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Event Date(s): 09/26/2018 (02:00 PM - 08:00 PM)

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Matthew Comstock (Murphy & McGonigle): CryptoLex 2018 was a great conference because we had a lot of panelists from regulatory agencies, from the industry, from academia and folks practicing law as well; all here to talk about crypto currencies and Blockchain and crypto assets.

Kwon Park (Bittrex): Yeah, I think this conference will be beneficial because just the breadth of knowledge and expertise that that some of the panelists had, it wasn't just a conference where people are trying to promote their token project or or market their business. It was it was actually very substantive and the panelists really knew the law and how it applies to, you know, crypto currency and Blockchain companies.

Andrea Tinianow (Delaware Blockchain Initiative): ...that I thought it could be an economic driver for, for the public sector, at state level, at county level, that there were things that the states have. In Delaware we were looking at corporate registry information and financings, financing statement information, UCC information. That that information really could be monetized through Blockchain technology.

Jeff Bandman (Bandman Advisors): It was interesting to have the state regulators or the state organizations from CSBS and NASAA. There was some discussion of issues that I hadn't really heard before about Bitcoin or virtual currencies under the UCC and you know, there was some interesting attendees, so I thought it was very worthwhile afternoon.

Daniel Payne (Murphy & McGonigle): And the best part of today was that we got to go really deep on some interesting securities issues that hadn't been explored before, and also exploring the role of federalism in the governance of Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain technologies.

Dr. James Angel (Georgetown University School of Business): So in much the same way as Uber and Lyft bypassed a lot of the issues with taxis and came up with a much better service, with this technology, we can come up with a much better structure for the way we trade, clear and settle securities transactions.

Cameron Matheson (Murphy & McGonigle): We had a great time, had a chance to show off our Blockchain Litigation Database. We're excited to show people that and our rollout, where we're tracking 160 cases and counting. We're looking forward to showing it next year when we're sure there'll be many more cases to demonstrate.

CryptoLex2018

Blockchain technology has tremendous potential. But do you really know where it is heading in the financial services arena?

Amidst a dramatically evolving and escalating landscape for blockchain companies, crypto assets and business potential, many of the legal parameters and regulatory guidelines impacting this growing market sector remain undefined, vague and/or in the throes of a turf battle by government regulatory bodies.

In the meantime, blockchain companies face regulatory and business uncertainties.

Murphy & McGonigle hosted its inaugural FinTech & Blockchain event, the memorable, informative and well-attended CryptoLex2018.

Attendees at the September 26, 2018 conference commented that a distinguishing aspect of CryptoLex from the myriad of other blockchain conferences taking place was the high quality and diverse backgrounds of outside speakers who were attracted to participate, providing a range of perspectives, experience and strategies.

The varying approaches of state regulatory bodies towards blockchain were illuminated by in-the-trenches representation of state regulators and leaders such as Margaret Liu, SVP / Deputy General Counsel of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors; Andrea Tinianow, Founding Director of the Delaware Blockchain Initiative; and Greg Bordenkirscher, Chief Litigation Counsel at the Alabama Securities Commission.

Exchanges using the blockchain, such as Kwon Park of Bittrex and Abishek Kumarasubramanian of TradeWind Markets also were featured, as well as academicians studying regulatory and legal aspects of the blockchain; Dr. James Angel of Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business and Jeanne L. Schroeder, Law Professor at Cardozo School of Law, participated as panelists.

Adding to those thought leaders were the perspectives that Murphy & McGonigle shareholders who previously served at U.S. and state regulatory bodies brought to CryptoLex – Daniel Alter (NY State Department of Financial Services); Larry Bergmann (SEC); Katherine Cooper (NYSE Liffe US Futures Exchange); Matthew Comstock (SEC) and Elizabeth Davis (CFTC).

“The panelists really knew the law and how it applies to cryptocurrency and blockchain companies,” said Mr. Kwon, who spoke on the panel, ‘Trading Digital Assets.’ Another CryptoLex attendee noted, “There was some discussion of issues that I had not heard before - about bitcoin and virtual currencies under the UCC.”

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