Sergey Ostrovskiy
259 posts
Sergey Ostrovskiy
@s0str
Lawyer for hard things in blockchain, digital assets and next-gen finance.
Structuring, deals, regulation.
Partner @ Aurum | Co-founder @ DAObox
Today’s @TornadoCash ruling is HUGE. Finally, we have an actual confirmation that sanctioning immutable smart-contracts is absurd and illegal. But that’s not all. Here are 5 key #legal takeaways you might’ve missed (with ruling highlights):- AI agents won’t get separate legal identity anytime soon. But they can already operate with corporate legal identity, although it takes some complex legal design. The next step for AI isn’t personhood, it’s figuring out how to give them legal autonomy through corporate identities
- This is how far we have come.
00:00 - If your crypto project has nexus, operations, or audience in the EU, it’s likely impacted by the MiCA, now fully in effect as of Dec 30, 24. Are you ready?💡 1/3 Illia Shenheliia @il11ia has prepared an article on the EU MiCA Regulation, which is now fully in force. The article briefly breaks down licensing requirements, compliance timelines, exemptions, and how MiCA impacts crypto businesses operating in the region.
- Replying to @lex_nodeHonestly, this has been obvious for a while. The question of whether a DAO as an on-chain entity needs to be wrapped has a clear answer (which is yes). Anything else risks exposing members to personal liability or lawsuit engineering. And the Lido DAO could’ve had a better
- The Harmony Framework has been released. This playbook for the legal structuring of DAOs and Web3 collectives is one of the most comprehensive works on the subject to date. It aims to provide default limited liability for DAO members, and addresses many of the critical
- Congrats to @blockscoutcom, super promising⚡ Big News! ⚡ We’ve secured $3M in a seed round led by @1kxnetwork, with participation from @primitivecrypto, @gnosisdao, and 40+ angels including @evan_van_ness, @ASvanevik, @kartiktalwar, @k06a, & @StefanDGeorge 🌟 We’re scaling open-source block exploration like never
00:00 - Sounds like Trusted Execution Environment is a Thing for blockchain AI agents. It removes possibility for human intervention and chances of AI agents being rugged by their flesh bag creators. Does it rly work?
- Attorney generals in 18 U.S. States are cooking a fresh precedent (following Trump's take on crypto), asking court to rule that: 1. Digital asset transactions aren't investment contracts; 2. Platforms enabling secondary market for these assets aren't security exchanges/brokers.Eighteen Republican attorneys general and the DeFi Education Fund sue the US SEC over its treatment of crypto theblock.co/post/326716/ei…
- As per ESMA’s MiCA guidelines, tokens with both governance and economic rights may qualify as securities with features specific to shares. To avoid this, decouple economic rights from governance on the token level and explore alternative models for incentivising tokenholders
