JB (thecryptolawyer.eth)

Passed the NY bar exam!

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My written input to the SEC Crypto Task Force is now live on their website (third from the bottom) https://www.sec.gov/about/crypto-task-force/crypto-task-force-written-input In this letter, I propose a three-step test to analyze the "efforts of others" prong of Howey, consistent with caselaw.

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Hi everyone, last semester I worked on two papers: (1) a legal argument on why DEXs are not securities exhanges, and (2) a policy argument on reforming the Bank Secrecy Act. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5127416 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5127448

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Super excited and long overdue to share that my legal note on "Why Self-Custody Wallet Platforms Are Not Brokers Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934" has been published in the online edition of the GW Law Business & Finance Law Review. https://gwbflr.org/why-self-custody-wallet-platforms-are-not-brokers-under-the-securities-exchange-act-of-1934/

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