Law & Policy

Blockchain Law professor here.  Curious to hear what advice you would give to 3Ls in San Francisco looking for Web3 legal jobs? Besides joining Farcaster, obviously....

Experimenting with the cool frame from @0xshash. Here is our December deck on top crypto law highlights from 2023. While it is about the past year, it does shed some light on what to expect in the coming year(s). 

https://slideframe.replit.app/QmdDBaKKLHJpoZCBekKmX4fgoiqAhG6jsR8yS9X3MnBV6z

1/ Review major crypto law events of the past year: https://warpcast.com/buzko/0x3ef56c05

2/ Study pleadings in SEC vs Coinbase to understand the major legal clash: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67478179/securities-and-exchange-commission-v-coinbase-inc/

Founders

Meet the 1st legal primitive for Farcaster: Top-10 Legal Docs for Crypto Startups. No need to google this SAFT or NDA, just scroll through and download a decent template.

https://bk-frame.replit.app/

If it gets 100 likes, we will add 10 more docs.

Thanks to the young engineer @vitalina who coded it from scratch!f

3/ Read and understand the most common token issuance documents (easiest):

Partner at buzko.legal, founder at degoverned.com

14/ Taxes in crypto are a nightmare. Thanks to @cryptotaxguy.eth for bringing clarity 🙌:

U.S. Taxation of DeFi (PDF): https://shorturl.at/rGORV
U.S. Taxes for DAOs (PDF): https://shorturl.at/agB37
U.S. Tax Aspects for NFT Collectors (PDF): https://shorturl.at/sxCH3

4/ Get a rough understanding of taxes in crypto:

4/ Get a rough understanding of taxes in crypto:

https://warpcast.com/buzko/0x12667dd0

6/ Crypto jurisdictions:

🇺🇲 US C-corps – for so-called development companies that do not engage in regulated activities
🇺🇲 US LLCs and Unincorporated Nonprofit Association (UNAs) – for U.S.-connected DAOs
🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands – for token issuing entities and crypto funds

5/ Understand jurisdictional landscape: https://warpcast.com/buzko/0xdeab19ea

6/ Join LeXpunK (https://www.lexpunk.army/), LexDAO (https://lexdao.org/) or any other groups.

3/ Read and understand the most common token issuance documents (easiest): https://warpcast.com/buzko/0xcc786310