By: Moish E. Peltz, Esq. and Kyle M. Lawrence, Esq. When Steven Baum joined Block & Order, he made a counterintuitive observation about digital assets: crypto is not hard to audit because it is opaque. In many cases, it...
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Tokenization: The Most Anticipated, and Perhaps the Most Misunderstood, New Technology of the Decade
Feb 05, 2026
By: Kyle M. Lawrence, Esq. and Moish E. Peltz, Esq. In the early days of 2026, you can’t open your internet browser, check the news or talk to a neighbor without hearing the word tokenization. To some, it’s the dawn of a...
The Valuation Hurdles of Token Grants and Cross-Border Transfers? Lessons from Neil Thakur of Teknos Associates
Dec 05, 2025
By: Moish E. Peltz, Esq. and Kyle M. Lawrence, Esq. As tokenization models mature and crypto businesses confront new tax and reporting rules, valuation has become one of the most consequential issues for founders, investors,...
By: Moish E. Peltz, Esq. and Kyle M. Lawrence, Esq. When SEC Chair Paul Atkins and Acting CFTC Chair Caroline Pham issued their joint statement on “regulatory harmonization,” it marked one of the clearest signs yet that...
TTAB Decision on WORLDWIDECRYPTO Provides an Instructive Reminder for Crypto Trademark Applicants
Oct 23, 2025
By: Moish E. Peltz, Esq. A Crypto Trademark Case Worth Noting A recent decision from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) offers an important reminder for companies and entrepreneurs in the digital asset and...
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman was a proud sponsor of the Bitcoin Treasuries NYC Unconference, an invite-only gathering of 350 decision-makers, CFOs, and capital allocators exploring Bitcoin’s role as a balance sheet...
GENIUS Act Is Officially Law — Now What? The Most Important Deadlines Stablecoin Businesses Should Know
Sep 05, 2025
By: Moish E. Peltz, Esq. and Kyle M. Lawrence, Esq. The fight to regulate U.S. stablecoins was never going to be easy. In a Congress where even consensus bills often die quietly, the Guiding and Establishing National...
By: Moish E. Peltz, Esq. and Kyle M. Lawrence, Esq. In a recent episode of Block & Order, wealth strategist Matt McClintock of Bespoke Group shared his approach to safeguarding bitcoin holdings for the long term. Drawing...
Kyle M. Lawrence, Partner and Co-Chair of FRB’s Digital Assets Practice Group, was recently featured in an article by Techopedia examining the emerging trend of cryptocurrency reserve funds at the state level. In the...
FRB’s Moish E. Peltz was quoted in a Law.com article discussing the ongoing legal dispute between Brave Software and News Corp over the use of copyrighted material in the AI-powered blockchain enabled search engine,...