Off the Blockchain+, April 1-8, 2024

Intro/Disclaimer: Since late 2022, I’ve prepared weekly updates for attorneys at my firm to stay abreast of the latest Web3 legal developments. The biggest stories are included in Bi-Weekly posts on the firm’s BitBlog, where we provide concise tl;dr overviews and insights into how these developments might ripple through the industry. In pursuit of aContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, April 1-8, 2024”

Off the Blockchain+, November 20-27, 2023

Intro/Disclaimer: In late 2022 I started preparing updates for the attorneys at my firm practicing in the Web3 space regarding what legal stories people were talking about the prior week. The firm has started turning these into bi-weekly posts on the award winning BitBlog summarizing the top stories with tl;dr breakdowns on the stories’ importanceContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, November 20-27, 2023”

Off the Blockchain+, November 13-20, 2023

Intro/Disclaimer: In late 2022 I started preparing updates for the attorneys at my firm practicing in the Web3 space regarding what legal stories people were talking about the prior week. The firm has started turning these into bi-weekly posts on the award winning BitBlog summarizing the top stories with tl;dr breakdowns on the stories’ importanceContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, November 13-20, 2023”

Off the Blockchain+, September 4-11, 2023

I’ve done it. I have finally fled America. Albeit, I’m in Canada on an annual fishing trip; so not exactly seeking crypto asylum. I will be working while I am up here between outings on the lake, because for some reason the world doesn’t go on pause for my convenience (very rude!), so I’ll stillContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, September 4-11, 2023”

Tornado Cash Sanctions and the Fourth Amendment

In the wake of the sanctions brought by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) against virtual currency mixer Tornado Cash, legal scholars far smarter than I am have debated the issues surrounding whether the Tornado Cash protocol is an “entity” within OFAC’s power to sanction, and whether this falls afoul of “code is speech”Continue reading “Tornado Cash Sanctions and the Fourth Amendment”