CRYPTO, DIGITAL ASSETS AND BLOCKCHAIN
Practice Area
SEDA Experts' crypto, digital assets, and blockchain practice covers a broad spectrum of the digital asset industry, addressing both market and regulatory aspects.
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Our team brings experience in fund formation, market and blockchain research, systems implementation, strategic execution, and risk management. Additionally, our experts have co-founded an alternative asset fund centered on a cryptocurrency portfolio, managing areas like research, strategy execution, yield farming, protocol staking, and overseeing investor relations and fund administration. Our experts have handled multiple different civil and criminal matters and have testifying experience in crypto and digital assets related matters.
Our regulatory enforcement team includes seasoned experts, such as a former CFTC Commissioner and a former CFTC Senior Counsel, with extensive experience in the digital assets and cryptocurrency space. They have been involved in regulatory developments in this sector since its inception and remain influential in shaping regulatory frameworks in the evolving fields of law and finance. Their contributions include chairing the Global Digital Asset and Cryptocurrency Association’s Public Policy and Regulation Committee, along with various other significant roles past and present. Our experts initiated a new agency-wide data protection procedures for the consistent handling of data intake and strengthening of responses to potential cyber intrusions.
EXPERTISE
Digital Assets
Our experts offer in-depth knowledge of tokenomics, asset tokenization, and the dynamics of digital asset markets, including cryptocurrency trading, yield farming, and protocol staking. Our team has hands-on experience in structuring and managing digital asset funds, including fund formation, risk management, and strategy execution tailored to digital assets. Additionally, we provide guidance on regulatory compliance and investor relations, ensuring that our clients' digital asset ventures are both strategically positioned and compliant with evolving legal frameworks.
Blockchain
SEDA´s experts have extensive experience in protocol analysis, smart contract design, and decentralized finance (DeFi) solutions, bringing experience in both technical execution and operational management. Additionally, our professionals are adept at navigating the complexities of blockchain governance, compliance, and security, ensuring that our solutions are robust, scalable, and aligned with the latest regulatory requirements.
Cryptocurrency
Our experts provide expertise in areas such as market analysis, trading strategies, portfolio management, and blockchain research, covering a wide array of cryptocurrency assets. Our team is adept at designing and executing yield farming, protocol staking, and liquidity provision strategies, with a focus on optimizing returns while managing risk. Additionally, SEDA´s experts have experience in cryptocurrency fund formation, helping clients create and manage funds that focus on diversified digital asset portfolios. Our experts stay on top of regulatory developments in the cryptocurrency space, offering compliance guidance and strategic insights to help clients navigate a shifting legal environment.
Trading and Exchanges
Our experts in trading, exchanges protocols and structures provided opinions regarding the reasonableness of the leverage and margin protocols on crypto exchanges
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