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Why SEC/CFTC Interpretive Release is a Step Backward for DeFi (Release 33-11412, Part III)
Mar 26
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James Williams
The Secondary Sale Complication
If left unchanged, the Project Crypto release creates a potential compliance nightmare for US crypto exchanges, market makers and "affiliate" token…
Mar 20
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James Williams
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The SEC Just Redrew the Map
What Project Crypto's joint interpretation means for every token project operating today
Mar 18
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James Williams
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The Beginner’s Mind, AI and the Future of Legal Practice
How my years in crypto’s legal wilderness prepared me for the AI revolution — and why the leveraged firm model is about to run out of road
Mar 4
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James Williams
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The CLARITY Structuring Dilemma: Evaluating US-Based DGS Wrappers for Decentralized Network Equity Issuance
Part III of the Decentralized Network Equity Series
Feb 26
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James Williams
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Quick Take on the Genius Act (Proposed Senate Stablecoin Legislation)
Feb 9, 2025
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James Williams
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The SEC Just Redrew the Map
Mar 18
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James Williams
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AI, Crypto and the Personhood Problem
Feb 5
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James Williams
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Review: Senate Crypto Market Structure Discussion Draft
Jul 23, 2025
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James Williams
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Market making KPIs: Negotiating Issuer Protections That Don't Kill the Loan Characterization
Supplement to the Issuer Guide to Liquidity
Feb 25
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James Williams
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Market Making Loan Form Clauses (.pdf):
Supplement to the Issuer Guide to Liquidity
Feb 25
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James Williams
Practitioner Tools: Token Issuer Guide to Liquidity Management
Market making structures, commercial terms, regulatory tripwires and red flags
Feb 17
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James Williams
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Regulating Advanced Governance Systems: Decentralization, Autonomous Agentic AI, and the New Frontier of Securities Law
On reliance displacement, the hidden hand doctrine, and building regulatory architecture for non-human actors
Feb 10
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James Williams
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AI, Crypto and the Personhood Problem
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Feb 5
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James Williams
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How to Launch (or Activate) a Decentralized Network Equity Token Under Pending Crypto Legislation
Part II: Issuance Pathways Under the CLARITY Act and Senate Market Structure Bills
Feb 1
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James Williams
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On Decentralized Network Equity (Part I)
Thoughts on structuring decentralized revenue-sharing rights, yield-bearing tokens, and other forms of network equity under Senate and House versions of…
Jan 27
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James Williams
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Meme Coins, DeFi Protocols, and CFTC Spot Market Authority
Parsing the Digital Commodity Intermediaries Act (Latest Senate Ag Committee text on Market Structure)
Jan 22
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James Williams
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Network Tokens, Passive Stablecoin Yield Bans, and More: Parsing the January 2026 Digital Asset Market Clarity Amendment
All views are my own and do not represent the views of my firm or my partners.
Jan 13
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James Williams
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