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Cris is an attorney in Taft’s Denver office and advises FinTech clients on complex federal and state regulatory issues, with experience in payments, cryptocurrency and blockchain, securities regulation, and related transactions before the SEC and FINRA.

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