Rebecca Rettig

Rebecca Rettig is the Chief Legal & Policy Officer at Polygon Labs, where she both oversees the global legal team and works on international policy issues to ensure that the web3 community’s interests are represented with policymakers and regulators across the globe. Previously, Rebecca served as General Counsel of the Aave Companies where she oversaw the legal and compliance functions, coordinating across numerous web3 software protocols and other potential product lines and across all departments within the company. Prior to her time at the Aave Companies, Rebecca was a partner at various large law firms, including Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP, representing software development and other companies in the blockchain and crypto space for many years. She spent many years of her career at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, as a litigator and regulatory enforcement lawyer.

Rebecca Rettig

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Analyses

Beyond the Ballot: How DeFi Is Preparing for DC’s Next Chapter

Innovation, consumer protection, and financial inclusion are neither Republican nor Democratic values — they're American ones, says Rebecca Rettig, Chief Legal & Policy Officer at Polygon Labs.

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Analyses

Making Crypto Tokens Useful and Fair

Instead of parsing the Howey Test, founders should prioritize making tokens useful and fair, say Jake Chervinsky and Rebecca Rettig.

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Analyses

Grassroots Policy Advocates Are Key to Seeding Crypto Innovation

Here are some ways users and developers, the lifeblood of crypto, can help move better legislation through Congress, writes Rebecca Rettig, Chief Legal & Policy Officer at Polygon Labs.

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Analyses

Stop Using the Word 'Platform', and Other DeFi Language Pet Peeves

When it comes to words demonstrating how DeFi is not TradFi, it’s "not how you say it, it’s what you say," writes Aave's general counsel, Rebecca Rettig.

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Juridique

DeFi Is Not TradFi: Why FATF's Guidance Would Stifle Growth

FATF may have DeFi in its sights, but Aave general counsel Rebecca Rettig is keeping watch on the watchdog.

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