justin wales

@bitcoin_wales

Head of Legal for The Americas @ http://Crypto.com 🚀⚖️🥑 Order THE CRYPTO LEGAL HANDBOOK at http://www.thecryptolegalhandbook.com

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justin wales@bitcoin_wales · May 23

The newly updated, 2025 edition of the Crypto Legal Handbook will be released on paperback Monday. In honor of Bitcoin Pizza Day, I have made the digital version available early on my website. This is a comprehensive primer, fully updated as of yesterday. And its only $30.

bitcoin_wales's tweet image. The newly updated, 2025 edition of the Crypto Legal Handbook will be released on paperback Monday. In honor of Bitcoin Pizza Day, I have made the digital version available early on my website.

This is a comprehensive primer, fully updated as of yesterday. And its only $30.

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justin wales@bitcoin_wales · Mar 13

Way to go @amandatums and congrats to @millercwl on a lasting legacy.

DDeFi Education Fund@fund_defi · Mar 13

🚨DEF Leadership Update 🚨 Today, we are announcing that after three years of tremendous leadership @millercwl will be stepping down as CEO, and @amandatums will become our new Executive Director. 🧵 defieducationfund.org/post/the-defi-…

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justin wales@bitcoin_wales · Jul 18

ChatGPT misunderstood the assignment.

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Michael Saylor@saylor · Jul 14

It's going up forever, Laura.

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Hailey Lennon@HaileyLennonBTC · Jun 23

Congrats @bitcoin_wales on the 2025 Edition of The Crypto Legal Handbook! Ordered it for myself and the rest of the @fold_app legal team. Look forward to reading 🔥

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Yitzy Hammer@ijhammer · Jun 16

Crypto lawyers, this one’s for you ⚖️ On Ep. 73 of Beyond the Code, I spoke with @bitcoin_wales — Head of Legal (Americas) @cryptocom + author of The Crypto Legal Handbook — about: 📘 Rewriting the book on crypto law (literally) ⚔️ What a Wells Notice really feels like 📉 Why…

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Jacob Robinson@JacobRobinsonJD · May 27

New Law of Code ep with @bitcoin_wales — Justin breaks down what’s changed in The Crypto Legal Handbook, his tome on U.S. crypto law. In this clip, he shares the most notable state-level updates: 👇

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justin wales@bitcoin_wales · May 29

This is a pretty good list. Especially excited to hear @ErikVoorhees and @lex_node

EEleanor Terrett@EleanorTerrett · May 28

🚨NEW: The @SECGov Crypto Task Force has announced panelists for its final #crypto industry roundtable on DeFi taking place on Monday, June 9th: 📌@RebeccaRettig1, Jito Labs 📌 @lex_node, MetaLeX 📌@ErikVoorhees, Venice AI 📌 @jillrgunter, Espresso Systems 📌@valkenburgh,…

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justin wales@bitcoin_wales · May 26

Definitely grabbing a copy of the 2025 Crypto Legal Handbook by @bitcoin_wales. Highly recommend for anyone navigating crypto + law.

jjustin wales@bitcoin_wales · May 26

The 2025 Edition of the Crypto Legal Handbook is available now. thecryptolegalhandbook.com

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justin wales@bitcoin_wales · May 26

The 2025 Edition of the Crypto Legal Handbook is available now. thecryptolegalhandbook.com

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Crypto.com@cryptocom · May 12

After a rigorous registration process, Crypto.com Canada obtains its restricted dealer registration in Canada, allowing the company to continue offering crypto asset products and services to Canadians. Read more 👉 crypto.com/en/company-new…

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Solana Developers@solana_devs · Apr 8

Introducing Confidential Balances Token Extensions 🛡️ Confidential Balances are now live on Solana mainnet — the first ZK-powered encrypted token standard built for institutional compliance without sacrificing sub-second finality. Everything devs need to know 🧵

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justin wales@bitcoin_wales · Mar 28

Cheers to all the crypto lawyers out there who have a great war story to tell for the rest of their careers.

CCointelegraph@Cointelegraph · Mar 27

🚨 BREAKING: Crypto. com has announced that the SEC has agreed to close its investigation against the cryptocurrency exchange with no enforcement action taken.

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Kris | Crypto.com@kris · Mar 27

The SEC’s investigation into Crypto.com has been closed with no action being taken against .

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justin wales@bitcoin_wales · Mar 26

100% true.

BBrian L. Frye@brianlfrye · Mar 26

Law journals no longer serve any purpose, other than providing a ridiculous prestige metric. Why do we feel compelled to pretend otherwise? Seems like an occasion for reflection.

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justin wales@bitcoin_wales · Mar 24

This is beyond bullish for crypto Congrats @cryptocom

EEleanor Terrett@EleanorTerrett · Mar 24

🚨NEW: @realDonaldTrump’s media company Trump Media, parent company of Truth Social, has announced a partnership with @cryptocom to launch a series of ETFs and ETPs “comprised of digital assets as well as securities with a Made in America focus spanning diverse industries such as…

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Cheguy@CheguyCounsel · Mar 19

Convinced my Law School's library to purchase a copy of @bitcoin_wales The Crypto Legal Handbook. I've known I had to read this book since listening to his interview on @BAndOShow, a podcast hosted by 2 great NY lawyers in this industry.

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justin wales@bitcoin_wales · Mar 2

This was my experience reading Michael Lewis’s book about Sam and FTX. It was so obviously wrong about so many things that I was forced to discount the narratives of his other books that I read and loved.

WWojciech Pawelczyk@WojPawelczyk · Mar 1

Bill Murray on Bob Woodward, Richard Nixon and John Belushi: "When I read 'Wired' by Bob Woodward about John Belushi, I read like five pages of 'Wired' and I went, oh my God, they framed Nixon. If he did this to Belushi, what he did to Nixon is probably soiled for me too." (Joe…

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