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Dynamis LLP
Website: dynamisllp.com
Dynamis LLP is a law firm specializing in white-collar criminal and regulatory defense, with a focus on cryptocurrency and blockchain-related legal issues. The firm also handles business disputes, commercial litigation, government and internal investigations, class actions, financial services and securities matters, real estate litigation, international disputes including FCPA enforcement, whistleblower lawsuits, fintech and crypto regulation, and bankruptcy litigation. Dynamis LLP publishes content that analyzes regulatory developments, legal frameworks, and enforcement trends affecting the crypto economy and related sectors. Their publications often provide insights into government policies, tax rules, and court decisions impacting digital assets and financial regulations.
9 published works
Crypto Law and Disputes
The Biden Blueprint: Unpacking Administration Policies Shaping the Crypto Economy
By Eric Rosen
The Biden Administration’s cryptocurrency policy has taken shape over the past 3+ years amidst significant market developments and wide-ranging perceptions of the Administration’s motives and intentions for the industry. While…
Crypto Law and Disputes
Security Today, Non-Security Tomorrow: Have Recent Crypto Decisions Under the Howey Test Created Unworkable Standards?
By Eric Rosen
Judge Torres’s summary judgment opinion in the SEC v. Ripple (S.D.N.Y. July 13, 2023) litigation was a detailed, carefully reasoned analysis under SCOTUS’s 77-year-old Howey test. But subsequent decisions—including Judge Torres’s…
Crypto Law and Disputes
New Crypto Tax Rules: Dynamis Quick Take
By Eric Rosen
I. Introduction In November of 2021, Congress passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which amended cryptocurrency tax reporting obligations under 26 U.S.C. § 6045. This amendment began to apply…
Crypto Law and Disputes
Crypto Terminology Cheat Sheet
By Eric Rosen
Decentralized Finance (DeFi): The overall ecosystem of crypto-currency and blockchain. DeFi is a response to issues with centralized financial exchanges (banks, brokerages, etc.) and uses the new technologies of crypto…
Crypto Law and Disputes
Is It Time to Re-Assess Whether the Term “Investment Contract” in the Securities Act and Exchange Act is Unconstitutionally Vague?
I. Introduction For years, courts viewed the “Howey” test as clear guidance as to whether a particular asset or investment was a security. Now, recent inconsistent decisions, particularly in the…
Crypto Law and Disputes
28 U.S.C. § 1782 Could Be a Powerful Tool for International Crypto Litigation
I. Introduction 28 U.S.C. § 1782 permits foreign litigants to obtain discovery in the United States in aid of foreign litigation. In the age of crypto litigation—arising from business disputes, scams, and/or…
Crypto Law and Disputes
Decrypting The Proposed Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2023
By Eric Rosen
I. Introduction In the rapidly evolving and novel world of cryptocurrency, legal and regulatory developments have the potential to shape the trajectory of the industry just as much as companies…
Crypto Law and Disputes
5 Crypto Decisions From 2023 Every Lawyer Should Know
By Eric Rosen
5 Under the Radar Crypto Decisions from 2023: What You Need to Know 2023 was a big year for crypto litigation. SEC cases against Ripple and Coinbase dominated the headlines.…
Crypto Law and Disputes
The Electronic Fund Transfer Act (“EFTA”) and Crypto
I. Introduction It is unclear whether and to what extent the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (“EFTA”)—which dictates rights and liabilities as to unauthorized electronic fund transfers—applies to cryptoassets and crypto…