Matthew Niss

June 26, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Although government enforcers plainly remain undeterred, reckoning with these thorny legal issues introduces additional complications to any enforcement action. To cut the Gordian knot, New York prosecutors increasingly take a different tack: charging defendants in the cryptocurrency space under neutral statutes that do not require the government to prove that the asset in question is a security or commodity.

By Mayling Blanco, Katey Fardelmann and Matthew Niss

10 minute read

June 24, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Practitioners and investors need to keep apprised of the rapid developments in cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrency may be the wave of the future, but as with any new technology, wrinkles need to be ironed out and the law needs to evolve up.

By Celia Cohen and Matthew Niss

8 minute read

December 06, 2021 | New York Law Journal

The formation of the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team heralds a focus of enforcement resources towards the financial ecosystem that allows ransomware and similar threats to flourish.

By Mayling Blanco, Celia Cohen and Matthew Niss

9 minute read