Tech Intersect #102: Jason Civalleri-What's on the Legal Horizon for Crypto Lending, DeFi, DAOs and NFTs

Kudos, Questions, Comments? Send it here.In this episode, I chat with Jason Civalleri, Esq., about some thorny legal issues and trends affecting crypto, decentralized finance, DAOs and DAO governance and "NFTs as securities". Jason also dives into the hot off the presses SEC settlement agreement with BlockFi  about its lending product deemed to be a security. Jason explains why the decision may actually provide a light at the end of the confusing tunnel of when lending products require registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Jason is an attorney with the boutique law firm Horizons Law, with a deep knowledge and appreciation for crypto. He has helped to advise many notable projects including Dapper, Solana, Synthetix, Orca, Genesis Block, Grayscale, and Coinlist. During his tenure there, fully decentralized business entities, represented anonymous hackers and those that stop them, merged billion-dollar DAOs, advised on emerging DeFi derivatives and products, pioneered new open-source licensing, and even pioneered methods for clients to offer high-yield centralized lending products without authoritative backlash.SPONSORED BY ADVANTAGE EVANS™ ACADEMY  With Bitcoin and Ethereum leading the way, the cryptocurrency market is booming. And growing. With over 16,000+ different types of crypto (and counting), crypto is a fast-paced, fast moving emerging asset class. Find out what banks, governments, and companies like Paypal don’t want you to know about owning crypto and holding it in your own wallet or self-guided crypto IRA. Bottom line? It’s a wave. And you deserve this opportunity to ride it all the way to financial freedom that leads to economic empowerment and generational wealth. Learn while you earn. Safely. Legally. Confidently. transform your relationship with moneygenerate wealth in the new digital cash economycreate digital ownership streams that lead to generational wealthvet, buy, store, trade, earn, and sell cryptocurrenciesengage in “defi” to lend and leverage your cryptocreate, buy and trade creative and collectible NFTsMembership includes: Monthly live masterclassesLive Q&A with our expertsActive learning milestonesHeadlines and hot topicsReplay libraryResources Bank (a $500 value)Preferred access to invite-only eventsPreferred pricing for courses and eventsDiscounted 1:1 sessions (regularly $1,000) Join now at advantageevans.com/special.  Guest Contact:Twitter: @LegalLimitEnt Show Contact:Questions and requests: [email protected] Follow: Twitter @AtTechIntersect | Instagram @TechIntersect Web: Tech Intersect Podcast  Connect for exclusive content: http://eepurl.com/gKqDyP Rapternal Music (Regulate and The Rabbit Hole) by Regulate & The Rabbit Hole by Notty Prod licensed via Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Produced by Tonya M. Evans for Advantage Evans, LLC