Reynolds Holding

MAY 29, 2023

This included the rise of systemically important crypto intermediaries (“SICIs”) that are antithetical to the philosophy of decentralized finance (“DeFi”). The Crypto Ecosystem DeFi is characterized by peer-to-peer transactions and an absence of a centralized intermediaries.

Finance 64

Finance Banking Marketability Technology 64

Reynolds Holding

APRIL 11, 2024

Competition issues, market integrity standards, money laundering, corruption, and tax evasion come to mind, but also human rights, worker conditions, climate, and perhaps financial stability, all issues that do not stop at borders. What does this business law look like?

Equity 59

Equity Finance Marketability 59

Reynolds Holding

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Crypto trading is wholly unconnected to the productive purpose that defines finance: helping businesses, individuals, and governments raise, save, transmit, and use money for socially and economically useful ends. That assumption, however, risks luring policymakers into a potentially catastrophic category error. The answer is simple.

Finance 145

Finance Banking Marketability Treasury 145

Brian DeChesare

JULY 6, 2022

Toward the end of 2020, my most crypto-bullish friend showed me a “DeFi” service that allegedly paid 10 – 15% yields for investing. I said, “So, do you understand what they are doing? He dodged the question and continued to give me the DeFi sales pitch. I stayed far away from this service, while he presumably put in some money.

Marketability 95

Marketability Start-ups Equity Banking 95

Reynolds Holding

APRIL 4, 2022

I was over at Wharton, and what I knew of the law school is that the library stacks were a great place to study. First are the crypto trading and lending platforms, whether they call themselves centralized or decentralized (DeFi). 3] Similarly, the top five DeFi platforms account for nearly 80 percent of trading on those platforms. [4].

Marketability 65

Marketability Banking Start-ups Compliance 65

Brian DeChesare

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Mainstream news sources have already covered the story extensively, so I want to take a different angle and comment on how “the smart money” fell for this scam and what it could mean for careers in finance. Based on these numbers, it seems highly unlikely that FTX customers will recover much of their money.

Start-ups 52

Start-ups Banking Finance Technology 52

Reynolds Holding

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The Securities Act of 1933 was about companies raising money from the public. They understood that, when advisers manage someone else’s money, there may be additional opportunities for conflicts of interest between those advisers and clients. Congress knew the job still wasn’t done.

Marketability 49

Marketability Compliance Start-ups Banking 49