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Cryptoasset Developments: Observations on the Thawing Crypto Winter

by Kevin S. Schwartz, Rosemary Spaziani, David M. Adlerstein, Samantha M. Altschuler, and Sabina M. Beleuz Neagu

Photos of the authors

Left to right: Kevin S. Schwartz, Rosemary Spaziani, David M. Adlerstein, Samantha M. Altschuler and Sabina M. Beleuz Neagu (Photos courtesy of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz)

The U.S. cryptoasset industry just rang in the new year with the watershed SEC approval of the first spot ETFs for a digital asset.  With the approval of the first bitcoin Spot ETFs, making possible a path for millions of Americans to have direct bitcoin exposure in retirement and other traditional investment accounts, it is an appropriate time to reflect on significant recent developments that may shape the crypto industry in the year to come.

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Initial Observations on the FTX Debacle

by Kevin S. Schwartz, Rosemary Spaziani, David M. Adlerstein, and Samantha M. Altschuler.

The dust has not yet settled from the remarkable fall to earth of cryptoasset exchange FTX, associated hedge fund Alameda, and their Icarus-like founder, as revelations and conjecture continue to be disseminated at least daily about what happened and the collateral damage. While there are sure to be many important lessons from this situation as the facts and their effects become clear, some initial observations bear mentioning:
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