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Nicole Meisner, Zachery Heck, Jason Covert, and Matthew Abese contributed a chapter for the American Bar Association’s book Banking [on] Blockchain, Second Edition.

Meisner authored a chapter on blockchain technology in payments, while Heck, Covert, and Abes co-authored a chapter on future application of…

Richard B. Levin, the Chair of Taft’s FinTech Practice, was recently quoted in a Reuters article titled “Crypto giant Kraken’s Fed payment account sparks concerns about risk.”  The article recognizes Kraken’s approval as a milestone that could reshape the financial system and discusses whether crypto…

Nicole Meisner, chair of Taft’s PayTech and Payment Systems practice group, was mentioned in a recent BIGcast episode, “The State(s) of Financial Regulation.” In the episode, which aired March 24, 2026, Glen Sarvady speaks with Ncontracts’ Stephanie Lyon about the evolving regulatory and compliance landscape…

Taft Fintech attorneys Richard B. Levin, Bobby Wenner, Jorge Castiblanco, and Taylor Hill John have authored a chapter in Global Leading Insights – Fintech 2025 – “Stranger things have happened: The evolving regulation of staking.” The authors introduce the readers to: blockchain technology (the foundation…

Taft, one of the fastest-growing law firms in the nation, today announced the addition of Richard B. Levin and Bobby Wenner as partners in the firm’s FinTech practice. Levin will be the Chair of Taft’s FinTech practice. Both join Taft from Nelson Mullins, where Levin…