On May 3, 2023, Nathaniel Chastain, the former product manager of the NFT marketplace OpenSea, was convicted by a federal jury in the Southern District of New York for what is being called the first insider trading conviction in the digital asset space. Continue Reading First Insider Trading Conviction Against NFT Insider
Danielle Giffuni
Danielle represents individual, corporate, and institutional clients facing complex, high-stakes criminal and regulatory investigations initiated by the full slate of federal and state financial services regulators. Her understanding of law enforcement priorities and experience with agency officials enable her to develop sophisticated defense strategies and guide clients through the complex demands of regulatory investigations and criminal prosecutions. Danielle has advised clients in investigations launched by the Department of Justice (DOJ), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and the offices of state attorneys general. She has also advised clients in numerous parallel actions conducted by federal and state officials.
Crypto Trader’s “Profitable Trading Strategy” Appears to be Mere Market Manipulation
The fallout continued last week for embattled crypto trader Avraham Eisenberg, as Mango Labs filed litigation in the Southern District of New York to recover $47 million Eisenberg drained from decentralized crypto lending platform Mango Markets by manipulating the value of the Mango Markets native token. The lawsuit from Mango Labs is just the latest…