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01:05:42

#81 - Regulators and Crypto with Michael Selig

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2023/02/16

Michael Selig (@MikeSeligEsq) is counsel in the Asset Management Department of the law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher and part of the firm’s crypto practice. Michael’s practice centers on the application of financial regulation to crypto and web3 technology networks and products, including blockchains and crypto assets. Michael previously worked at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in the office of former Chair Chris Giancarlo, also known as “CryptoDad,” who he now works with again in

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01:02:12

#80 - NFT Projects & IP Considerations with Marco...

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2023/02/13

Marco Ciarlariello is a member of the Business Law Group and serves as the Chair of the Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Group at Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP. Marco is a commercial lawyer with a practice that focuses on intellectual property, information technology and data privacy in the digital asset space. Marco works extensively with a range of clients in the digital asset space, including service providers, NFT issuers, designers and developers. Marco also frequently works with clients in

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00:35:58

#79 - Jason Gottlieb on Pre-Crypto Scandals, DAOs and...

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2023/02/06

Jason Gottlieb (@ohaiom) is a Partner at Morrison Cohen LLP, where he chairs the Digital Assets group and the White Collar and Regulatory Enforcement practice group. Jason is the principal author of the MoCo Cryptocurrency Litigation Tracker and was named to the National Law Journal‘s inaugural list of Cryptocurrency, Blockchain and Fintech Trailblazers. Show highlights: [1:50] Refco [6:40] Why crypto [19:00] DAO member liability [26:00] Legal wrappers & much more. If you enjoyed this episode,

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01:14:11

#78 - Grayscale Bitcoin Trust & Bitcoin ETPs with...

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2023/01/30

Greg Xethalis (@xethalis) is General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Multicoin Capital. He is on the board at the Association for Digital Asset Markets & Fordham Law Alumni Association. Greg also is a senior lecturing fellow at Duke Law, where he co-taught Blockchain and FinTech Law and Policy. This episode offers a deep dive into the GBTC, Bitcoin-backed ETPs and the Investment Act of 1940. Show highlights: [1:45] Genesis block [9:25] Bitcoin ETP [14:20] GBTC [17:00] Shadow ETP [26:00]

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00:58:42

#77 - Aaron Wright on crypto: laws, labs and DAOs.

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2023/01/09

Aaron Wright (@awrigh01) is the CEO and co-founder of @TributeLabsXYZ, as well as @TheLAOOfficial, @flamingoDAO, & many more. He’s a Professor at Cardozo Law, authored a book relating to the laws surrounding blockchain technology: Blockchain and the Law: The Rule of Code, and wrote many great articles. Before this, Aaron was a successful entrepreneur, having sold his first company to Wikia - the for-profit version of Wikipedia. Today, Aaron is a renowned thought-leader in the blockchain space at

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01:00:57

#76 - Why digital assets are not securities, with...

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2023/01/04

Securities regulators in the United States have repeatedly asserted that most fungible blockchain-based crypto assets are clearly securities under current law. This assertion is incorrect. An exhaustive review of the relevant appellate case law and the related legal scholarship demonstrates that this position is inconsistent with the Supreme Court’s definition of the term “investment contract” as developed by federal appellate courts for nearly a century. This is a panel discussion on the paper by

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01:16:28

#75 - UCC Article 12 Amendments with Drew Hinkes and...

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2022/12/13

Andrew "Drew" Hinkes (@propelforward) is a partner in K&L Gates Miami office and the Co-Chair of its Global crypto practice. Drew is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the NYU School of Law, where he co-teaches "Digital Currency, Blockchains, and the Future of the Financial Services Industry.” Since 2019, Drew has been an advisor to the Uniform Law Commission’s Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) and Emerging Technologies Digital Assets Working Group, focusing on commercial transactions involving digital

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01:19:03

#74 - Bill Hughes of ConsenSys on Money Crypto vs...

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2022/12/07

Bill Hughes (@BillHughesDC) is senior counsel and director of global regulatory matters at ConsenSys Software, which is behind MetaMask, Infura, and various other software supporting the programmable blockchain ecosystem. Bill focuses on the diverse and ever evolving crypto global regulatory landscape, and the legal and public policy issues with which ConsenSys and the broader crypto ecosystem is grappling. Bill joined ConsenSys after serving as an Associate Deputy Attorney General at the Department

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00:49:45

#73 - A Primer on the DAO Research Collective

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2022/12/01

The DAO Research Collective (@DAOResearchCo)is a non-profit accelerating DAO functionality by procuring and open-sourcing research foundational to effective DAO operation. Their DAO Library aggregates and curates DAO research on a single platform. It is a public good that will always be accessible to the community at no cost. Connor Spelliscy (@c_spelliscy) is the Founder and Executive Director of the DAO Research Collective. He is a crypto researcher and advocate, primarily focused on DAOs. Connor

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01:08:47

#72 - Dane Lund of Alliance on DAOs, finding a Web3...

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2022/11/21

Dane Lund (@lund_dane) is Head DAO Architect at Alliance, the leading Web3 accelerator and founder community. He started his career as an attorney at Wilkie Farr and pivoted into finance as investment banker and investor. Show highlights [3:19] Defining DAOs [4:45] Alliance DAO [10:00] How projects get involved with Alliance [11:30] Dane's DAO Lecture @ Cornell [41:00] Law in the Metaverse [47:30] Finding a web3 lawyer [52:00] How attorney's can better work with clients [55:00] DCCPA & much

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00:58:37

#71 - Carol Van Cleef on E-Gold, de-banking of...

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2022/11/15

Carol Van Cleef (@Carol_VanCleef) is an internationally recognized authority and pioneer in legal issues involving cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. As chair of Bradley’s Blockchain and Digital Assets practice, Carol leads the firm’s virtual currencies and blockchain work to help clients navigate the complex, dynamic and rapidly evolving issues in these areas. Carol is also an anti-money laundering specialist and has created compliance training programs for state regulators, bank

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01:11:19

#70 - Paul Grewal, Chief Legal Officer @ Coinbase on...

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2022/11/08

Paul Grewal (@iampaulgrewal) is the Chief Legal Officer of Coinbase, where he is responsible for Coinbase’s legal, compliance, global intelligence, risk management and government relations groups. Before joining Coinbase, Paul was Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at Facebook. Show highlights: [1:40] Paul's role as Chief Legal Officer @ Coinbase [6:30] Introduction to crypto as a magistrate judge [12:30] Rule-making in crypto law [16:30] Listing assets on Coinbase [22:00] Tornado

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00:46:03

#69 - Rebecca Rettig on DeFi Regulation: past,...

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2022/11/01

Rebecca Rettig (@RebeccaRettig1) is the General Counsel of the Aave Companies (@AaveAave). Rebecca began her legal career at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in New York, litigating complex commercial disputes; prior to joining the Aave Companies, Rebecca was a partner at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP in the financial services group, representing blockchain and crypto clients. In this conversation, Rebecca shares her thoughts on DeFi regulation, as well as: [5:30] Bringing clients through the

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01:10:24

#68 - A Masterclass on Regulators w/ Blockchain...

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2022/10/26

Have you ever wondered about the history of the CFTC, SEC, or other regulatory agencies? In this episode, Marisa Coppel walks me through each America regulatory agency that impacts crypto - who they are, why they were created and what role they play in the crypto ecosystem. Marisa Tashman Coppel (@mtcoppel) is policy counsel at the Blockchain Association, where she helps develop and advocate for policy positions on behalf of the crypto industry as well as manages long-term legal projects and

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00:35:24

#67 - An Article on Legal Risks for DAOs

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2022/10/17

This episode outlines Pre-DAO and Post-DAO Legal Risk Assessment, an article written by Kevin Chen (@anothrkevinchen) in collaboration with the DAO Research Collective (@DAOResearchCo). Kevin is an attorney at Homiak Law LLC based in Denver, Colorado. He advises cryptoasset and blockchain technology companies on a wide variety of matters such as formation of new startup companies, venture financings, and securities law compliance. You can find the full article on the Law of Code substack, here. If

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01:17:15

#66 - Can't Be Evil NFT Licenses w/ drafters Miles...

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2022/10/12

The 'Can’t Be Evil' licenses are a set of six NFT licenses developed by lawyers and operators in web 3 - each license grants “different sets of rights with different degrees of permissiveness”. The licenses have been deployed on Arweave (a decentralized storage, similar to IPFS) and can be directly linked on-chain by smart contracts. The licenses are available on the a16z website (document containing the six licenses) or a16z's repository on Github. Miles Jennings and Chris Dixon published an

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01:15:06

#65 - AML & Crypto with Compliance Expert Amber D. Scott

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2022/10/03

Amber D. Scott (@OutlierCanada) specializes in Canadian anti-money laundering (AML), counter terrorist financing (CTF), privacy, and regulatory compliance. In addition to being a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) Amber is also a Certified Privacy Professional (CIPP). In 2013, she founded Outlier Solutions Inc. to provide anti-money laundering (AML) solutions to Canadian reporting entities. Show highlights: [1:55] Apple gift card story [6:50] Why work in AML and compliance [14:20]

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01:12:00

#64 - Worldpay & Web 3 with Head of Crypto Nabil Manji

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2022/09/26

Nabil Manji is the Senior VP, Head of Crypto & Emerging Business at Worldpay from FIS Global. Worldpay is the world’s largest payment processing company (and largest company you've never heard of). The company provides payment and technology services to merchants and financial institutions and processes approximately $2 trillion in volume annually. In June 2019, Worldpay was acquired for $43 billion and merged into Fidelity National Information Services (FIS). Nabil also represents Worldpay from

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00:42:59

#63 - NFTs and IP considerations with Olta Andoni

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2022/09/19

Olta Andoni (@AndoniOlta) is the Deputy General Counsel at Ava Labs, a company that helps launch decentralized finance applications on Avalanche. She was previously the Chief Legal Officer at Nifty’s, has lectured for Chicago-Kent, College of Law, and is a writer for Coindesk. In this conversation, Olta and I discussion the new CryptoPunks license, the Yuga Labs v. Ryder Ripps case, and the importance of NFT IP licenses. Show hightlights: [7:00] CryptoPunks license [17:00] Commercial rights &

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00:59:19

#62 - Larry Florio on Delphia, evolving crypto law,...

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2022/09/12

Larry Florio (@LarryFlorio) is General Counsel at Delphia Technologies Inc., one of the most innovative data-drive investment DAO projects in the world. Larry previously held senior counsel roles with several prominent blockchain-focused software developers. In this conversation, we cover business goals vs legal goals, the 80/20 principal, and how crypto law is developing. Show highlights: [1:20] Genesis block [4:00] TradFi [8:30] Privacy [11:00] Business mindset in a legal role [20:00] Get

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