aka "Mother of Blockchains." Blockchain & Finance Deal Lawyer. Never legal or investment advice. Views are mine personally, not necessarily anyone else's.
Excited to share this news and join the ranks of blockchain founders!
Prominent Blockchain Attorney Joshua Ashley Klayman Launches Blockchain- and Digital Token-Focused Law Firm & Blockchain Strategy Consulting and Advisory Firm -
Excited to share w/you that
#Forbes
has selected me as a
#Contributor
for the
#Crypto
space! Looking forward to engaging w/you & sharing perspectives! & continuing to do what I love as a lawyer & consultant. Thank you everyone reading this for all of your
#support
&
#friendship
.
Web3 Foundation announces
@Polkadot
's native token DOT has morphed and is software, not a security!
After 3 years of proactive engagement with the
@SECGov
, W3F announces a landmark step towards the achievement of Web 3.0, a decentralized, trustless, serverless internet.
🚨🚨🚨 “WHAT HAPPENED”
#SBF
found guilty on all counts - on the anniversary of
@CoinDesk
’s award-winning reporting of the
#Alameda
balance sheet that revealed the empire to be a house of cards.
#FTX
#SBF
#crypto
27 years ago today, this little baby made teenaged me a mom, and, in more than one sense, life began for both of us. Happy 27th birthday to my amazing, brilliant, strong, powerful daughter,
@SabrinaKlayman
!
(And happy birthday to my awesome 8 year old daughter, Laila,…
For those who'd like to know about more about the Women in Blockchain Summit, check out this
#Wired
Article:
For Women in Cryptocurrency, a New Effort to Grow Their Ranks via
@WIRED
Today’s my birthday. I came home to an unexpected, special dinner planned by my mom & 4 of my kids (my girls). Each year, I’m more grateful for simple things like togetherness, health, laughter. And, of course, ice cream cake w/ chocolate crunchies. 47 is off to a great start. ❤️
Always great to see
@AmberBaldet
! We had a great time today discussing how smart contracts may change the world with Lee Schneider, Volta Drmota and Miho Grcar at
#MeetingoftheTangents
!
Is this real life? My younger self doesn't quite believe it! Yesterday, was interviewed by the inimitable
@DelRayMan
,
@Forbes
' Senior Editor, concerning everything from my parents (hi, mom!), to
#crypto
,
#VCs
, bad actor status & everything in between, name-checking:
🔥
@daltonan
…
What do you call a conspiracy theorist who frequently is correct? A prophet! (That's my soundbite for today. 😊) Today, the SEC confirmed the
#crypto
industry's suspicions that the proposed changes to the definition of
#exchange
were intended to cover crypto-related…
Walking today, saw a cosmetic procedures ad: "Body is the new face." Oh, great.
Beyond promoting insecurity, why?
I suggest:
"Intellect is the new hair"
"I love wrinkles, especially on my brain"
"Passion is ageless"
"Resilience turns heads"
"You are enough, always"
More?
Happy
#Mother
's Day from our family to yours! Hope that you and your loved ones are staying safe and healthy on this beautiful day. This year, I'm extra
#thankful
for being home with this crew, as well as for my fantastic mom!
My 5 kids call me Mom, Mama, Mommy. My grandsons call me Granny (like Granny Clampett). It’s all the most beautiful noise I’ve ever heard. Happy Mother’s Day from my crew to yours! ❤️
#family
#HappyMothersDay
A reminder of the importance of
#kyc
,
#aml
,
#cft
,
#sanctions
. "Binance was accused of failing to maintain a proper anti-money laundering program, operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business and violating sanctions law." ..
These are some of my favorite people in the world, from literally across the world. So many great minds, unique personalities & big hearts. Whenever I see this crew, I feel like I'm going to
#SpaceCamp
! (Anyone remember the movie?)
@Wharton
Reg
@Tech
#blockchain
#crypto
#regtech
Does anyone else not know where to look when taking a selfie? I feel like I'm back in 8th grade, unable to "catch" my bangs w/a curling iron while looking in the mirror & ending up "styling" them w/fingers & lots of hairspray.
About to fly to
#Berlin
for
#BlockchainWeekBerlin
.
💣 🌟 Huge news in the Ripple case! Judge grants SEC's motion for summary judgment as to "Institutional Sales," & grants Ripple's motion for summary judgment as to "Programmatic Sales," the "Other Distributions" & "Larson's and Garlinghouse's sales." A…
The Great (Crypto) Reset. That’s what this feels like. I do believe that, after all the dominos have fallen & the contagion has been mapped, the digital asset space will emerge stronger. W/ better disclosure, policies, procedures, laws, etc. After being cleansed by a giant wave.
Can't wait to see so many friends this wknd & next week for
#NYBlockchainWeek
!
Anyone else combing through emails/texts/dms/pms trying to figure out where they're supposed to be, when?
Never have I felt more love for those who send calendar invitations. :)
#crypto
#blockchain
Sending holiday warmth from my family to yours. Whatever the holiday. And however you define family. May you and yours enjoy good health, good cheer and the best luck. Thank you for your support & friendship this year!
#blockchain
#holidays
#crypto
#inclusion
#friendship
#family
Thank you all of you who reached out to me today. I can't tell you how much it meant to me to hear from so many friends. I believe relationships are everything, & I'm so thankful to have so many wonderful people in my life & in my corner. Please know: I'm in your corner, too.
Just boarded flight to Frankfurt. Couple opposite me stopped to ask if I'm from
#NJ
. Husband asked wife why she asked. She said I look like I'm from NJ(?) & she had a hunch, explaining they're from
#Brooklyn
.
Funny, we're still in
#NY
Looking
#superjersey
:)
#jersey
#Crypto
Used
@hotelstonight
& ended up at a
@FairmontHotels
#hotel
. All of the regular rooms were booked when I arrived; I was surprised to find myself (alone) upgraded to the Presidential Suite. It’s huge. I feel confident that this is the only way I’d ever see the inside of this room.
1/ ANYONE CURIOUS how US laws enable the
#securities
industry to create phantom securities, eg Dole Food case (36.7m shares outstanding but brokerage statements showed 49.2m valid owners)? The Uniform Commercial Code’s Article 8 indirect ownership regime, enacted in 1994 in all..
⭐️ So honored to be part of the first
@WhartonBDAP
Legal
@Tech
roundtable in London and to engage in discussions with these brilliant minds! The overarching topic was Disrupting Legal Traditions. As
@Joeyg_poh
said so well, “Disrupting legal traditions always need to be based on a…
Thank you so much, my friends, for supporting the launches of Klayman LLC and Inflection Point Blockchain Advisors, LLC! This post may be helpful to certain lawyers interested in Klayman LLC.
Happy 18th birthday to my son, Jacob! ❤️ He may no longer be a 5 year old singing Bad Romance at a restaurant dinner table (see video), but he still follows his dreams and his heart and gives his all to whatever he does. Hard to believe that my little tiny baby, who, conveniently…
From my family to yours, sending warm wishes to all of my friends who are -- as well as those who are not -- celebrating a holiday this weekend. (Believe it or not, there are 3 generations in this photo.)
#blockchain
#crypto
#friends
#familiesofblockchain
l
I bought my children (and myself) a
@Nintendo
Switch and was excited to revisit some of my favorite games from my childhood.
And I’ve never felt as ancient as when I began playing Legend of
#Zelda
(1986 version)…were those really the “new” and “modern” graphics that had…
My mom’s text to me after listening to the podcast that I shared yesterday. It’s almost like a confusing poem. ❤️⬇️
“Depegging? Staple points?
Staple claims?
Your brain amazes me!
9 month high.
Sounds like Crypto pregnancy!
Nice work.
Thanks for sharing.”
Today was an incredible day at the
#SEC
's first
#FinHub
#FinTech
Forum. Being part of it was an absolute honor. I'm so thankful to the SEC staff for including me on the Capital Formation Panel (Panel 1).
Is there a name for when there are so many events and after parties to choose from that you kind of want to hide in a corner? Choice overload? Or maybe I'm the only one who feels this way. :)
About to land in
#Austin
for
@sxsw
! Can't wait to see everyone!
@CaitlinLong_
@kwerb
@emschanning
and I will have a crypto panel tomorrow: ICOs the Next Generation. Thank you to all who voted for us.
Please come by and say hi!
@LayahHeilpern
I’m not sure that’s what society generally tells women, or men, is most important. Education, I’ve heard. Family, I’ve heard. Ability to stand on your own two feet (aka independence) I’ve heard. But I’m not sure that “career,” specifically & by itself, is a message I’ve heard.
Yesterday🤦🏻♀️
Laila: “Mom, what were the 19s like?”
Me: “The 90s? I was a teenager.”
Laila: “No, the 19s.”
Me (realizing): “Well, it was very different. We didn’t have smart phones. No iPads or tablets. Having a computer was a big deal.”
Laila (intrigued): “Did you have cars?”
Epic news! FinHub published a framework for analyzing whether a digital asset is offered/sold as an investment contract, i.e., a security, & a no action letter! I'm writing a story about this, look for it soon!
#blockchain
#crypto
#sec
@ForbesCrypto
Lawyers and market participants in the
#tech
,
#vc
and digital assets/
#crypto
space, now is a time when we can choose to encourage calm, or fan the flames of speculation and catastrophe. For the good of our industry and the broader economy, I recommend calm.
“What a client needs…
I have nothing profound to say and no breathtaking photos to share.
May 2020 be all that you hope for, and may you enjoy it in the best of health with the best of friends.
Thank you for being so many of mine.
Happy new year!
#cryptotwitter
🔥🚒 Important: Today, another judge in the Southern District of NY (Judge Rakoff in
#SEC
v. Terraform Labs/Do Kwan), when denying defendants’ motion to dismiss, expressly declined to adopt Judge Torres’
@Ripple
reasoning, stating that
#Howey
makes no such distinction between…
Realized that I could never make it in Hollywood...
After less than a week of engaging -- very mildly -- in a few
#NYBlockchainWeek
dinners and festivities, my left eye is red, my face is puffy, my back is stiff and my hair looks like it has seen better days.
When you think that you find an amazing last-minute deal on a hotel room during
#Consensus2023
in
#Austin
. And you do, but it turns out it was missing a few things. Like a bathroom or sink.
#crypto
❤️🤭
In my view, among other things, Paragraph 91 of the
#SEC
's
#complaint
against
#Kik
is notable. It appears to make clear the view that, not only was the Kik SAFT a security, but so were the underlying Kin tokens sold pursuant to the SAFT.
#blockchain
#crypto
I had a terrific conversation with these brilliant folks (
@laurashin
and
@boironattorney
) on
@Unchained_pod
- we grappled with a broad range of recent SEC and other regulatory actions and the potential reasoning behind them. 👇👇👇
🥵 There’s so much going on with the SEC and crypto.
We’re here with lawyers
@josh_blockchain
and
@boironattorney
with some informed perspectives on Gary Gensler’s recent actions.
🔊 Full episode:
Would love to hear about people's 1st real jobs.
Mine was at 16, as a fry girl at
@McDonalds
.
Graduated to cashier & truly believed that, if I were good enough, someone would "discover" me & let me be in a company training video.
H/T
@iamSamsterdam
for
#job
post
#blockchain
Look at this fantastic job
@Blockchain
for
#cryptolawyers
! Plus, you get to work with my friend
@msantoriESQ
. An unstated job requirement: comfort accepting that his hair will always look better than yours. :-)
Attention Cryptolawyers of Twitter: We're hiring! Come work
@Blockchain
to help us advocate for an open, accessible and fair financial future for everyone. (Also keep me and
@OneMorePeter
in check)
Here is a link to the full SEC Response to Coinbase’s Mandamus Petition:
Also, here is a screenshot of page 15, in which the SEC asserts that the “acknowledged complexity of Coinbase’s proposals undermines its request for accelerated relief.”
#crypto
…
Excited to be heading to Washington, DC to present to The World Bank and the IMF re: Blockchain’s potential effects on the loan market with these greats:
@Bridget
Marsh
@Tess
Virmani and
@Josiah
Dewey
Wishing a very happy big birthday to my smart, kind, beautiful mom. (Both photos from today.) Hard to believe that this youthful lady is a great-grandmother.
some people will always assume that the government is out to get them & anti-innovation. That's an ideological position I'm not gonna debate. My takeaway is that the commission is deeply engaged and wants to help foster innovation in the space while protecting investors.