "investment contract" decision by U.S. appellate courts since 1946: The Ineluctable Modality of Securities Law: Why Fungible Crypto Assets are Not Securities. Their publication has since been cited in Coinbase's response to the an SEC Wells Notice, the

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00:35:06

#95 - Caitlin Long on Custodia Bank, Crypto & the...

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2023/05/04

Caitlin Long (@CaitlinLong_) is a 22-year Wall Street veteran active in bitcoin since 2012, and whose passion is a fair and stable financial system. She is also the founder and CEO of Custodia Bank, a chartered US bank specializing in digital assets. Show highlights: [1:40] Operation Chokepoint 2.0? [4:40] Importance of Access to the Federal Reserve System [9:25] Origins of Operation Chokepoint [17:20] Custodia Bank [24:00] Checks & Balances [29:23] What's Next for Custodia Bank [31:00]

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00:59:39

#94 - The Blockchain Association on Crypto De-Banking

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2023/04/25

This conversation with two prominent members of the Blockchain Association covers de-banking in crypto, hostility from regulators and the state of crypto in America. Jake Chervinsky (@jchervinsky) is the Chief Policy Officer at Blockchain Association, the largest advocacy group for the crypto industry in Washington DC. Jake is also one of Variant Fund’s strategic advisors and a board member at the DeFi Education Fund. Marisa Tashman Coppel (@mtcoppel) is Policy Counsel at the Blockchain Association

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00:40:13

#93 - Canadian Crypto Consolidation with Coinsquare's...

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2023/04/17

Eric Richmond (@ericrichy) is the Chief Operating Officer at Coinsquare and a Co-Founder and Director at Tetra Trust Company. In this episode, we discuss consolidation in the Canadian crypto space (Coinsquare, WonderFi and CoinSmart), Coinsquare's IIROC Membership, Tetra Trust custody solution & much more. [1:33] Consolidating three crypto asset exchanges [9:30] IIROC membership [18:00] Tetra Trust & cold storage [27:00] Bear markets [30:00] Bailment & much more. Disclaimer: Jacob

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01:08:12

#92 - Explaining the 2022 UCC Amendments, with...

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2023/04/13

Carla L. Reyes (@Prof_CarlaReyes) is an Assistant Professor of Law at SMU Dedman School of Law. Professor Reyes is a nationally recognized leader on issues raised by the intersection of business law and technology. Professor Reyes was appointed the Chair of the Texas Work Group on Blockchain Matters in September 2021. The work group is charged with considering policy priorities related to blockchain technology in Texas. Professor Reyes was also named an American Bar Foundation Fellow in June 2021

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01:13:00

#91 - Liquid Staking Tokens as Non-Securities with POSA

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2023/04/10

The Proof of Stake Alliance (POSA) is an action-oriented, nonprofit industry alliance advocating for forward-thinking public policies that foster innovation in rapidly growing, sustainable, multi-billion dollar proof-of-stake ecosystems. POSA brings together industry leaders and legal experts to fight for fair regulation that allows the industry to flourish. Guests include: Alison Mangiero (@AMangiero) is the Executive Director of the Proof of Stake Alliance. Alexander Grieve (@AlexanderGrieve) is

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00:43:09

#90 - Offshore & Crypto in the BVI, Caymans and...

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2023/04/05

Chris Duncan (@chrisrossduncan) is counsel in Carey Olsen’s Cayman Islands office. Chris leads their Fintech and Crypto group across both the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands, working with some of the largest projects in the crypto space on structuring and regulatory matters (including licensing applications and regulatory investigations). He has been recognized in the Chambers and Partners Fintech guide as a leading individual. In addition, Chris advises high net worth and ultra high

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00:52:19

#89 - Legal liability for DAO members: DAO Research...

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2023/04/01

The goal of this podcast is to help DAOs and their members understand the potential legal risks that accompany their membership. This is the inaugural episode of the DAO Research Monthly series, created by Jacob Robinson, Kyle Smith and Kyler Wandler. This episode reviews the legal liability of members associated with DAOs. What do we mean when we say liability? What could a token holder or vote be liable for? We answer these questions and much more. Thank you to our sponsors, the DAO Research

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00:55:21

#88 - Tax attorney Andrew Gordon answers the most...

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2023/03/27

Andrew Gordon (@accounting) is a crypto tax attorney and CPA based in Chicago. He and his firm, Gordon Law Group (@gordonlawltd), have focused on crypto tax since 2014; They've since prepared hundreds of crypto tax returns for retail investors, whales, celebrity clients, and NFT startups. Andrew also practices corporate law with a focus on blockchain, affiliate marketing, esports, and tech and teaches a course on Emerging Technologies at Chicago-Kent College of Law. Andrew explains his entry

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00:43:13

#87 - Paradigm's Rodrigo Seira on DAOs, legal...

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2023/03/21

Rodrigo Seira (@RSSH273) is Crypto Counsel at Paradigm. Prior to joining Paradigm, he was outside counsel to crypto investors and entrepreneurs at Cooley LLP. Prior to that, Rodrigo was a founding member of DLX Law, a blockchain and crypto focused boutique. Rodrigo earned a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.A. in Philosophy and Political Science from Middlebury College. Rodrigo authored a matrix comparing legal entities available for DAOs across a range of criteria, including formation

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00:54:52

#86 - Jason Schwartz on Taxes for DAOs, Foundations &...

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2023/03/16

Jason Schwartz (@CryptoTaxGuyETH) is a tax partner and co-heads Fried Frank's Digital Assets and Blockchain Practice. He specializes in tax issues relating to financial products, securitizations, funds, treaties, lending, and digital assets. Jason has been recognized as an "Up and Coming" lawyer in Tax by Chambers USA and as a "Next Generation Partner" by Legal 500 US in Tax: Financial Products each year from 2017 to 2022. Jason wrote Reading the Tea Leaves - What Enforcement Actions Mean for the

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00:21:33

#85 - An Update on Grayscale vs the SEC

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2023/03/10

A panel of judges heard oral arguments in the Grayscale Investments suit against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on March 7. This podcast dives into the history of GBTC, the SEC's reasoning for rejecting the spot-bitcoin ETF, Grayscale's argument against the SEC and an overview of what we heard during the oral arguments on March 7. We also cover what thought leaders in the industry expect the outcome to be, and why this application is so important to Grayscale. Sources: The

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00:48:26

#84 - Nelson Rosario on zk proofs, DAOs, liability...

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2023/03/07

Nelson Rosario (@NelsonMRosario) is an attorney in Chicago, IL, USA, and the founder of Rosario Tech Law whose interests comprise law, innovation, cryptocurrencies and related blockchain based technologies. Nelson teaches a law school class “Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, and the Law,” at Chicago-Kent College of Law, and has been a visiting professor at IE Law School based in Madrid, Spain. Show highlights: [2:00] Crypto and zk proofs [13:00] DAOs [18:00] Liability [31:00] Politics & more. Around

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00:47:12

#83 - Cybersecurity & Crypto with Justin Daniels

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2023/02/27

Justin Daniels is a cybersecurity SME and M&A attorney at Baker Donelson, where he advises corporate clients on the deployment and scaling of technology that ranges from SaaS, Fintech and data centers to autonomous vehicles, drones and cryptocurrency.Justin has co-authored a book (Data Reimagined: Building Trust One Byte at a Time) designed to show businesses how to leverage privacy and security practices to transform their relationships with customers and earn their trust. In this episode, we

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01:19:13

#82 - Gabriel Shapiro, Sarah Brennan and Marc Goldich...

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2023/02/22

Three of the brightest minds in crypto law discuss LexPunK highlights from 2022, touch on disclosures regimes, sufficient decentralization, compare crypto native remedies to the current legal system, and much more. Gabriel Shapiro (@lex_node) is General Counsel at Delphi Labs. Sarah Brennan (@SH_Brennan) is General Counsel for both Delphi Research and Delphi Ventures. Marc Goldich (@marcgoldich) is General Counsel of Proximity Labs. Show highlights: [2:00] LexPunK highlights from 2022 [10:00] DAO

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