New Podcast Mini-Series: Digital Assets – Unraveling the Puzzle
By Steve Gannon and Ed Wegener
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The landscape for digital assets, cryptocurrencies and blockchain projects has become extremely complex. Regulators, developers and exchanges are struggling to provide clarity and guardrails without limiting innovation and profitability.
In our new Oyster Stew podcast mini-series “Digital Assets – Unraveling the Puzzle,” Steve Gannon, a Partner at The law Firm of Davis Wright Tremaine, and Oyster’s Ed Wegener walk our listeners through:
- the evolution of the crypto asset class
- regulatory actions occurring around digital assets, including cases that the SEC is bringing and where they see these cases going
- the regulatory fallout around the determination of what constitutes a security and the SEC’s actions
Chapter 1 – How We Got Here
In this chapter, Steve Gannon and Ed Wegener walk through the evolution of the crypto asset class, including some of the common types of digital assets and digital asset projects.
Chapter 2 – The Regulatory Evolution
In this chapter, Steve and Ed continue their discussion of the Regulatory actions that are occurring around digital assets, including cases that the SEC is bringing, and where they see these cases going.
Chapter 3 – What Happens Now?
In this chapter, discuss the crypto landscape, the regulatory fallout around the determination of what constitutes a security, and the SEC’s actions.
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About The Podcast Speakers
Podcast Guest - Steve Gannon
Podcast Guest – Steve Gannon – Partner, The Law Firm of Davis Wright and Tremaine. Steve advises the banking and digital asset industries on regulatory and strategic matters from public policy and corporate governance to litigation, compliance, and administrative actions. . Steve’s focus includes helping the industry adapt to and stay on top of the burgeoning FinTech and digital asset spaces
Ed Wegener
Ed Wegener is an innovative compliance, risk management and supervisory controls expert with deep understanding of Federal Securities Laws and the rules of self-regulatory organizations, as well as technology optimization and risk mitigation. Prior to joining Oyster, Ed held several posts in FINRA, most recently as Senior VP and Midwest Regional Director.
