Posts in Law
Defending Against the New Wave of Crypto Class Actions

Given the proliferation and volatility of cryptocurrencies available on the market today and the multitude of ways you can buy, leverage, short, borrow, and lose all your money - there’s no question that lawsuits are soon to follow. This blog post gives a high level overview of the cases filed again token issuers and exchanges along with potential defenses they can use and why.

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SEC Expands the Accredited Investor Definition — Are We Any Closer to Leveling the Playing Field?

SEC expands accredited investor definition but does this do anything to level the private market playing field? This “expansion” is still quite restricting. It only includes those who have a Series 7, Series 65, and Series 82 license with the “flexibility to reevaluate.” Plus, the private markets remain incredibility exclusive with the best rounds almost always oversubscribed before anyone hears about them.


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Blockchain Legal & Tax Considerations: Part 2

This is Part 2 on token design pulled from a  Crypto Underground panel I did with my friends, Sarah Hody, Associate at Perkins Coie and Rob Massey, Tax Partner at Deloitte. Combined, they have almost 10 years of blockchain experience, which definitely makes them industry experts in this new field. This post covers: SAFT’s Aren’t Simple, Choosing Advisors, Token Allocation to Founders, Employees & Advisors, Token Use After ICO’s, Cost of Services.



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Ben Bartlett on Tokenizing Municipal Bonds to Fund Community Projects in Berkeley

Last night, Ben Bartlett, Berkeley Vice Mayor, gave an inspiring talk at Crypto underground on how blockchain can help shape the future of cities by spurring economic growth at the local level and creating an entirely new asset class of ownership. Ben is currently working on a project to create a virtual currency for Berkeley.

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Using Technology to Solve the Justice Gap

Our legal system is outdated, overpriced and cannot keep up with the needs of our country. This is in part because of age-old “traditions” and “rules” that support non-competition, discourage innovation and reject alternative business structures that have the potential to drastically improve access to high-volume, low-margin legal needs that the majority of Americans face. 

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