Parhaat Brandon Lewin Podcastit (2024)

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"They are Starting Younger": Lloyd Lewin Director of Outreach & Schools, Boys & Girls Club, Kenosha WI 37:15

18d ago37:15

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It sounds pretty ominous. Kids are starting earlier, such as middle school, in doing drugs and joining gangs. But, as our guest, Lloyd Lewin Director of Outreach & Schools, Boys & Girls Club, Kenosha WI, tells us, there is hope. "Yes, they are starting younger," Mr. Lewin says, "but if educate them, have parental involvement, and work with the scho…

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The Smoking Triggers (Smoking Cessation Pt. 2): Dr. George Kolodner, Triple Track Treatment 31:40

1M ago31:40

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"A person's whole life can be embedded in nicotine use," says our returning guest, Dr. George Kolodner, from Triple Track Treatment. Dr. Kolodner discusses the four smoking triggers and the types of therapy and support groups that can help addicts end their dependency on smoking. Relapse, of course, can occur, but if a patient continues with the tr…

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The Crucial Connection Between Mental Health and Substance Abuse: Tony Moore, Moore & Associates 31:54

3M ago31:54

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Too often, substance abusers are treated for their addiction but not treated for their mental health. So, once they return home sober, they are still haunted by their mental health issues. Then, they hear voices or experience other severe mental health issues and to treat it, they return to the substance they were abusing. Our host, Tony Moore, dis…

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#141 - Josh Lawler and Jener Sakiri on securities, regulation and gaming in crypto 49:42

3M ago49:42

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Josh Lawler is a partner at Zuber Lawler, where he leads the firm’s Emerging Technologies Group with a particular emphasis on blockchain technology. Josh previously practiced as a corporate securities and M&A attorney at Skadden, Arps. Jener Sakiri is an associate at Zuber Lawler and focuses on transactional and regulatory matters. He often works w…

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#140 - SAFEs, SAFTs and what's market for crypto startups with Nick Pullman 1:07:22

3M ago1:07:22

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Nick Pullman (@NickPullmanEsq) is Corporate Counsel and founder of Day One Law Corporation, where he provides legal solutions for tech startups and investors. Nick was previously head of legal at an NFT startup and an associate at Cooley and DLA Piper. In this conversation, we cover: [2:53] Nick's introduction to Bitcoin [7:33] What's market: SAFEs…

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Smoking Cessation: Dr. George Kolodner, Triple Track Treatment 41:21

4M ago41:21

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"Smoking is no longer cool," says our guest, Dr. George Kolodner, Founder/Medical Director, Triple Track Treatment, Washington, D.C. "However, it is still highly addictive and the pain from quitting smoking can be the toughest." Dr. Kolodner tells how smoking cessation has been proven to work. However, they have to battle the wealthy tobacco compan…

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#139 - Changing political tides in DC, Consensys' SEC lawsuit with Bill Hughes 50:03

4M ago50:03

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Bill Hughes (@BillHughesDC) is Senior Counsel & Director of Global Regulatory Matters at Consensys Software, which is behind MetaMask, Infura, and various other software supporting the programmable blockchain ecosystem. For more on Bill’s background, I recommend episode 74 of Law of Code. This conversation is focused on the lawsuit Consensys brough…

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#138 - The future of sports and crypto: Karate Combat 42:32

5M ago42:32

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This conversation with two lawyers — Samir Patel and David Kuhn — and an entrepreneur who goes by OnlyLarping covers all aspects of Karate Combat, a novel form of sports league that is betting heavily on crypto. Show highlights: [2:51] What is Karate Combat? [7:26] Implementing token governance [13:11] Crypto and sports [19:34] Why they believe it …

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"This is My Story": Brandon Morris, CEO, Evolution Basketball 36:42

5M ago36:42

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Brandon Morris returns to promote a huge event for youth and parents in the Kenosha, Wisconsin area. The "This is My Story: Empowerment Speaker Series" event this coming Memorial Day weekend. "Young people need to ask for help early and often," says Brandon. "May is 'Mental Health Month,' which is the perfect time for this event." He and Tony also …

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#137 - Blockchain Association sues the SEC to strike down Dealer Rule 38:45

5M ago38:45

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Recently, the Blockchain Association (BA) and the Crypto Freedom Alliance of Texas (CFAT) filed a lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission seeking a court order to strike down the SEC’s Dealer Rule due to the SEC’s various Administrative Procedure Act (APA) violations including preventing industry participants from being able to opera…

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#136 - Justin Wales on the Crypto Legal Handbook 47:16

6M ago47:16

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Justin Wales (@bitcoin_wales) is the Head of Legal for the Americas at Crypto.com. Before going in-house, he was a partner at the international law firm K&L Gates, where he represented crypto companies in all aspects of their business. His new book, The Crypto Legal Handbook, is a must-read guide through the laws of crypto, web3 and an ever-decentr…

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Wherever You Are, I'll Meet You There: Darren Taylor, Clinical Substance Abuse Counselor, Racine County (Wis.) Behavioral Health Services 38:12

6M ago38:12

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"Fentanyl has been killing people!" said our guest, Darren Taylor, a substance abuse counselor and recovering addict (24 years) from Racine, Wisconsin. He tells Tony about how self-care was a major factor in his recovery. Darren also discusses the difference, and it is huge, between abstinence and recovery. They are NOT the same. Mental health asse…

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#135 - Everything you should know about Roman Sterlingov's case 51:09

6M ago51:09

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Today’s podcast covers the case of Roman Sterlingov, a 33-year-old Swedish-Russian national, was arrested by Internal Revenue Service criminal investigators at the Los Angeles airport and was accused of creating and operating Bitcoin Fog, a bitcoin “mixing” service that the US Justice Department claims Sterlingov used to enable $336 million in mone…

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#134 - Pre-enforcement lawsuit against the SEC with Amanda Tuminelli and Jake Chervinsky 29:23

6M ago29:23

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The DeFi Education Fund and co-plaintiff Beba, an apparel company based in Texas, recently filed a pre-enforcement suit challenging the SEC’s regulation by enforcement approach to crypto and their policy that free airdrops are securities transactions. Amanda Tuminelli serves as the DeFi Education Fund's chief legal officer where she leads the organ…

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#133 - Liability on smart contract developers: Roman Storm case with Jake Chervinsky and Amanda Tuminelli 27:34

6M ago27:34

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After the DEF submitted an amicus brief in the Roman Storm matter, which involves Tornado Cash, I spoke with the two authors: Amanda Tuminelli serves as the DeFi Education Fund's chief legal officer where she leads the organization's impact litigation and policy efforts. Jake Chervinsky recently joined Variant as Chief Legal Officer, where he leads…

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#132 - What is MetaLeX? Plus, why lawyers must take note 54:49

7M ago54:49

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Co-founded by longtime cryptolawyers Gabriel Shapiro and Alex Golubitsky, the mission of MetaLeX (which means beyond law) is to combine legal structures and autonomous tech to create best-in-class solutions serving DAOs, devs, and internet denizens with a suite of interoperable autonomous law solutions, which they refer to as MetaLeX OS. The goal i…

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One Pill Can Kill: The Fentanyl Crisis: Dr. Galen C. Nelson, Certified VA Disability Medical Examiner, Frontera Search Partners 36:30

7M ago36:30

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Our guest, Dr. Galen C. Nelson, PA-C, is a Physician Assistant in Beloit, WI. He is an expert on drug addiction and the fentanyl crisis that is killing so many Americans. Dr. Nelson tells Tony how fentanyl is fifty times more potent than heroin and one hundred times more potent than morphine. He and Tony discuss the signs of fentanyl use and the ke…

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#131 - Is UNI a security after Uniswap turns on the fee switch? EU and MiCA insights from Stephane Daniel 50:22

7M ago50:22

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Stéphane Daniel (@stephdan_law) is a Partner at d&a partners, an independent law firm dedicated to tech and blockchain entrepreneurs in France and the EU. Stéphane advises high-tech firms with their structuring, fundraising, and M&A transactions. He was notably involved in the first legal structuring (under French law) of DAOs and regularly advises…

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#130 - Chris Giancarlo, former CFTC Chair on the SEC's approach to crypto 1:20:19

8M ago1:20:19

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Chris Giancarlo (@giancarloMKTS) is senior counsel and Co-Chair of the Willkie Digital Works practice in the firm’s New York office. Chris served as the thirteenth Chairman of the U.S. CFTC, where he oversaw regulation of the futures, options and swaps derivatives markets. During his tenure at the CFTC (2014-2019), Chris oversaw the first bitcoin f…

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#129 - Why is the same risk, same rules philosophy wrong? Eric Hess explains 39:03

8M ago39:03

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Eric Hess (@hess_legal) is Founder & Managing Counsel at Hess Legal Counsel, a cybersecurity SaaS platform and consulting company, and hosts The Encrypted Economy podcast. In this episode, we’ll be exploring his recent paper Bridging Policy and Practice: A Pragmatic Approach to Decentralized Finance, Risk, and Regulation. For Part 1, a history of s…

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#128 - Primavera De Filippi of CNRS and Harvard on the future of copyright law, NFTs and DAOs 47:54

8M ago47:54

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Primavera De Filippi is a Director of Research at the National Center of Scientific Research (CNRS) in Paris, Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, and Visiting Fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute. Her research focuses on the legal challe…

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We Can Do Better on the Disease of Addiction: Guida Brown, Principal at Guided by Guida 40:26

8M ago40:26

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"We don't want to be in pain," said guest, Guida Brown, from Guided by Guida. Thus began a spirited discussion on fentanyl. Over 72,000 people died last year from using fentanyl. Unfortunately, "harm reduction" has become the catch-all phrase for everything. Guida and Tony talk about opioids and fentanyl and how it is so potent in making you feel g…

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#127 - Cravath's Jeff Dinwoodie on the SEC and the future of crypto regulation 1:08:35

8M ago1:08:35

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Jeffrey T. Dinwoodie is a partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, and a member of the firm’s Financial Institutions Group. He has served in senior roles at the SEC and the U.S. Treasury Department, including as Chief Counsel to SEC Chairman Jay Clayton and, earlier, as Chairman Clayton’s Trading and Markets Counsel. Disclaimer: Jacob Robinson and his g…

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#126 - Genuine DeFi as Critical Infrastructure: Paper by Rebecca Rettig, Michael Mosier and Katja Gilman 46:45

9M ago46:45

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Rebecca Rettig, Michael Mosier and Katja Gilman published their paper, Genuine DeFi as Critical Infrastructure: A Conceptual Framework for Combating Illicit Finance Activity in Decentralized Finance and a summary two-pager. This paper proposes a framework (see Section III) to effectively detect, deter and prevent illicit financial activity in DeFi,…

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#125 - Repost: Coinbase's Motion to Dismiss the SEC's Lawsuit 52:06

9M ago52:06

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On August 4, 2023, Coinbase filed a brief in support of its motion to dismiss the SEC's lawsuit. This podcast provides an audio version of the brief, along with key takeaways and points made within it. Show highlights: [1:00] Preliminary Statement [6:30] Background on the SEC's charges [11:30] Coinbase's argument for dismissal [13:00] Because the c…

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Preparing for the Storm: The Changes an Addict has to Make with Tony Moore, Founder, Moore & Associates 32:03

9M ago32:03

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Podcast host, Tony Moore, begins the New Year in "encouragement mode". He uses the analogy of his basketball team where the students buy into the goal of winning a championship by making the sacrifices it takes to achieve it. Tony enjoys being a basketball coach because he enjoys seeing his players sacrifice and win. Life is the same for a substanc…

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#124 - Former CFTC Director Josh Sterling on choosing regulators (SEC vs CFTC) and the future of Web3 39:13

9M ago39:13

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Joshua B. Sterling is a Partner at Jones Day where he represents financial services, energy, fintech, agriculture and other companies in matters before the CFTC, the SEC, and other financial regulators. A former senior regulator, Josh was previously the Director of the CFTC’s Market Participants Division. In that role, he oversaw the 3,300 financia…

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#123 - The SEC vs. Coinbase Hearing: What you should know with Bloomberg's Elliott Stein 41:24

9M ago41:24

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Elliott Z. Stein (@NYCStein) is a Senior Litigation Analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence. He previously worked in private practice on structured finance/capital markets litigation, white-collar crime and related capital markets matters. Show highlights: [1:30] Attending Coinbase hearing on Jan 17 [6:00] Why Elliott expects Coinbase to win [12:00] Judg…

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210: Losing it all to Find Myself with Scott Durkin (Pt 2) and Tony Moore Criminal Thinking Deterred Podcast 38:07

11M ago38:07

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"If I can't take care of myself, I can't take care of my kids." Scott Durkin returns to tell Tony about his life since going sober. He tells of how getting caught by his kids doing drugs was much worse than even getting arrested by the cops. Since becoming sober in 2017, Scott has learned to live in gratitude on a daily basis. He tells of the child…

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#122 - History of American Securities Regulation with Eric Hess 1:07:59

11M ago1:07:59

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Eric Hess (@hess_legal) is Founder & Managing Counsel at Hess Legal Counsel, a cybersecurity SaaS platform and consulting company, and hosts The Encrypted Economy podcast. Eric has over twenty years of experience acting as senior in-house counsel, general counsel or senior management for exchanges, broker dealers, and financial services technology …

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#121 - MEV and OFAC Risk for Infrastructure Providers 50:34

11M ago50:34

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Evan Zinaman (@zin_esq) is the Founder & Principal at Trailbreak, a boutique transactional firm providing tech-fluent corporate, regulatory, product and IP counsel and strategic advice to startups, builders and investors throughout the crypto space. Evan also serves as special crypto counsel to clients of Reed Smith, advising as part of an industry…

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#120 - Paradigm's Policy Lab with Rodrigo Seira and Brandon Malone 56:14

12M ago56:14

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Rodrigo Seira (@RSSH273) is Special Counsel at Paradigm. Prior to joining Paradigm, he was outside counsel to crypto investors and entrepreneurs at Cooley LLP. Brendan Malone (@brendanpmalone) is a Policy Manager at Paradigm. Prior to joining Paradigm, Brendan worked at the Federal Reserve where he focused on policy issues for financial market infr…

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#119 - Reviewing the EU's MiCA with William O’Rorke 57:09

12M ago57:09

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William O’Rorke (@williamororke) is the Founding Partner of ORWL, a leading law firm assisting clients with businesses in the crypto space, VASPs and general Web3 services. He leads the regulatory practice at ORWL and is the head of the legal committee at ADAN, a French crypto association. In this conversation, we discuss the most significant impac…

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209: Finding A Better Way with Ramone Boston and Tony Moore 39:56

12M ago39:56

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Welcome back to another episode of Criminal Thinking Deterred! This week's segment features our host Tony Moore and new guest, Ramone Boston, a Youth Minister at Bethlehem Temple. Being a product of his environment inevitably threw him into circumstances that he couldn't avoid, involving all sorts of negative influences from the streets. Only until…

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#118 - Crypto Taxes, NFT Settlements and Decentralization with Zach Rosenberg 59:09

1y ago59:09

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Zach Rosenberg (@MeatEsq) is an attorney and principal at Rosehill Legal, a boutique transactional firm assisting early-stage founders, largely in the crypto space, with structuring, funding, building, and deploying products and networks. He previously worked as an M&A Tax Director at PWC where he spent eight years advising large private equity fir…

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#117 - Ryne Miller on the CFTC's DeFi Settlements and the history of Gary Gensler 58:24

1y ago58:24

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Ryne Miller is the founder and managing partner of Miller Strategic Partners LLP, a law firm specializing in: 1. Regulatory advice and investigations counsel for the traditional trading and markets industry; 2. Regulatory and strategic advice for digital asset and blockchain companies; and 3. Crisis and incident response management. Ryne was previo…

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#116 - Discussing Coinbase's L2 (Base) and FriendTech with Jolie Yang 59:00

1y ago59:00

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Jolie Yang (@JolieYang) is a former legal partner to Coinbase's product, engineering, and design teams on its Web3 initiatives, such as self-custodial wallet, decentralized identity, digital assets, as product counsel. While at Coinbase, Jolie was part of the team that launched Base. Prior to Coinbase, Jolie was an attorney at Davis Polk and Skadde…

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208: Climbing Back to the Top with Scott Durkin and Tony Moore 37:46

1y ago37:46

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In this episode of Criminal Thinking Deterred, Tony Moore is joined by our guest speaker Scott Durkin, a past member of Birds of a Feather. Full of extremely touching and heartfelt experiences, Scott lets us into the world that he battled with for so long. One that was filled with addiction, drugs, pain, and heartache. From resorting to old bad hab…

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#115 - Challenging Patents Impacting DeFi with Amanda Tuminelli of the DeFi Education Fund 56:23

1y ago56:23

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Amanda Tuminelli (@amandatums) is chief legal officer for the Defi Education Fund, where she leads the organization’s impact litigation and policy efforts. She was previously an attorney at Kobre & Kim and Dechert LLP, and served as a Judicial Law Clerk for the Eastern District of New York. Show highlights: [1:00] DeFi Education Fund's petition to …

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#114 - CFTC Regulation of Crypto with Michael Frisch 41:56

1y ago41:56

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Michael Frisch is a partner at Croke Fairchild Morgan & Beres where he leads the firm’s Government Litigation and Investigations Practice. Mike previously worked at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), where he brought one of the CFTC’s first enforcement actions involving cryptocurrency — CFTC v. Bitfinex — and was part of the team resp…

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#113 - Decentralized Dispute Resolution with Mark Cianci of Ropes & Gray 44:33

1y ago44:33

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Mark Cianci is Counsel at Ropes & Gray, where he represents hedge funds, private equity firms and their portfolio companies, and clients in other industries in complex commercial litigation, cryptocurrency litigation, qui tam actions, bankruptcy litigation, and government investigation and enforcement matters. Mark also counsels clients in the bloc…

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#112 - India's Crypto Law Regime with Ashish Chandra of CoinSwitch 47:10

1y ago47:10

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Ashish Chandra is the General Counsel of CoinSwitch, India's largest crypto platform pivoting into a multi-asset wealth-tech superapp. With over 22 years of experience in the tech industry, Ashish also led the legal and regulatory affairs of WhatsApp for India. He helped build the e-commerce and fintech/payments business of Facebook, Instagram & Wh…

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207: Battling Perceptions with Brandy Essex and Tony Moore 42:38

1y ago42:38

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In this episode of Criminal Thinking Deterred, Tony Moore is joined by our guest speaker Brandy Essex, a minister at Bethlehem Temple Church of Kenosha! Throughout this very transparent and heartfelt conversation, Brandy offers a level of vulnerability that is instantly felt and admired from start to finish. He goes in depth with his complicated pa…

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#111 - Ross Campbell on ERC 1155 and Legal Engineering at Kali DAO + Nani. 1:04:07

1y ago1:04:07

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Ross Campbell (@z0r0zzz) is a legal engineer and co-founder of KaliDAO, in addition to being a corporate attorney. Ross is also working on NANI, a protocol mixing AI and crypto and is a founder of LexDAO. Previous episodes with Ross: 1. #5 - Ross Campbell: Legal engineering, Bar Association DAOs, use cases for oracles, and much, much more 2. #30 - …

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#109 - Stephen Palley on the Evolution of Crypto Law, Insurance, Dumpsters and AI. 52:06

1y ago52:06

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Stephen Palley (@stephendpalley) is a litigation partner and co-chair of Brown Rudnick’s Digital Commerce group. Stephen is a seasoned litigator with over 20 years of extensive courtroom experience litigating and trying complex commercial matters. Stephen has written extensively and been quoted widely on legal issues arising from the use of Blockch…

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#108 - The Solana Foundation's Amira Valliani on Web 3 Policy 30:57

1y ago30:57

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Amira Valliani (@amiravalliani) is Policy Lead at the Solana Foundation. She previously built and sold a creator economy company and served as an advisor at the White House and State Department. Note that this episode was recorded prior to the Ripple Labs decision. Show highlights: [3:00] Policy work at Solana Foundation [7:00] Change in policy [10…

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#107 - Accredited Investor Rules with Larry Florio 1:33:27

1y ago1:33:27

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Offering a masterclass on the Accredited Investor rules, this episode distills months of historic research and detailed reviews of the securities laws, as well as a 3+ hour conversation I had with Larry Florio (@larryflorio), into an evergreen episode providing everything one should know regarding the accredited investor standards in the U.S. and a…

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#106 - Bitcoin Ordinals and IP Considerations with Cameron Pick 42:38

1y ago42:38

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Cameron B. Pick is a partner at Marshall Gerstein & Borun LLP who advises clients in the blockchain and metaverse space on intellectual property issues. In this episode, Cameron explains Bitcoin Ordinals, the difference between Ordinals and Ethereum NFTs, and the interplay between IP law and web3. Disclaimer: Jacob Robinson and his guests are not y…

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206: Hard Decisions and Big Opportunities with Gerald Gibson and Tony Moore 42:46

1+ y ago42:46

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In this episode of Criminal Thinking Deterred, Tony Moore is joined by our guest speaker aka founder and executive director, Gerald Gibson! An individual who has impacted not only his community but many others as well through his non profit, OMAC. The organization provides mentorship, coaching, and support to teens and adults to help improve their …

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#105 - Blockchain and the Sports Industry with Samir Patel 58:08

1+ y ago58:08

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Samir Patel (@SamirPatelLaw) is an innovation and technology attorney in Holland & Knight's Miami office and head of the firm's Document Automation Program. Samir represents startups and emerging growth companies navigating legal and regulatory issues. Samir also works with artists, art galleries and athletes looking to enhance their products and b…

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