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On-Chain: Reed Smith’s Crypto and Digital Assets Group is at the forefront of advising blockchain-based platforms, and on cryptocurrencies and other digital assets. The Group has over 100 lawyers working across the US, UK, Europe, Asia and Middle East providing clients a full range of support in this rapidly growing space. Increasingly, we work with organizations across all industries on emerging blockchain, cryptocurrency and ledger technologies. The Group advises on initial company structures, funding transactions, navigating regulatory frameworks, and designing and launching NFTs, platform tokens and other digital assets. We are also able to leverage the expertise of our seasoned finance team to help clients to create sophisticated domestic and cross-border financing structures involving digital assets. We work with governments, investors, brokerages, exchanges and global consortiums on the legal issues concerning the development and implementation of decentralized governance structures and services. We provide regulatory, transactional, financial and commercial advice. We have strong relationships with the leading regulators in the sector, including the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) in the US, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the UK, the BaFin in Germany, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) in Hong Kong, and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). We have a rigorous internal training program that goes beyond the law and ensures our team are on top of the latest developments in the Web3 space.

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Nishad Singh, former engineering director of #FTX, is set to stand before a judge in New York and await sentencing for his crimes on Wednesday, October 30th. Singh is one of the final executives from FTX and Alameda to be sentenced after pleading guilty to a variety of fraud and campaign finance violations and testifying at Sam Bankman-Fried’s criminal trial. In a recent article published by Cointelegraph, Mark Bini shares his thoughts on how a judge may interpret Singh's cooperation with prosecutors when considering sentencing guidelines. #fraud #crypto #enforcement #corporatecrime “I think [Singh] is going to get a little bit more [time] than Caroline Ellison [...] Ellison was really in the misappropriation crime — she knew about that — [for] Singh, while he may have had less knowledge of the misappropriation crime, he also knew about this campaign finance violation.” - Mark Bini

What to expect at Nishad Singh’s sentencing hearing

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Partner Aaron Javian will be speaking at the Stout Investment Funds and Alternative Assets Summit on October 30th in NYC. He'll share key insights on crypto and industry trends, joining top thought leaders to discuss advancements in portfolio valuation, digital assets, and the future of alternative investments. We're excited for Aaron to participate in shaping important conversations around the financial landscape. More information can be found here: https://lnkd.in/gvVprQts

Stout Investment Funds and Alternative Assets Summit: Investment Funds and Alternative Assets | Events | Reed Smith LLP

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New York-based Counsel Hadas Jacobi and Chicago associates McKay Mitchell, India K. Peterson, and Victor Reim recently hosted a dinner in Chicago with prominent leaders in the crypto space, including Katherine Kirkpatrick of StarkWare, Christine Kailus of CMT Digital, Jessi Brook of Ribbit Capital, and Jay Novatney of Jump Trading Group. The evening was filled with discussions on industry trends, regulations, career paths, and personal 'crypto origin stories' that everyone enjoyed. We're looking forward to future collaborations with these incredible innovators!
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Hadas Jacobi was quoted in Decrypt in an article on the SEC’s claim that crypto mining boxes are securities. https://lnkd.in/eT-2yMtb

Crypto Mining Rig Sales Are Securities? Not So Fast, Lawyers Say - Decrypt

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Tokenization is revolutionizing how assets are managed and traded, and one key legal tool driving this innovation under English law is the trust structure. Listen as Reed Smith On Chain: Crypto and Digital Assets Group Partner Brett Hillis shares insight on how trusts, traditionally used for asset protection, play a vital role in tokenization by allowing one party to legally hold assets for the benefit of another, like an investor. This structure ensures investors have security over the underlying assets backing tokens, providing a trusted framework for digital asset management. Learn more about how our legal team is leveraging trust law to protect your tokenized assets at https://bit.ly/3Y3mhAf #OnChain #Tokenization #DigitalAssets #TrustLaw

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Caroline Ellison, former CEO of the Alameda Research fund, will soon be sentenced in federal court after pleading guilty to charges of wire, securities and commodities fraud, as well as money laundering. Because of her cooperation with prosecutors, this former close associate of disgraced cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried may avoid prison. In a recent article published by The Washington Post, Mark Bini shares his thoughts on Caroline Ellison’s impending sentencing. “You could see a world where she received some prison time. All that said, I think even though the crime she participated in was extraordinary, the cooperation was also extraordinary.” – Mark Bini

Caroline Ellison, key witness in Bankman-Fried trial, sentenced to prison

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Eleanor Ruiz, Katie Grace, Jamie Fryer and Imogen Harding discuss the English courts' recent acceptance of serving legal proceedings via non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for cases involving cryptocurrency fraud, along with the evolving legal standards for such service methods. #globaldisputes #NFT #cryptocurrency #blockchain

English courts permit service ‘outside of the jurisdiction’ via non-fungible tokens | Perspectives | Reed Smith LLP

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Partners Brett Hillis and Patrick Sutton provide an analysis on the intricate challenges associated with classifying digital assets within the "third category" based on a publication by the UK Law Commission of a supplemental report on digital assets and a revised draft bill. In the article below the authors provide an overview of the bill and how it may benefit digital assets markets if enacted. https://lnkd.in/ee5zmis8

The third category conundrum: Digital assets as objects of personal property rights: the Law Commission’s supplemental report and revised draft bill | Perspectives | Reed Smith LLP

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Jonathan Ammons was recently quoted in a Blockworks article on the implications of the SEC sending a Wells notice to NFT marketplace OpenSea. Read more: https://lnkd.in/ecfkGcGH

What an SEC lawsuit against OpenSea could look like

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On Chain partner Brett Hillis has been extensively quoted in the Financial Times’ FT Adviser commenting on our own research, based on an FOI request to the FCA, showing crypto firms’ applications to register with the UK regulator have halved in the last three years. #crypto #blockchain https://lnkd.in/eRveibkj

Crypto firm registrations fall by more than half

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