Cryptocurrency & Decentralized Finance
Analysis Group brings deep, multidisciplinary expertise to matters involving digital assets. We combine knowledge of blockchain technology, smart contract architecture, tokenomics, and the guiding regulatory frameworks to support clients in both advisory and litigation contexts. Our consultants specialize in translating highly technical concepts and rigorous economic analyses into clear and persuasive testimony that factfinders can understand.
Our team partners with leading academic and industry experts who have offered analysis and testimony in some of the most high-profile matters involving cryptocurrency and decentralized finance (DeFi).
Representative Engagements
- Securities fraud and misrepresentation involving cryptocurrency assets
- Valuation disputes and recovery analysis in bankruptcies and liquidations involving digital assets
- Conducting valuation and liquidation analyses of large portfolios of digital assets in major bankruptcy proceedings, including FTX Trading
- Analyzing the structure and responsibilities of cryptocurrency exchanges, focusing on market microstructure, platform design, and economic assessments relevant to the classification of digital asset transactions under securities law
- Providing economic and analytical support in enforcement actions involving major platforms
- Assessing the implications of proposed US regulations – including the CLARITY Act and the GENIUS Act – for the classification of digital assets, the design of exchange structures, and the scope of regulatory oversight
- Intellectual property (IP) claims and damages assessments involving NFTs (non-fungible tokens)
- Evaluating whether NFTs infringed on existing trademarks and supported damages quantification in copyright and other IP litigation.
- Code review
- Translating cryptographic code functionality into clear explanations for regulators, courts, and non-technical stakeholders in litigation and regulatory contexts
- Asset tracing in blockchain networks
- Tracing cryptocurrency transactions in matters involving alleged fraud, security breaches, and chain-of-custody disputes
- Blockchain data and transaction analyses
- Performing transaction and order-book analyses across products and exchanges
- Joint-venture disputes and assessments of non-compete clauses in digital asset mining contracts
- Conducting valuation and loss analyses in breach-of-contract matters involving energy procurement agreements for cryptocurrency mining operations
