#115 - Challenging Patents Impacting DeFi with Amanda Tuminelli of the DeFi Education Fund

Amanda Tuminelli (@amandatums) is chief legal officer for the Defi Education Fund, where she leads the organization’s impact litigation and policy efforts. She was previously an attorney at Kobre & Kim and Dechert LLP, and served as a Judicial Law Clerk for the Eastern District of New York.

Show highlights:

[1:00] DeFi Education Fund's petition to challenge a patent impacting DeFi

[12:00] Amanda's introduction to crypto

[21:00] Her role as Chief Legal Officer of the DeFi Education Fund

[25:00] SEC’s proposed rulemaking to amend existing rules regarding Alternative Trading Systems

[32:00] Kirschner v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A

[39:00] Thoughts on the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act & the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act

[47:00] Ripple Decision

& much more.

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