Law of Code
By Jacob Robinson
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Episodes: 185
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Understand the legal layer of emerging technology.
Conversations with top lawyers, regulators, and entrepreneurs on the laws and policy decisions shaping our future.
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#200 - Money Transmission & Developer Liability
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May 04, 2026 |
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#186 - AI & Legal Privilege
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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#185 - When Circle must freeze USDC (and when they probably should) with Austin Campbell
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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#184 - Transaction Denied: Rainey Reitman on Financial Censorship
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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#183 - A founder's playbook for new SEC crypto guidance
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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#182 - Lewis Cohen explains new SEC & CFTC token guidance
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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#181 - Fixing crypto's banking bottleneck with Aaron Brogan
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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#179 - This month in crypto law: March 2026
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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#178 - What a crypto lawyer learns from campaigning for New York Attorney General with Khurram Dara
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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#177 - Explaining the misnomer of 'Code is Law' with Andrew Hinkes, Andrea Tosato, and Carla Reyes
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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#176 - In the weeds on U.S. market structure regulation with Gerald Gallagher
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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#175 - On-chain fundraising with Gabe Shapiro of MetaLex
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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#174 - Crypto's market structure moment, with Bill Hughes of Consensys
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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#173 - Understanding token compensation with Jessica Furr and Brandon Ferrick
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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#172 - Interview on the legal side of prediction markets with Samir Patel
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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#171 - Why the CFTC is the best regulator for crypto with former Chairman Chris Giancarlo
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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#170 - The future of crypto custody with Sarah Helena Brennan and Jay Stolkin
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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#169 - Drew Hinkes shares 2026 crypto law predictions
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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#168 - December crypto regulatory developments in review with Jonathan Schmalfeld
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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#167 - Is Canada Ready to Regulate Stablecoins?
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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#166 - Can DeFi scale without sacrificing neutrality or permissionlessness?
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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#165 - Key developments in U.S. crypto law & policy with Jonathan Schmalfeld
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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#164 - Greg Xethalis on market structure legislation, history of crypto ETFs
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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#163 - TradFi's push on stablecoin regulation, J.W. Verrett's response
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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#162 - Crypto ETF staking safe harbor explained by tax expert Jason Schwartz
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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#161 - Jason Gottlieb on litigation trends, relevant statutes of limitations
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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#160 - DoubleZero's historic no-action letter from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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Nov 09, 2025 |
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#159 - On-chain transfer agents and compliance, with Fairmint CEO Joris Delanoue
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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#158 - Masterclass on the GENIUS Act, stablecoin regulation with Austin Campbell
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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#157 - History of the DUNA, with David Kerr of Cowrie
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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#156 - DOJ enforcement and developer liability, with Amanda Tuminelli of the DeFi Education Fund
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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#155 - Anchorage Digital's Kevin Wysocki on the Future of U.S. Crypto Policy
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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#154 - Uniswap’s DUNI Governance Proposal, with Brian Nistler & Rodrigo Seira
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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#153 - Peter Van Valkenburgh on the Roman Storm trial, future of peer-to-peer crypto
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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#152 - Crypto tax trends, with Jason Schwartz of CahillNXT
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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#151 - SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce and Crypto Task Force Chief Counsel Mike Selig on Tokenizing Securities & Market Structure rules
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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#150 - Masterclass on Crypto 'Perps' with Katherine Kirkpatrick Bos
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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#149 - Stablecoins and U.S. Treasuries: A Risky Interdependence (with Yesha Yadav & Brendan Malone)
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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#148 - Former DOJ attorney Jessi Brooks on unhosted wallets and crypto tracing tools
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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#147 - Legal steps to launch blockchain products and tokens, with Nima Maleki
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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#146 - What’s new in U.S. crypto law, with Justin Wales
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May 27, 2025 |
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#145 - Why crypto is a solution to a decades-old problem, with Tuongvy Le
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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#144 - What SEC crypto disclosure guidance means for projects, with Dr. Chris Brummer
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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#143 - The biggest legal risk facing crypto developers might be Section 1960, which Amanda Tuminelli explains
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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#142 — Unpacking the SEC Statement on Stablecoins with Larry Florio
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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#141 - Josh Lawler and Jener Sakiri on securities, regulation and gaming in crypto
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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#140 - SAFEs, SAFTs and what's market for crypto startups with Nick Pullman
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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#139 - Changing political tides in DC, Consensys' SEC lawsuit with Bill Hughes
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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#138 - The future of sports and crypto: Karate Combat
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May 24, 2024 |
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#137 - Blockchain Association sues the SEC to strike down Dealer Rule
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May 21, 2024 |
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#136 - Justin Wales on the Crypto Legal Handbook
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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#135 - Everything you should know about Roman Sterlingov's case
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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#134 - Pre-enforcement lawsuit against the SEC with Amanda Tuminelli and Jake Chervinsky
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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#133 - Liability on smart contract developers: Roman Storm case with Jake Chervinsky and Amanda Tuminelli
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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#132 - What is MetaLeX? Plus, why lawyers must take note
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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#131 - Is UNI a security after Uniswap turns on the fee switch? EU and MiCA insights from Stephane Daniel
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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#130 - Chris Giancarlo, former CFTC Chair on the SEC's approach to crypto
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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#129 - Why is the same risk, same rules philosophy wrong? Eric Hess explains
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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#128 - Primavera De Filippi of CNRS and Harvard on the future of copyright law, NFTs and DAOs
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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#127 - Cravath's Jeff Dinwoodie on the SEC and the future of crypto regulation
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Feb 11, 2024 |
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#126 - Genuine DeFi as Critical Infrastructure: Paper by Rebecca Rettig, Michael Mosier and Katja Gilman
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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#125 - Repost: Coinbase's Motion to Dismiss the SEC's Lawsuit
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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#124 - Former CFTC Director Josh Sterling on choosing regulators (SEC vs CFTC) and the future of Web3
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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#123 - The SEC vs. Coinbase Hearing: What you should know with Bloomberg's Elliott Stein
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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#122 - History of American Securities Regulation with Eric Hess
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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#121 - MEV and OFAC Risk for Infrastructure Providers
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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#120 - Paradigm's Policy Lab with Rodrigo Seira and Brandon Malone
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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#119 - Reviewing the EU's MiCA with William O’Rorke
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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#118 - Crypto Taxes, NFT Settlements and Decentralization with Zach Rosenberg
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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#117 - Ryne Miller on the CFTC's DeFi Settlements and the history of Gary Gensler
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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#116 - Discussing Coinbase's L2 (Base) and FriendTech with Jolie Yang
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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#115 - Challenging Patents Impacting DeFi with Amanda Tuminelli of the DeFi Education Fund
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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#114 - CFTC Regulation of Crypto with Michael Frisch
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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#113 - Decentralized Dispute Resolution with Mark Cianci of Ropes & Gray
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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#112 - India's Crypto Law Regime with Ashish Chandra of CoinSwitch
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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#111 - Ross Campbell on ERC 1155 and Legal Engineering at Kali DAO + Nani.
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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#109 - Stephen Palley on the Evolution of Crypto Law, Insurance, Dumpsters and AI.
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Jul 30, 2023 |
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#108 - The Solana Foundation's Amira Valliani on Web 3 Policy
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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#107 - Accredited Investor Rules with Larry Florio
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Jul 22, 2023 |
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#106 - Bitcoin Ordinals and IP Considerations with Cameron Pick
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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#105 - Blockchain and the Sports Industry with Samir Patel
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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#104 - Wachtell Lipton's David Adlerstein and Kevin Schwartz on Decentralization, Smart Contracts, Tornado Cash & NFTs
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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#103 - Tom Lombardi on Bitcoin ETFs, Institutional Investors and SEC's proposed custody rules
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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#102 - A Masterclass on Global Crypto Regulations with XReg Consulting
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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#101 - Legal Wrappers for DAOs: DAO Research Monthly
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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#100 - Why Crypto?
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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#99 - Overview of Crypto Regulation in USA and Canada with DLx Law and McCarthy Tetrault
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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#98 - Understanding the Coinbase and Binance SEC charges with Collins Belton
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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#97 - Grayscale's Craig Salm on a Bitcoin ETF & the SEC
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May 23, 2023 |
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#96 - Investment Contracts & Crypto: Takeaways from 300+ Cases with DLx Law's Freeman Lewin
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May 17, 2023 |
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#95 - Caitlin Long on Custodia Bank, Crypto & the Federal Reserve
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May 04, 2023 |
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#94 - The Blockchain Association on Crypto De-Banking
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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#93 - Canadian Crypto Consolidation with Coinsquare's Eric Richmond
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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#92 - Explaining the 2022 UCC Amendments, with Professor Carla Reyes
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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#91 - Liquid Staking Tokens as Non-Securities with POSA
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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#90 - Offshore & Crypto in the BVI, Caymans and Guernsey with Chris Duncan
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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#89 - Legal liability for DAO members: DAO Research Monthly
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Apr 01, 2023 |
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#88 - Tax attorney Andrew Gordon answers the most common crypto tax questions.
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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#87 - Paradigm's Rodrigo Seira on DAOs, legal wrappers & CC0.
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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#86 - Jason Schwartz on Taxes for DAOs, Foundations & Bearer Debt
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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#85 - An Update on Grayscale vs the SEC
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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#84 - Nelson Rosario on zk proofs, DAOs, liability and regulation
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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#83 - Cybersecurity & Crypto with Justin Daniels
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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#82 - Gabriel Shapiro, Sarah Brennan and Marc Goldich on staking, social slashing, disclosure, LexPunK and crypto law in 2023.
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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#81 - Regulators and Crypto with Michael Selig
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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#80 - NFT Projects & IP Considerations with Marco Ciarlariello
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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#79 - Jason Gottlieb on Pre-Crypto Scandals, DAOs and Legal Liability
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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#78 - Grayscale Bitcoin Trust & Bitcoin ETPs with Greg Xethalis
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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#77 - Aaron Wright on crypto: laws, labs and DAOs.
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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#76 - Why digital assets are not securities, with Lewis Cohen and the DLx Law team
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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#75 - UCC Article 12 Amendments with Drew Hinkes and Andrea Tosato
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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#74 - Bill Hughes of ConsenSys on Money Crypto vs Tech Crypto
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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#73 - A Primer on the DAO Research Collective
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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#72 - Dane Lund of Alliance on DAOs, finding a Web3 attorney and the DCCPA
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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#71 - Carol Van Cleef on E-Gold, de-banking of digital asset businesses, and Tornado Cash sanctions
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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#70 - Paul Grewal, Chief Legal Officer @ Coinbase on securities, sanctions & regulation.
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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#69 - Rebecca Rettig on DeFi Regulation: past, present & future.
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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#68 - A Masterclass on Regulators w/ Blockchain Association's Marisa Coppel
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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#67 - An Article on Legal Risks for DAOs
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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#66 - Can't Be Evil NFT Licenses w/ drafters Miles Jennings, Mark Radcliffe and Ghaith Mahmood
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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#65 - AML & Crypto with Compliance Expert Amber D. Scott
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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#64 - Worldpay & Web 3 with Head of Crypto Nabil Manji
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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#63 - NFTs and IP considerations with Olta Andoni
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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#62 - Larry Florio on Delphia, evolving crypto law, and open source templates.
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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#61 - Tornado Cash Sanctions w/ DeFi Education Fund Director Miller Whitehouse-Levine
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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#60 - Crypto Regulation in the EU w/ Patrick Hansen
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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#59 - Marc Boiron on the playbook for Sufficient Decentralization
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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#58 - Yitzy Hammer & Samuel Goldfaden: The future of NFTs, whether securities laws should apply, and NFT NYC.
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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#57 - Bill Richards & Gideon Esakoff on Crypto Litigation: How to avoid it, warning signs, and self-governance.
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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#56 - Kelsie Nabben on DAO Research, Ethnography, and the History of Cryptography
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Aug 06, 2022 |
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#55 - Mike Wawszczak of Alliance DAO on DAOs & the Legal System
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Aug 06, 2022 |
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#54 - John Deaton on Ripple, Decentralization, XRP and the SEC
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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#53 - Adam Sternbach: General Counsel at Fractional on NFTs & Legal Considerations
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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#52 - Peter Van Valkenburgh: Constitutional Challenges & Crypto Privacy
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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#51 - SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce answers the biggest questions in crypto law
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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#50 - Kristin Smith, Connor Spelliscy, Marina Markezic: Web3 Advocacy
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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#49 - Jordan Teague: DAO Structuring & Legal Engineering
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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#48 - Michael Mosier: FinCEN & Privacy with Digital Assets
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May 30, 2022 |
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#47 - Who holds stolen NFT IP: Seth Green's Case (+ Jarkesy v. SEC)
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May 26, 2022 |
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#46 - J.W. Verret: Securities Laws and the future of Crypto
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May 23, 2022 |
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#45 - Marco Santori: Pioneering Crypto Law, Convincing Regulators, and building Kraken.
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May 19, 2022 |
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#44 - UST & LUNA: What happened & what comes next
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May 16, 2022 |
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#43 - Jesse Pollak: Building Web3 at Coinbase & beyond
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May 09, 2022 |
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#42 - Laura Shin: Investigating Ethereum, interviewing Vitalik, and balancing truth & consequences.
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May 06, 2022 |
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#41 - Ben Samaroo: CEO of WonderFi on building, managing risk, and making decisions
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May 02, 2022 |
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#40 - Uniswap Class Action, LeXPunK Proposal & Much More (April 28)
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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#39 - Stepan Simkin: Building for DAOs (after a Legal Career)
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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#38 - Miles Jennings: Decentralization, Web3 & a16z
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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#37 - This Week in Crypto Law (April 14)
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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#36 - This Week in Crypto Law (April 7)
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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#35 - Lana Schwartzman: Chief Compliance Officer at Dapper Labs
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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#34 - David Kerr: The UNA framework for DAOs
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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#33 - This Week in Crypto Law
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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#32 - This Week in Crypto Law
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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#31 - Biden's Executive Order on Digital Assets
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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#30 - Ross Campbell: Legal Engineering and Kali DAO
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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#29 - Bennett Tomlin: The Tether & Bitfinex Connection
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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#28 - Stephen Palley: Crypto regulation, building a team, and defining decentralization
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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#27 - Nelson Rosario: The Intersection of Intellectual Property & NFTs
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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#26 - Preston Byrne: The legal differences between Ethereum's ICO & Bitcoin, DAO trends, and building a crypto-law practice.
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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#25 - Lewis Cohen: A Masterclass on Securities, Currencies, and Building a Legal Career.
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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#24 - Lori Stein: The world’s first publicly traded Bitcoin investment fund, DAOs, and Canadian crypto regulation.
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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#23 - Addison Cameron-Huff: Working with Ethereum co-founders, saying no, and everything you should know about building a law firm of one.
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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#22 - Jacob Martin: Becoming @theNFTattorney, buying a crypto punk and building a crypto-focused firm after law school.
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Jan 10, 2022 |
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#21 - Michael Bacina: Australia's approach to crypto, playing offence in your career and how America's crypto policies impact the globe.
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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#20 - Ari Redbord & Drew Morris: TRM Labs, VASPs, FATF and government vs private practice.
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Dec 27, 2021 |
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#19 - Becoming a Crypto Lawyer: How to capitalize on your crypto-law interest, with Jake Chervinsky, Rebecca Rettig and Sarah Shtylman
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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#18 - Gabriel Shapiro & Sarah Brennan: Governance structures, LeXPunk, updating the VC model and DAOs.
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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#17 - Jason Gottlieb: Lawyers & DAOs, MoCo crypto-litigation tracker, Indexed Juris, NFTs & more.
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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#16 - Sina Kian, VP of Strategy at Aleo: A16Z backed startup, Zero-Knowledge Proofs, and why "find your passion" is the wrong advice.
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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#15 - Drew Hinkes: Rug pulls, preventing the loss of private keys, United States v. Van Buren, and "not your legal title, not your coins"
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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#14 - Hailey Lennon: Bitcoin stories, CryptoConnect, public speaking and building a legal practice in Crypto
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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#13 - Evan Thomas: WealthSimple Crypto, going "all-in" on crypto, working with regulators & becoming a great lawyer.
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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#12 - Collins Belton (Part 2): NFTs, rug pulls, fiduciary duty, Twitter habits and routines & what's next for Collins.
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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#11 - Collins Belton (Part 1): Gary Gensler, Coinbase Lend, the Howey Test & the biggest legal problems facing crypto.
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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#10 - Eric Richmond, COO at Coinsquare: Holding crypto for institutional clients, becoming a great crypto lawyer, and what's next for crypto lawyers.
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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#9 - Matthew Burgoyne: Building a legal career in crypto, securities laws and Bitcoin, securing your first crypto client, and what makes a great lawyer.
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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#8 - Geoff Costeloe: Digital estate planning, tax considerations for holders of crypto and NFTs, and the future of smart contract estate planning
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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#7 - Any Obando: NFTs, NBA Top-Shots, intellectual property law, and enforcing copyright law in a digital world.
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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#6 - James McCall: The LexDAO Episode
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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#5 - Ross Campbell: Legal engineering, Bar Association DAOs, use cases for oracles, and much, much more
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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#4 - Erich Dylus: How Web3 can leverage off-chain data in a compliant manner
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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#3 - Daniel Rollingher: Putting real estate on a blockchain
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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#2 - Dr. Muharem Kianieff: Creator of Canada's first course on blockchain law
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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