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Bryan has represented Fortune 500 companies, start-up and growth-stage businesses, family offices, and individuals in myriad corporate matters including strategy, regulatory, and wide-ranging business affairs. His practice encompasses corporate governance, securities compliance, commercial transactions, fintech regulation, and dispute resolution.

Part 2 of 4: Digital Assets and the Next Layer of Licensing Complexity

Framing the Problem: When “Money Transmission” Is Not Enough

In Part 1 of our four part series, Fastest Route to Market: Money Transmission Licensing Roadmaps for FinTechs, we explained why many

On June 5, the U.S. Tax Court issued a memorandum opinion in a closely watched case about the taxation of rewards from staked cryptocurrency tokens. In Paschall v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2026-46, the Tax Court held that these rewards are includable in gross income

Introduction

Over the past several weeks, secondary markets for private company stock have surged back into the spotlight. High-profile issuers like Anthropic and SpaceX are reportedly seeing active demand for “secondary exposure” through special purpose vehicles (SPVs), forward contracts, and other synthetic structures.1 For

Part 1 of 4: Why Most FinTechs Start with MSB and Money Transmitter Licenses

Series Overview

This article is Part 1 of a four-part series, Fastest Route to Market: Licensing Roadmaps for FinTechs. The series will trace the main licensing paths available to FinTechs seeking

Taft is pleased to sponsor the 38th Annual ROTH Conference taking place on March 22-24, 2026, in Dana Point, CA. The Annual Roth Conference is one of the largest in the nation for small-cap companies, featuring company presentations, fireside chats and expert panels, 1×1 meetings