Cryptocurrency and Digital Assets

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George T. Dowd III, founder of G. Dowd Law LLC, in Chicago, joins us this month to talk about cryptocurrency and digital assets. Our conversation includes the interesting history of digital assets, how different currencies can be used, and the implications of crypto for Illinois attorneys.
George T. Dowd III is one of the authors of IICLE's Digital, Assets, Cryptocurrencies, and Blockchain handbook. He provides subject matter expert consulting services related to the foreign exchange, futures, cryptocurrency, and metals markets and has testified as an expert before the National Futures Association, FINRA, and the London Court of International Arbitration. He has given presentations, or lectured, at the People’s Bank of China (Shanghai), the DePaul University Kellstadt Graduate School of Business, the National Futures Association, and the Chicago Bar Association’s Futures and Derivatives Law Committee. He has appeared frequently on CNBC, Bloomberg Television, and Fox Business. Mr. Dowd was with Société Générale (via predecessor firms Fimat and Newedge) from 2007 through 2015, where he was Head of the Chicago Foreign Exchange Desk and Head of Foreign Exchange Sales for the America’s. Prior to 2007, he established the Spectrum Currency Program at Spectrum Asset Management, Inc., and held senior foreign exchange roles at JP Morgan Chase & Co., Bank of America, and Credit Suisse. He served on the Board of Directors of the Global Digital Asset & Cryptocurrency Association in 2020 and 2021. He holds a B.A. from the College of the Holy Cross, a J.D. from the DePaul University College of Law, and is admitted to practice law in Illinois.
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