Blockchain & Digital Assets
Leading the financial tech and decentralized finance movements
As digital assets are increasingly embraced by businesses, creatives and entertainers, Brownstein can provide guidance to help navigate the myriad policy, regulatory, enforcement and legal issues the financial technology and decentralized finance movements face.
We are deeply connected to the federal policymakers and regulators drafting policy related to digital assets and the Web3 ecosystem, as well as the state-level decision-makers in jurisdictions leading the charge on blockchain and cryptocurrency regulation, promotion and acceptance. As federal, state and local governments embrace financial technology not as a separate industry, but as a source of innovation and acceleration that touches every aspect of society, industry leaders must embrace a proactive approach with Washington policymakers and state and local regulators to ensure continued growth.
At Brownstein, we have the expertise needed to navigate this emerging technology, including consumer protection, data security, intellectual property, payment processing and money transmission, public policy, regulatory and compliance, risk management, software licensing and transactions. Whether advocating across federal and state legislatures, advising on IP and tax issues surrounding NFTs, complying with registration provisions or buying securities, we stand ready to provide solutions-focused advice and strategies to advance the blockchain and digital assets industries.
Our experience
Our team
Our policy professionals and lawyers not only speak the language, but have first-hand experience with legal and policy developments shaping the industry. Our team includes:
- A former House Financial Services Committee staff member for Chair Maxine Waters (D-CA), who was principally responsible for drafting many of the digital asset bills that the committee has recently considered.
- A former staff director to the Senate Banking subcommittee who is presently engaged in conversations with the senators who are endeavoring to create legislation to facilitate a “regulatory sandbox” in the United States to keep us competitive with other jurisdictions.
- A former regulatory and legislative director from a Fortune 500 telecommunications giant, who maintains long-standing relationships with the lawmakers and regulators who are shaping Wyoming’s crypto-friendly environment.
- A strong State Attorneys General group, who assisted the Attorney General Alliance’s crypto subcommittee with a white paper geared toward education on crypto basics.
- A former lead investigator at the SEC, who has experience investigating and prosecuting issuers in the cryptocurrency, ICO and NFT space.
Our clients
Our current suite of clients—which include exchanges, internalizers, digital wallet providers, miners, trade associations and educational enterprises—benefit from our strong presence in Washington and multidisciplinary team of attorneys’ depth and diversity of knowledge regarding the ever-changing technological and regulatory environment. This collective knowledge helps us deliver advocacy and regulatory solutions related to cryptocurrency trading and lending, stablecoins, NFTs, decentralized finance, advertising and solicitation, and more.
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