I’m thrilled to have joined Electric Capital as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer. Web3 regulatory policy is complex, in flux, and early decisions can have a huge impact on a company’s or protocol’s outcome. I will work primarily with founders to help them understand the regulations needed to make well-considered product decisions. In my role I will also work directly with policymakers and regulators as they shape the future of Web3 policy.
For most of my career I have been part of fast-growing companies working at the intersection of law and innovation. I led the launch at Paxos for their de novo national trust for digital assets – a first for a crypto-native company. We worked closely with the US Department of Treasury to help them understand that digital asset custodians can meet the same standards as traditional banks. Prior to my work in the private sector, I was an attorney at the Federal Election Commission working on enforcement-side issues. My focus was on regulations and new technologies, such as how campaign fundraising laws applied to Twitter. I am excited to use my experience in the private and public sectors to help support founders in the Electric portfolio.
In my work with policymakers, I lead Electric’s relationship with the Crypto Council for Innovation (CCI), the premier industry alliance for advancing Web3. Keeping with Electric’s engineering ethos, we bring data to the discussion in order to better inform policymakers and regulators. We have provided them with details from our annual Developer Report, and more recently we shared trends showing web3 developer activity is moving outside the US. It’s also a huge pleasure to get to do this work alongside our recently announced Electric advisors, Jay Clayton and Kevin Warsh.
There is nowhere more exciting for a lawyer to be than Web3 today. Being successful requires harmonizing the law with new technologies and use cases. Some of the most interesting questions are around understanding NFT licensing and royalty mechanisms, how zero-knowledge technology can be used for privacy while staying compliant, the definition of decentralization and its application to US securities law, taxation of staked assets, and how the law intersects with today’s geopolitics. There are countless other interesting and open challenges for us to work through.
We have a rare opportunity to help build products that revolutionize finance and culture, and along the way, we get to refine existing banking, payments, commodities, and securities laws to encourage innovation while protecting investors and consumers. I am grateful for the opportunity to work alongside the Electric Capital team, founders, policymakers, and other stakeholders to build the future of Web3.
I’m thrilled to have joined Electric Capital as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer. Web3 regulatory policy is complex, in flux, and early decisions can have a huge impact on a company’s or protocol’s outcome. I will work primarily with founders to help them understand the regulations needed to make well-considered product decisions. In my role I will also work directly with policymakers and regulators as they shape the future of Web3 policy.
For most of my career I have been part of fast-growing companies working at the intersection of law and innovation. I led the launch at Paxos for their de novo national trust for digital assets – a first for a crypto-native company. We worked closely with the US Department of Treasury to help them understand that digital asset custodians can meet the same standards as traditional banks. Prior to my work in the private sector, I was an attorney at the Federal Election Commission working on enforcement-side issues. My focus was on regulations and new technologies, such as how campaign fundraising laws applied to Twitter. I am excited to use my experience in the private and public sectors to help support founders in the Electric portfolio.
In my work with policymakers, I lead Electric’s relationship with the Crypto Council for Innovation (CCI), the premier industry alliance for advancing Web3. Keeping with Electric’s engineering ethos, we bring data to the discussion in order to better inform policymakers and regulators. We have provided them with details from our annual Developer Report, and more recently we shared trends showing web3 developer activity is moving outside the US. It’s also a huge pleasure to get to do this work alongside our recently announced Electric advisors, Jay Clayton and Kevin Warsh.
There is nowhere more exciting for a lawyer to be than Web3 today. Being successful requires harmonizing the law with new technologies and use cases. Some of the most interesting questions are around understanding NFT licensing and royalty mechanisms, how zero-knowledge technology can be used for privacy while staying compliant, the definition of decentralization and its application to US securities law, taxation of staked assets, and how the law intersects with today’s geopolitics. There are countless other interesting and open challenges for us to work through.
We have a rare opportunity to help build products that revolutionize finance and culture, and along the way, we get to refine existing banking, payments, commodities, and securities laws to encourage innovation while protecting investors and consumers. I am grateful for the opportunity to work alongside the Electric Capital team, founders, policymakers, and other stakeholders to build the future of Web3.
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We are excited to announce Thuan Le’s promotion to Partner and Head of Founder Platform at Electric Capital. Thuan Le is the heart of Electric’s Founder Platform. Thuan was Electric’s first employee in 2018. She leads Electric’s founder platform initiatives. Thuan connects founders with the expert resources they need to thrive. She creates opportunities for founders to learn and unwind at Electric’s Founder Summit. She adds a human touch to all of our engagements, from designing custom swag t...
Electric CapitalAnnouncing Our $1 Billion Raise & Ideas We Are Looking to Fund
We raised $1 billion to fund crypto networks, Web3 protocols, and blockchain-enabled businesses. We Provide Crypto-Native Support We are long-term investors and partners to our founders. We have spent the last four years building software and data systems that enable us to participate in Web3 ecosystems. We use the infrastructure we have built to provide liquidity, drive key governance proposals, help teams better understand their ecosystems with our data, and more. We Invest $1M to $20M in P...
Electric CapitalUnderstanding Rollup Value Accrual
One of the key stories in crypto over the last two years has been the rise of Layer 2s. In a short span of time, they have attracted billions in TVL, and transaction volume on Arbitrum alone now rivals that on mainnet Ethereum. But a key question remains. Are L2 tokens just worthless governance tokens? Or can real value accrue to these L2 tokens? In this blog post, I'll dive into the key mechanisms through which L2s will accrue value.The Core Mechanisms of Value AccrualL2s will primarily...
Electric CapitalAnnouncing Electric Capital’s New Partner and Head of Founder Platform: Thuan Le
We are excited to announce Thuan Le’s promotion to Partner and Head of Founder Platform at Electric Capital. Thuan Le is the heart of Electric’s Founder Platform. Thuan was Electric’s first employee in 2018. She leads Electric’s founder platform initiatives. Thuan connects founders with the expert resources they need to thrive. She creates opportunities for founders to learn and unwind at Electric’s Founder Summit. She adds a human touch to all of our engagements, from designing custom swag t...
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