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J. Christopher Giancarlo, former CFTC chairman and senior counsel at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, weighs in on the state of digital asset regulation in the U.S. "We need some degree of generational change in Washington before we get the sensible crypto legislation that we really need," Giancarlo said.

Sep 22, 2023

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will file an "interlocutory appeal" of a judge's ruling on Ripple's programmatic sales of XRP. Michael Selig, counsel at law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, discusses the filing and the potential outcomes.

Aug 10, 2023

Crypto exchanges are piling in to list Ripple's XRP token on their platforms after a court ruled the sale of the tokens on exchanges and through algorithms did not constitute investment contracts. "The court very elegantly distinguishes between sales where purchasers are really buying a commodity, a good, and those sales where there's more promises and commitments made," said Michael Selig, counsel at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.

Jul 14, 2023

Ripple scored a partial win in its fight with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) after a court ruling that brought a little bit of regulatory clarity for the crypto industry. Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP Counsel Michael Selig along with INX advisor and former SEC attorney Alex Damsker share their respective insights into the legal judgement. Plus, their thoughts on bail for former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky being set at $40 million by a judge after he was arrested Thursday on charges of fraud.

Jul 14, 2023

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP counsel Michael Selig discusses the state of crypto regulation in 2022 and details of his opinion piece on CoinDesk titled "2023: The Year of Regulation vs. Decentralization." Plus, insights on the tension between the CFTC and SEC over crypto jurisdiction. And he explains why regulators cracking down celebrity endorsements of crypto could seem like publicity stunts.

Dec 29, 2022

J. Christopher Giancarlo, Senior Counsel at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, joins MIT Media Lab's Director of the Digital Currency Initiative Neha Narula at Consensus 2022 to discuss the evolution and war brewing in the central bank digital currencies space. Moderator: Emily Parker, Executive Director, CoinDesk

Jul 19, 2022