Securities Regulation: Security Tokens and Other Digital Assets

Topics to be Included:

• Background: What is a cryptocurrency coin? What is a token?
• Background: Brief History of Rise in ICOs
• Are “tokens” a security? It depends (Howey test).
• “Utility Token” vs. “Security Token”
• Decentralization, DAOs and “Governance Tokens”
• SEC Perspectives: Early Statements and Guidance (2017-2019)
• SEC Perspectives: Select Enforcement Actions and Allegations
• SEC vs. Ripple (XRP)
• Is the SEC overreaching?
• Is the SEC defending its “turf?”
• Potential Impact

Speakers

Jared R. Gianatasio, Esq., Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, P.C, New York, NY

Alex Shiekman, Esq., Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, P.C, New York, NY

Derek Stueben, Esq., Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, P.C, New York, NY