Fundamentals of Blockchain and Cryptocurrency

Daniel B. Garrie

Founder, Law & Forensics; Neutral at JAMS; Faculty at Harvard

Law & Forensics LLC · JAMS · Harvard · Rutgers Law School · Journal of Law & Cyber Warfare

Daniel B. Garrie is the founder and executive managing partner of Law & Forensics LLC, a boutique cybersecurity and forensic engineering firm he co-founded in 2008. He serves as a neutral, arbitrator, and forensic special master at JAMS, focusing on cybersecurity, cryptocurrency, and complex technology disputes, and holds faculty appointments at Harvard and Rutgers Law School. A patented software inventor and prolific author, he is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Law & Cyber Warfare and a widely cited authority on computer forensics, eDiscovery, and cyber litigation.

Joshua Ashley Klayman

Firmwide Co-Lead of Digital Assets, Blockchain and Custody, Ashurst Perkins Coie

Linklaters

Joshua Ashley Klayman is Firmwide Co-Lead of Digital Assets, Blockchain and Custody at Ashurst Perkins Coie in New York. She advises digital-native companies, regulated businesses, global financial institutions, public companies and foreign governments on tokenization, stablecoin and token issuances, digital financial market infrastructure, and the application of the Uniform Commercial Code to digital assets and custody. From 2019 to 2026 she was Linklaters' U.S. Head of Fintech and Head of Blockchain and Digital Assets; from 2013 to 2018 she founded and chaired Morrison Foerster's Blockchain and Smart Contracts Group. The SEC and the CFTC have invited her to speak at their fintech-focused events and forums, and she co-founded Diversity in Blockchain, Inc. She holds a J.D. from Temple University's Beasley School of Law. At Legal Cyber Academy she teaches on blockchain, cryptocurrency, and digital asset regulation.

Michael C. Ibarra

Chief Information Security Officer, Crypto Exchange Startup

Michael C. Ibarra is a Chief Information Security Officer in the cryptocurrency exchange sector, teaching on the fundamentals of blockchain and cryptocurrency for lawyers.

Tiffany Smith

Partner and Co-Chair, Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Working Group, WilmerHale

WilmerHale

Tiffany J. Smith is a partner at WilmerHale and Co-Chair of the firm's Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Working Group, advising broker-dealers, financial institutions, crypto platforms, NFT issuers and platforms, Web3 companies, payment platforms and investment firms. Her work covers crypto and digital asset regulation, fintech and broker-dealer regulation. She served as a witness at a House Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence hearing on crypto market structure. She holds a J.D. with honors from The George Washington University Law School and a BBA from The George Washington University, and is admitted in the District of Columbia and New York. At Legal Cyber Academy she teaches on blockchain and cryptocurrency fundamentals and SEC cryptocurrency enforcement.

Bradford Newman

Partner and Head of Complex Technology Disputes (US), Eversheds Sutherland

Baker McKenzie

Bradford Newman is a partner at Eversheds Sutherland and the firm's Head of Complex Technology Disputes (US), based in Silicon Valley, where he joined when the firm opened that office in 2025. He serves as lead trial counsel in national and cross-border high-stakes technology and trade secret litigation, and advises boards and C-suites on governance and regulatory risk in artificial intelligence, blockchain, decentralized finance and cryptocurrency. He is the founder and longtime co-chair of the American Bar Association's AI and Blockchain Subcommittee and edits the trade secrets chapter of the ABA Business Law Section's Annual Review. He previously chaired Baker McKenzie's North America Trade Secrets Practice, and is ranked by Chambers USA in trade secrets. At Legal Cyber Academy he teaches on ransomware and forensics, and on artificial intelligence and its regulation in legal practice.