Senior Product Counsel, Crypto

Job Description

REQUIREMENTS

• 10+ years as outside or in-house counsel for financial services firms, with deep securities and crypto industry experience; broker-dealer, ATS/exchange, investment adviser, OTC trading, or virtual asset money transmitter background preferred
• Substantial expertise in the Securities Act of 1933 and Securities Exchange Act of 1934, with working knowledge of the Investment Advisers Act and Investment Company Act
• Fluency in the current U.S. digital asset regulatory landscape, including the GENIUS Act, pending market structure legislation, and SEC/CFTC jurisdictional developments; regulatory agency experience (SEC, CFTC) a plus
• Product counseling experience with blockchain, crypto, and securities products, including RWA tokens, stablecoins, smart contracts, and digital wallets
• Strong negotiation skills on financial agreements (prime brokerage, trading, lending, derivatives, custody)
• Comfort operating in ambiguity and giving clear, decisive advice where the law is unsettled
• Genuine interest in digital assets, DeFi, and decentralized applications
• J.D. and membership in good standing with at least one state bar
• Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills; ability to own, organize, and manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Adhere to all company security policies and data handling procedures
• Complete mandatory security awareness training within required timeframes
• Promptly report any suspected security incidents or suspicious activity to the Security team

RESPONSIBILITES

• Serve as primary legal partner to markets-focused product teams across the full product lifecycle, conception, structuring, launch, operation, and sunset, for digital asset trading, stablecoin, tokenization, and prime brokerage products
• Advise on the application of federal securities laws to blockchain-native products, including registered digital asset securities, tokenized real-world assets, and exchange and ATS activity, in coordination with our broker-dealer and public company securities counsel
• Support YLDS and related stablecoin initiatives, including compliance with the GENIUS Act framework and its interplay with SEC-registered yield-bearing structures
• Monitor and translate fast-moving regulatory developments, market structure legislation, SEC and CFTC rulemaking and joint guidance, and state virtual currency regimes, into practical product guidance, and support comment letters and regulator engagement
• Counsel on custody, digital wallets, smart contracts, public blockchain protocol matters (including Provenance-based infrastructure), and cross-border considerations for a global marketplace
• Negotiate financial and trading agreements, including prime brokerage, trading, lending, custody, and market-maker arrangements
• Partner with Compliance on AML/sanctions considerations for digital asset products and with Marketing on compliant product communications
• Build relationships with ecosystem participants, banking partners, and affiliates

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