Aaron Krowne is Partner & Practice Group Lead Blockchain & Corporate, at Industria Business Lawyers (IBL Partners) a technology-forward distributed law firm.

Why you should listen

Since its founding in 2018, IBL Partners has leveraged versatility and technology to deliver professional and sophisticated legal services for innovators in the twenty-first century technology sector. Advances in technology, including AI, Blockchain and DLT, fintech, "DeFi", and "Web3", continue to revolutionize the industry. Unfortunately, government agencies and corporate stakeholders often find themselves playing catch-up with innovation. IBL Partners leverages its collective regulatory experience and expertise in technology to navigate the regulatory uncertainty and offer clients indispensable legal support in new frontier as well as established areas of the law.

Aaron Krowne is an attorney who arrived at the practice of law following a career in computing and technology, where he worked as a research data scientist.

He founded a series of online startup ventures, several of which attained global recognition. His pre-law career also includes establishing multiple online libel law precedents and participating in the early development of the Creative Commons IP license system.

He was one of the first lawyers globally to focus on blockchain, initially familiarizing himself with Bitcoin and its underlying technology in its early days.

Today, he advises a diverse array of blockchain and "crypto" companies, covering areas ranging from money services and AML law to NFTs, and works at the forefront of the professionalization and expansion of the rapidly-growing cryptocurrency finance and "DeFi" space.

Aaron joins Andy to discuss blockchain law, regulations, the regulation by enforcement approach of many US agencies, and the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act.

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