This week on Initial Coin Opinions, Expert Dojo's CEO Brian Mac Mahon provides insight on the JOBS Act, bringing ICOs out of the shadows, and how VCs may be restricting the general public's access to liquidity.

#11 How is blockchain's growth comparable to the Internet?

Jul 16th, 2018 45m 19s

This week on Initial Coin Opinions, Howard sits down with digital asset manager Joey Krug. Joey is the co-founder of Augur, a decentralized predictions market platform. Inspired by Bitcoin, his open-source platform could be the catalyst that tu

#10 Solving Smart Contract Disputes (feat. Amy Wan)

Jul 2nd, 2018 45m 50s

In this episode, Howard is joined by Amy Wan, founder and CEO of SageWise, a dispute resolution infrastructure for smart contracts. Tune in to listen to the two discuss the issues with EOS governance and how smart contracts will impact the lega

#9 What Law Firms Look for in ICO’s (featuring DLA Piper’s Perrie Weiner)

Jun 25th, 2018 42m 33s

In this week’s episode, Howard Marks is joined by Perrie Weiner, partner at the Los Angeles office of DLA Piper, one of the largest law firms in the country. Join Howard and Perrie as they discuss the SEC’s stance on ETH, how the SEC is handing

#8 Is the Price Right? (featuring UCLA’s Alex Nascimento)

Jun 18th, 2018 31m 57s

In this week’s episode, StartEngine’s Kinsey Cronin, Director of Business Development, is joined by Alex Nascimento, UCLA professor and Chief Marketing Strategist at 7CCInvest. Join Kinsey and Alex as they discuss the Tezos backlash as well as

#7 Is Ripple a Security? (Featuring Crowell & Moring's Jenny Cieplak and Dainia Jabaji)

Jun 13th, 2018 52m 49s

Howard Marks is joined by Jenny Cieplak and Dainia Jabaji, from Crowell & Moring. Together the three discuss the latest movement from the SEC, Coinbase's ATS announcement, and just what Coinlist was thinking with their latest move: a $35M airdr

#6 Where is ICO Regulation Heading? Featuring Venable LLP’s Chris O’Brien & Matt Alsip

Jun 5th, 2018 59m 17s

In this week’s episode StartEngine’s Kinsey Cronin, Director of Business Development, discusses where ICO Regulation is heading with special guests Chris O’Brein & Matt Alsip, respectively Partner and Counsel at Venable LLP. The discussion tak

#5 Operation Crypto Sweep featuring Legal Alliance's Jeff Marks

May 28th, 2018 40m 53s

In this week’s episode, Howard Marks is joined by guest Jeff Marks, Partner at Legal Alliance. Howard and Jeff discuss Operation Crypto Sweep, how to legally expand blockchain communities, and alternative trading systems.

#4 Blockchain in the Music Industry & Howey Coins Featuring FisherBroyle’s Marc Boiron

May 21st, 2018 52m 5s

In this week’s episode, Howard Marks is joined by guest Marc Boiron, Partner at FisherBroyles LLP. Howard and Marc begin the episode by discussing the SEC’s fake ICO offering website of Howey Coins. In addition, they dive into how blockchain co

#3 What’s next for Ripple? Featuring CLI’s Marty Tate

May 18th, 2018 38m 27s

In this week’s episode, Howard Marks is joined by guest Marty Tate, Partner at Carman Lehnof Israelsen LLP. Howard and Marty discuss Ripple’s XRP, the third-largest coin by market cap. Join Howard and Marty as they take a deep look into whether

#2 Initial Coin Opinions with Manatt’s Philip Liu

May 18th, 2018 56m 59s

Howard Marks is joined by guest Philip Liu, Counsel at Manatt’s counsel and finance practice. In this week’s episode, Howard and Philip discuss recent SEC pronouncements, asset-backed issuances, and companies issuing tokens vs. stock.

#1 Building a Better Bitcoin with Chia’s Ryan Singer

May 18th, 2018 18m 31s

Howard Marks sits down with the founder of Chia, Ryan Singer. Ryan discusses Chia’s goal to build a better Bitcoin which will be more decentralized, more distributed, and with a more energy efficient mining process.

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