CRYPTOCURRENCY NEWS AND ANALYSIS

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Seward & Kissel LLP
Casey Jennings

Casey Jennings |
Counsel

A member of Seward & Kissel’s Financial Services Regulatory Group and Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Group, Casey advises financial services companies – including banks, broker-dealers, investment funds, service providers, and financial technology companies – on federal and state banking and securities law issues and the structuring of new financial products, including anti-money laundering, deposit issues, token offerings, custody of traditional and crypto assets, transfer and liquidity issues, Volcker Rule issues, and investments in crypto assets by funds and other investors. Before joining the firm, Casey served as counsel to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, where he developed and implemented financial regulatory policy, including the first CFPB rulemaking to rely on unfair, deceptive, and abusive acts and practices (UDAAPs) authority. Since then, he has:

  • Represented e-retailer APMEX Inc. and alternative asset manager Sprott Inc. in connection with the launch of the online marketplace, OneGold.com.
“The whole notion of crypto is that there are no gatekeepers and the BSA requires that there be gatekeepers. Those two notions are very much at odds with one another. But the BSA is the best system that we’ve got right now.”
- Casey’s perspective on crypto AML regulations as published in Cointelegraph article “How U.S. authorities are using old AML tools to crack down on crypto "

Counsel

A member of Seward & Kissel’s Financial Services Regulatory Group and Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Group, Casey advises financial services companies – including banks, broker-dealers, investment funds, service providers, and financial technology companies – on federal and state banking and securities law issues and the structuring of new financial products, including anti-money laundering, deposit issues, token offerings, custody of traditional and crypto assets, transfer and liquidity issues, Volcker Rule issues, and investments in crypto assets by funds and other investors. Before joining the firm, Casey served as counsel to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, where he developed and implemented financial regulatory policy, including the first CFPB rulemaking to rely on unfair, deceptive, and abusive acts and practices (UDAAPs) authority. Since then, he has:

  • Represented e-retailer APMEX Inc. and alternative asset manager Sprott Inc. in connection with the launch of the online marketplace, OneGold.com.
“The whole notion of crypto is that there are no gatekeepers and the BSA requires that there be gatekeepers. Those two notions are very much at odds with one another. But the BSA is the best system that we’ve got right now.”
- Casey’s perspective on crypto AML regulations as published in Cointelegraph article “How U.S. authorities are using old AML tools to crack down on crypto "

First Coinbase, Now Binance: Big Fish in Choppy Waters

Casey Jennings
March 30, 2023

The Federal Government Bailing Out Crypto’s Biggest Bank? Silvergate Taps the Federal Home Loan Bank as its Lender of Last Resort

Casey Jennings
January 18, 2023

Nexo to CFPB: “If Anyone’s Going to Investigate Us, It’s Going to be the SEC!”

Casey Jennings
December 7, 2022

Proposed CA Crypto Regulatory Scheme Would Require Licenses, Disclosures for Digital Asset Businesses

Casey Jennings
July 11, 2022

House Bill Would Limit Stablecoin Issuances, Establish New Stablecoin Insurance Fund, Unlikely to Pass Without Additional Support

Casey Jennings
February 8, 2022

SEC Chair Gensler Presents Cybersecurity Agenda

Casey Jennings
February 1, 2022

SEC Chair Invites Congressional Action on Crypto Exchanges

Casey Jennings
May 12, 2021

Card Networks Jostle for Bragging Rights in Crypto Partnerships

Casey Jennings
May 7, 2021

Financial Providers Start to Bring Cryptocurrencies to the Masses

Casey Jennings
April 12, 2021

Canadian Bank to Offer Digital Currency Backed by Canadian Dollar

Casey Jennings
March 3, 2021