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#111 - Ross Campbell on ERC 1155 and Legal Engineering at Kali DAO + Nani. Aug 14, 2023

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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 - Ross Campbell: Legal Engineering and Kali DAO

Disclaimer: Jacob Robinson and his guests are not your lawyer. Nothing herein or mentioned on the Law of Code podcast should be construed as legal advice. The material published is intended for informational, educational, and entertainment purposes only. Please seek the advice of counsel, and do not apply any of the generalized material to your individual facts or circumstances without speaking to an attorney.

#109 - Stephen Palley on the Evolution of Crypto Law, Insurance, Dumpsters and AI. Jul 30, 2023

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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 Blockchain technology, with appearances in both print and television media. For more on Stephen's background, listen to episode 28 of Law of Code: #28 - Stephen Palley: Crypto regulation, building a team, and defining decentralization.

Show highlights:

[2:30] Analogies in crypto: Smart contracts and dumpsters.

[14:00] Intangible scarcity: Why blockchain's enable scarce, intangible assets.

[18:30] Licensing regimes: Future of front-ends and developers.

[26:30] Evolution of crypto law: Has it aligned with Palley's expectations?

[31:45] Insurance and digital assets: Parametric insurance, oracles and blockchain technology.

& much more.

#108 - The Solana Foundation's Amira Valliani on Web 3 Policy Jul 26, 2023

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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

[10:30] Challenges and stories of building in Web3

[24:00] Amira's role at the White House

[29:00] Building Glow

& more.

#107 - Accredited Investor Rules with Larry Florio Jul 22, 2023

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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 across the globe.

#106 - Bitcoin Ordinals and IP Considerations with Cameron Pick Jul 20, 2023

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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.

#105 - Blockchain and the Sports Industry with Samir Patel Jul 18, 2023

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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 brands through the creation of NFTs, and advises on their market entrance strategy into the metaverse. In 2021, Samir was appointed to the first-ever Miami-Dade County Cryptocurrency Task Force.

#104 - Wachtell Lipton's David Adlerstein and Kevin Schwartz on Decentralization, Smart Contracts, Tornado Cash & NFTs Jul 11, 2023

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David M. Adlerstein is counsel in the Corporate Department at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, capital-raising transactions, corporate governance, and other corporate and securities law matters, with a focus on financial institutions and technology transactions. He is a member of the Firm’s Crypto Team and frequently writes and speaks about blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and smart contracts.

Kevin Schwartz is a partner in the Litigation Department of Wachtell Lipton and serves on the Executive Committee of the New York City Bar Association, where he was previously Chair of the Judiciary Committee, and is also a Visiting Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School. Mr. Schwartz’s practice includes corporate, commercial, and securities litigation at both the trial and appellate levels, as well as a variety of regulatory and corporate governance matters that include leading the firm’s specialized Crypto Team to address rapidly changing issues generated by the crypto asset industry.

Show highlights:

[3:00] David and Kevin's introduction to crypto

[14:00] Evolution of the legal side of digital assets

[24:30] The merits of decentralization

[33:00] Tornado Cash

[41:00] Smart contracts

[47:00] NFTs

& much more.

#103 - Tom Lombardi on Bitcoin ETFs, Institutional Investors and SEC's proposed custody rules Jun 29, 2023

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Tom Lombardi (@tomlombardi) is an adjunct professor of finance at Pepperdine University, California, teaching Decentralized Finance in the Business School. He was formerly a Managing Director at 3iQ (worked on the first regulated crypto fund), Director at Wave Financial (one of the first crypto RIAs), and Head of Growth for the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance.

Show highlights:

[8:00] Importance of institutional investments in digital assets

[16:00] Bitcoin and institutional investors

[24:00] Bitcoin Spot ETF

[39:00] SEC proposed custody rule

[42:00] SEC actions pre-Coinbase and Binance charges

[59:00] Bitcoin is Venice?

[68:00] Regulation and technology

& much more.

#102 - A Masterclass on Global Crypto Regulations with XReg Consulting Jun 26, 2023

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Nicky Gomez (@XRegNicky) is the Senior Partner at XReg Consulting. A former regulator with 15+ years of experience in the crypto and financial services industries, Nicky provides strategic regulatory advice and has successfully secured licenses and authorizations for clients in Europe, Gibraltar, the Caribbean and Asia. As the co-chair of the Global Digital Finance AML working group, he helps shape global cryptoasset regulatory standards that mitigate risk and encourage innovation.

Aaron Unterman is the managing director of XReg Consulting (Cayman) SEZC. Aaron previously worked in the derivatives branch of Canada’s largest market regulator, the Ontario Securities Commission, and recently led the development of CIMA’s regulatory framework for virtual asset service providers, including developing rules and guidance for custodians, trading platforms, issuances and the sandbox regime.

Show highlights:

[3:00] Introduction to crypto while working as regulators

[12:00] XReg's international approach to consulting

[15:00] Classifying regulatory approaches to crypto in different jurisdictions

[21:00] Jurisdictions introducing comprehensive crypto rules

[29:00] Jurisdictions where crypto assets are illegal

[34:00] Global regulatory harmonization (IOSCO)

[47:00] DeFi regulation

& much more.

#101 - Legal Wrappers for DAOs: DAO Research Monthly Jun 23, 2023

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The goal of this podcast is to help DAOs and their members understand the potential legal wrappers which arise from bespoke legislation.

This is the second episode of the DAO Research Monthly series, created by Jacob Robinson, Kyle Smith and Kyler Wandler.

This episode reviews the legal wrappers created for DAOs. What do we mean when we say legal wrapper? What benefits do they offer DAOs and their members? What are the risks? We answer these questions and much more.

[4:30] Evolution of the modern company

[8:15] How DAOs build on the company

[12:00] Legal wrappers as a bridge

[20:00] Wyoming DAO law

[25:00] UNA

[29:00] Tennessee DAO law

[31:00] DAOs in Texas

[33:40] DAOs in Utah

[43:00] Vermont blockchain-based LLC

[53:16] Catawba Economic Zone

[54:00] DAOs outside the US

& much more.

Thank you to our sponsors, the DAO Research Collective, Lobby 3 and Tally DAO, for supporting this educational initiative - and thank you to Kyler Wandler for his incredible research.

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