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Ethan’s practice focuses on financial services litigation and compliance counseling, as well as digital assets and blockchain technology. With a long track record of successful litigation results across the U.S., both bank and non-bank clients rely on him for comprehensive advice throughout their business cycle.

On November 25, the House Financial Services Committee majority staff published Operation Chokepoint 2.0: Biden’s Debanking of Digital Assets, a detailed account of how, in the Committee’s view, federal prudential regulators between 2021 and early 2025 discouraged banks from serving lawful digital asset businesses through informal guidance, supervisory posture, and enforcement.

In this episode of The Crypto Exchange, hosts Ethan Ostroff and Genna Garver welcome Glenn Pudelka and Straat Tenney from the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group. They discuss the Ninth Circuit’s pivotal decision in Yuga Labs v. Ryder Ripps, which recognizes NFTs as goods under U.S. trademark law. This ruling is a significant advancement in extending intellectual property protections into the digital realm, impacting brand owners and creators in virtual marketplaces.