The In-Depth section features long-form journalism and original perspectives on the crypto and digital asset industry. It includes interviews with industry figures, opinion pieces, and research-driven analysis that examine key developments, ideas, and debates beyond daily news coverage.
California’s recent enforcement actions against crypto ATM operators are beginning to reveal a more structured approach to digital asset supervision, one that places consumer protection, operational controls, and anti-money laundering compliance at the center of regulatory oversight.
So Saito is the founding partner of So & Sato Law Offices, a boutique Japanese law firm focused on Web3, fintech, startups, investment funds, and M&A.
The Senate Banking Committee’s advancement of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act marks a further shift in U.S. digital asset policy from interpretive enforcement toward statutory market structure design.
Dr. Mark A. Calabria is a Board Member at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
Manuel Dueñas, Senior Fraud Lawyer at Crypto Legal, advises clients on cryptocurrency fraud, blockchain forensics, digital asset tracing, anti-money laundering compliance, and cross-border recovery matters involving blockchain-based financial activity.
Ron S. Geffner, a partner at Sadis Goldberg LLP and a former prosecutor at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, advises private equity funds, broker-dealers, commodity pool operators, and investment advisers on securities regulation, fund formation, and regulatory investigations.
Recent U.S. crypto guidance reframes the regulatory conversation away from classification and toward application. Over the past week, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission have issued materials that stop short of a comprehensive market-structure framework, yet provide increasingly specific direction on how existing law and supervisory practice attach to digital-asset activity.
Stanislav Andreyev, a crypto lawyer and Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), advises digital-asset firms on regulatory compliance, financial crime prevention, and digital securities frameworks.
Recent materials released by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency reflect a consistent regulatory method toward digital asset infrastructure.
Justice Louis L. Nock, a retired Justice of the New York State Supreme Court and former presiding justice of the Commercial Division in Manhattan, has overseen complex commercial and corporate litigation matters.
