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Crypto Experts React to Recent SDNY Ethereum Fraud Indictment

The NYU Law Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement (PCCE) is following the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York’s recent indictment of two individuals for allegedly attacking and stealing $25 million from the Ethereum blockchain. The indictment in the case, United States v. Peraire-Bueno, 24 Cr. 293 (SDNY), is available here.  Below, several crypto experts and former prosecutors provide their reactions to the case.

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Left to right: Maria Vullo, Daniel Payne, Elizabeth Roper, Usman Sheikh, Justin Herring, and Robertson Park (photos courtesy of the authors)

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Crypto Experts Discuss the SEC’s Approval of Bitcoin ETFs

On January 10, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved, for the first time, Bitcoin exchange traded funds for spot markets.  A link to SEC Chair Gary Gensler‘s announcement is available here. In this post, two crypto experts discuss the SEC’s decision.

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Daniel Payne and Ijeoma Okoli (photos courtesy of authors)

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Former Prosecutors and Crypto Experts Comment on the Binance/Changpeng Zhao Enforcement Actions

The NYU Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement (PCCE) is following the recent federal enforcement actions against Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, and its founder Changpeng Zhao. In this post, crypto experts, former prosecutors, and the former Superintendent of the New York Department of Financial Services offer their expert insights on these developments.

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Left to right: Maria Vullo, Eugene Ingoglia, Daniel Payne, Ijeoma Okoli, and Paul Krieger (Photos courtesy of authors)

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Crypto Experts React to the SEC v. Ripple Decision

Editor’s Note: The NYU Law Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement is following the recent decision in SEC v. Ripple Labs, Inc., in which the district court decided competing summary judgment motions for both the SEC and Ripple by holding that contractual sales of XRP, Ripple’s native token, to institutional investors were securities while the XRP token itself was not.  In this post, former SEC attorneys and federal prosecutors and current securities regulatory and white collar attorneys react to the decision.

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Top left to right: Joseph Hall, Robert Cohen, Fiona Moran, and Zachary Zweihorn, and David Miller.
Bottom left to right: Daniel Payne, Avi Weitzman, Nicolas Morgan, and Ijeoma Okoli.
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Crypto Experts React to SEC Coinbase, Binance Enforcement Actions

Editor’s Note: The NYU Law Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement (PCCE) is following the SEC’s recent enforcement actions against major digital asset exchanges Coinbase and Binance and Binance’s founder, Chanpeng Zhao. In this post, cryptocurrency experts provide their insights to the SEC’s enforcement actions.

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From left to right: Marc Fagel, Ijeoma Okoli, Daniel Payne, and Charles Senatore (photos courtesy of the authors)

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