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To Be or Not to Be (Fungible): NFTs and the curious case of the bitcoin ordinals

Alexander Kim
Alexander Kim | Katten Muchin Rosenman

Alex Kim provides regulatory and general legal counsel to securities broker- dealers, commodities market participants and other financial services industry participants.

On-Demand: September 22, 2023

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Program Summary

This CLE session will cover the treatment of NFTs generally under the federal securities laws, recent enforcement actions and ongoing litigation involving NFTs, and the novel issues created by innovations in the NFT space, specifically the evolution of layer 1 tokens that can be simultaneously fungible and non-fungible.

This course is co-sponsored with myLawCLE.

Key topics to be discussed:

  • What are NFTs?
  • What has the SEC/CFTC/DOJ said about NFTs?
  • Are NFTs investment contracts?
  • What are Bitcoin Ordinals?

Date / Time: September 22, 2023

Closed-captioning available

Speakers

Alexander Kim_FedBarAlexander Kim | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Alex Kim provides regulatory and general legal counsel to securities broker- dealers, commodities market participants and other financial services industry participants. Alex also provides counsel to digital asset trading platforms and blockchain technology companies.

While in law school, Alex served as an editor of the Columbia Law School Foundation Moot Court Program and was a member of the Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts. Alex was also recognized as a Public Interest Honoree for his dedication to public interest and pro bono activities.

Prior to law school, Alex was a sergeant in the Republic of Korea Air Force.

Agenda

I. What are NFTs? | 12:00pm – 12:15pm

II. What has the SEC/CFTC/DOJ said about NFTs? | 12:15pm – 12:30pm

III. Are NFTs investment contracts? | 12:30pm – 12:45pm

IV. What are Bitcoin Ordinals? | 12:45pm – 1:00pm

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