Crypto Law Hub · Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Law Firm · New York & Houston
Cryptocurrency and blockchain lawyers for everyone building on-chain.
The on-chain economy should work for everyone. You don’t need to be an institution to have institutional-grade counsel — you need a vision. Crypto Law Hub is a cryptocurrency law firm that gives founders, funds, builders and investors the legal knowledge and protection to pursue theirs.
Our cryptocurrency attorneys advise on stablecoins, token offerings, tokenization, exchanges and custody, digital-asset regulation, crypto litigation and asset recovery, and cross-border blockchain launches.
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Why clients choose Crypto Law Hub
Seven years focused on cryptocurrency law. Built for complex, high-stakes matters.
Since 2019, Crypto Law Hub has focused on the point where law and digital assets meet. We take on the cryptocurrency and blockchain matters that cross regulators, jurisdictions and courts at once: sovereign blockchain and tokenization programs, stablecoin launches, contested disputes and enforcement inquiries. When a problem has no standard playbook, that is the work we are built for.
7 years
focused on cryptocurrency and blockchain law
3 states
admitted in New York, Texas and Georgia
5 continents
advisory across North America, South America, Europe, Africa and Asia
Columbia Law
our founder's J.D.
Experience in federal and state courts and before the SEC, CFTC and other regulators · CLE instructor: “Introduction to Blockchain and Cryptocurrency for Lawyers” (2023) and “Technical, Ethical, and Legal Aspects of AI & Tokenization in the Financial Space” (Houston, 2024)
Practice Areas
Where our cryptocurrency lawyers help.
Stablecoins & Payments
Issuer pathways under the GENIUS Act, payment-rail integrations, licensing and launch.
Stablecoin counsel →Startups & Token Launches
Formation, fundraising, token planning and the legal groundwork before a cryptocurrency or token launch, including ICO and token offerings.
Startup counsel →Exchanges & Custody
Money-transmission, custody and trading-platform questions for cryptocurrency exchanges and businesses holding or moving customer assets.
Exchange and custody counsel →Tokenization & Real-World Assets
Structuring tokenized funds, securities and other real-world assets on blockchain rails.
Tokenization counsel →Cryptocurrency Regulatory Counsel
SEC, CFTC, FinCEN, OFAC, banking-regulator and state cryptocurrency requirements mapped to your business model.
Regulatory counsel →DAOs & Protocols
Entity wrappers, governance design and liability planning for DAOs and blockchain protocol foundations.
DAO counsel →Crypto Litigation & Asset Recovery
Cryptocurrency disputes with counterparties and investors, platform failures, fraud and tainted-asset allegations.
Disputes counsel →All cryptocurrency legal services, including outside general counsel and token offerings →
Cryptocurrency litigation & asset recovery
When a cryptocurrency deal or platform goes wrong.
Our cryptocurrency litigation attorneys represent companies and individuals in digital-asset disputes in federal and state courts and in arbitration. We handle token sale and development disputes, investor and partnership claims, frozen cryptocurrency exchange accounts, platform failures and cryptocurrency fraud, for claimants and for those accused. We trace funds on-chain, send preservation letters to exchanges and seek court orders where the law supports them. Our crypto lawyers will also tell you plainly when they do not see a viable path.
Crypto litigation · Crypto fraud · Frozen exchange accounts · Can you get stolen crypto back?
When to call
When to call a crypto lawyer.
Most clients reach out at one of these moments. The earlier we are involved, the more options you keep.
- Before a token or blockchain protocol launchToken design, securities analysis and where you can legally offer it.
- Before building an exchange, wallet or payment appMoney-transmission, custody and licensing questions come first.
- When issuing or integrating a stablecoinFederal and state issuer pathways, reserves and redemption.
- When tokenizing a fund, real estate or other assetsStructure, investor eligibility and blockchain record-keeping.
- When a regulator callsSEC, CFTC, FinCEN, NYDFS or a state attorney general inquiry, before you respond.
- When a deal or platform failsPartner disputes, frozen exchange accounts, fraud and lost funds.
How Engagements Start
Two ways to begin.
Every engagement starts here.
Consultation
Speak with a licensed attorney about your cryptocurrency regulatory, transactional, cross-border, contentious or institutional matter. We check fit and conflicts and recommend the right next step, whether that is a tailored engagement or a fixed-scope assessment.
Book a consultation →Want a written assessment before a larger engagement?
Launch Readiness Assessment
A fixed-scope assessment for one cryptocurrency or blockchain project, offered after your consultation: a written Launch Risk Map, a preliminary view on the questions that decide your launch, and a 30-Day Legal Action Plan. The fee is credited in full against an engagement signed within 60 days.
Explore the Assessment →Next steps
What happens after you reach out.
- 1. ConsultationYou walk us through your cryptocurrency project or problem. We tell you whether we can help and what it would involve.
- 2. Written scope and feeEvery engagement starts with a written engagement letter: the work, the timeline and the fee, fixed where possible.
- 3. StrategyWe map the regulatory, transactional or litigation path, including which regulators, jurisdictions and counterparties matter.
- 4. ExecutionWe carry out the work and keep you updated at each milestone.
Why Crypto Law Hub
Built for cryptocurrency and digital-asset complexity.
- Cross-border executionCryptocurrency and blockchain advisory work across Africa, Europe, the Middle East, the Americas and Asia, with locally admitted counsel where required.
- Regulatory depthU.S. federal and state cryptocurrency frameworks alongside the EU’s MiCA, Dubai’s VARA, Singapore’s Payment Services Act, Hong Kong’s Stablecoin Ordinance and Japan’s virtual-currency framework.
- Transactional and contentiousStructuring cryptocurrency launches and transactions, with experience in federal and state courts and before the SEC, CFTC and other regulators.
Who We Advise
Clients across the cryptocurrency and digital-asset economy.
- Founders & growth companiesToken launches, blockchain protocols, infrastructure and cryptocurrency fintech products.
- Funds & financial institutionsTokenization, custody, digital-asset products and payment infrastructure.
- Platforms & protocolsCryptocurrency exchanges, custodians, DAOs, mining operators and other blockchain businesses.
- Global & sovereign initiativesCross-border structures, cryptocurrency and digital-asset policy, and public-sector blockchain projects.
The landscape
Cryptocurrency regulation is moving fast. We track it so you don't have to.
The rules for cryptocurrency and other digital assets have changed quickly. A crypto lawyer's job is to turn those changes into decisions you can act on.
- StablecoinsThe GENIUS Act created the first federal framework for payment stablecoins. It takes effect no later than January 18, 2027, and federal regulators are issuing the rules issuers must meet.
- EuropeThe MiCA transition period ended on July 1, 2026. Crypto-asset service providers now need MiCA authorization to serve EU customers, and token issuers face white paper and disclosure rules.
- Token offeringsWhether a token is a security still turns on how it is sold, so founders need a clear exempt-offering path or a structure built to stay outside securities law.
- New YorkNYDFS has licensed virtual currency businesses under the BitLicense since 2015 and remains one of the most active state regulators.
Watch · 2:31
The GENIUS Act in 2½ minutes
Who can issue payment stablecoins, the reserve rules, what holders should know and the dates that matter before January 18, 2027.
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Intelligence
Cryptocurrency law intelligence.
Stablecoins
GENIUS Act countdown: what stablecoin issuers need before January 18, 2027
Where the OCC, FDIC and Treasury stablecoin rules stand, and how issuers and platforms can prepare.
GENIUS Act analysis →Europe · MiCA
MiCA after the transition: doing crypto business in the EU
The grace period ended July 1, 2026. What MiCA now requires of crypto service providers and token issuers.
MiCA analysis →Token Offerings
Is your token a security? A founder’s guide to token offerings
How the Howey test applies to token sales, and the exempt-offering paths founders use to raise capital.
Token offering guide →Stablecoins · Cannabis
Stablecoins and cannabis after rescheduling: what’s legal now
Medical marijuana is Schedule III as of April 28, 2026. When dispensaries can take stablecoins, and what the GENIUS Act requires of issuers.
Cannabis payments guide →Crypto Tax Reporting
DAC8 and CARF: what U.S. crypto companies need to know
EU crypto tax reporting began January 1, 2026. Whether it reaches U.S. companies, what is reported and the deadlines by country.
DAC8 guide →Asset Recovery
Can you get stolen crypto back?
How stolen cryptocurrency is traced, frozen and recovered, what decides the odds, and how long it takes.
Recovery guide →Representative Experience
Digital assets cross borders. So does the work.
Crypto Law Hub advises on U.S. cryptocurrency matters and cross-border blockchain projects, working with locally admitted counsel where required.
- Tokenization strategyAdvisory for a Central African nation on tokenizing mining assets for capital formation.
- Digital-asset policyPolicy structuring for a Baltic nation seeking to become a leading crypto jurisdiction.
- PaymentsAdvisory in Kenya on digital-asset financial products and low-cost payment systems.
- Gulf and Asian marketsJurisdiction-aware advisory on Dubai VASP frameworks, and entity and project formation in Singapore.
Summaries of past advisory work. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Crypto law intelligence → · Our lawyers → · Admitted in New York, Texas and Georgia
FAQ
Questions about working with a cryptocurrency lawyer.
What does a cryptocurrency lawyer do?
A cryptocurrency lawyer advises on the laws that apply to digital assets: securities, commodities, money transmission, banking, tax and consumer protection. We help clients launch tokens and stablecoins, obtain licenses, structure tokenized assets, respond to regulators and resolve cryptocurrency disputes. The work spans federal agencies such as the SEC, CFTC and FinCEN, plus state regulators like NYDFS.
Do I need a lawyer before launching a token?
Usually, yes. Whether a token is a security, whether your cryptocurrency business needs a money-transmission license and which users you can serve are decided by how the project is built. Fixing those questions after launch costs far more. Our fixed-scope Launch Readiness Assessment maps the risks for one project before you go live.
Can you sue someone over crypto?
Yes. Cryptocurrency disputes go to state and federal courts or to arbitration, like other commercial disputes. Common claims include breach of contract, fraud, conversion and securities violations. Many cryptocurrency exchange user agreements require arbitration, so the right forum depends on who the other party is and what you signed.
Can a lawyer help me get my cryptocurrency back after a scam?
Sometimes. Recovery depends on where the funds went and whether they reached an exchange or stablecoin issuer that can freeze them. No lawyer can promise recovery, and anyone who does is a warning sign.
How much does a cryptocurrency lawyer cost?
It depends on the matter. Every engagement starts with a consultation, after which regulatory, transactional and litigation matters are scoped in a written engagement letter. For teams that want a written assessment first, our Launch Readiness Assessment is a fixed-scope fee, credited in full against an engagement signed within 60 days. We accept payment in U.S. dollars or bitcoin.
Do you work with clients outside New York and Texas?
Yes. We advise clients across the U.S. and on cross-border matters in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia, working with locally admitted counsel where required.
Is my token a security?
It depends on how the token is sold and what buyers expect. Under current U.S. law, the question usually turns on the Howey test: an investment of money in a common enterprise with an expectation of profit from the efforts of others. Founders often use exempt-offering paths or design the token around real use on the blockchain.
Do I need a license to run a crypto exchange or wallet?
Often. Businesses that transmit or hold customer crypto may need to register with FinCEN as a money services business and obtain state money-transmitter licenses. Serving New York residents can also require a BitLicense or a New York trust charter.
What is the GENIUS Act?
It is the federal law for payment stablecoins in the U.S. It sets reserve, redemption and licensing rules for issuers, with federal and state-qualified paths. It takes effect no later than January 18, 2027.
Offices
Crypto lawyers in New York and Houston.
Our New York office is at 125 Park Avenue, Floor 25, in Midtown Manhattan, steps from Grand Central. Our Houston office is at 440 Louisiana Street, Suite 900, downtown. We meet clients by appointment in either city and by video anywhere. Our lawyers are admitted in New York, Texas and Georgia.
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