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1/ As U.S. regulators continue their war on crypto, many founders are thinking about geofencing as a compliance strategy. It can work, but only if it's done right. That’s why @dbarabander and I wrote this Practical Guide to Geofencing: https://blog.variant.fund/newsletter-legal-regulatory-affairs
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2/ Our guide explains what you (and your counsel) need to know about geofencing. Geofencing means stopping people in a certain "geography" from accessing a product by creating a virtual “fence” around it. We start by explaining when it's useful as a compliance strategy.
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3/ Geofencing is essentially a “when all else fails” fallback option when a company can’t: - satisfy applicable compliance obligations, like registration, disclosures, KYC, etc.; or - design the product in such a way that no compliance obligations apply in the first place.
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4/ Geofencing is useful when neither of those options work. It’s a pretty extreme solution to the problem of regulatory uncertainty — completely abandoning the US market — but sometimes there’s just no other way. We then do a deep dive into the case law on geofencing.
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5/ The guide ends with a summary of best practices for companies and their counsel to consider in establishing an effective U.S. geofence. It also gives suggestions for how to implement each one.
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6/ Special thanks to @ohaiom, a true expert on geofencing, for his review and feedback. We’ve been getting many questions from founders at @variantfund about geofencing. We hope this guide helps them and their counsel decide how it fits into their compliance strategy ✌️ [end]
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