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Nishi Gupta is a regulatory advisor to cryptocurrency and blockchain companies. He has more than a decade of experience leading legal and compliance teams at a digital bank, FinTech companies, financial services corporations, and software companies. Prior to joining McDermott, Nishi was the general counsel and chief compliance officer at a leading FinTech bank.
Leveraging his significant regulatory, financial technology, and crypto industry experience, Nishi provides strategic counsel to companies and individuals on matters ranging from money transmission licensing, payment regulation, and financial crime compliance, to advising on token launches, stablecoin issuance, decentralized finance applications, and getting novel crypto products out into the market quickly and compliantly. In addition, Nishi has significant industry operations experience, including leading and managing transaction monitoring, rule development, financial crime investigations, sanctions compliance, and compliance data and technology development teams.
As a member of the industry’s only crypto-exclusive team whose members spend 100% of their time on crypto-related matters, Nishi combines his regulatory knowledge with on the ground industry experience to provide actionable and practical counsel.
An active board member of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) New York Chapter, Nishi has also presented on crypto anti-money laundering and other compliance topics at several ACAMS events. He began his career as an investigative analyst in the Investigation Division of the New York County District Attorney’s Office.
Referenzmandate
Crypto regulatory and licensing advice
- Obtained money transmitter licenses and “no action” determinations, for crypto and blockchain companies across the United States
- Special crypto regulatory counsel on Ripple’s acquisition of Standard Custody & Trust, which was the first time a crypto company acquired a New York Department of Financial Services-regulated limited purpose trust company authorized to conduct “virtual currency business activity” in New York. Obtained approval of the acquisition from the New York Department of Financial Services. Providing ongoing legal advice concerning the issuance of the stablecoin Ripple USD (RLUSD)
- Provided regulatory counsel to Anzens, Inc. on the issuance of the Cardano stablecoin USDA
- Provided regulatory counsel to BitcoinIRA, the world’s first provider of cryptocurrency investment retirement accounts
- Providing ongoing regulatory advice and legal support to one of the world’s largest centralized crypto exchanges
- Providing ongoing regulatory advice and legal support to a US and global cryptocurrency exchange with a related blockchain analytics platform, which is one of the most prominent in the world
Mitgliedschaften
- Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists, New York Chapter, board member
Qualifikation
Education
University of Iowa College of Law, JD, 2005
University of Chicago, BA, 2000
Admissions
New York
