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ARTICLE · 23 JULY 2024

Key Takeaways – April Breakfast Briefing: Structuring For Token Issuance

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On April 16, 2024, Memery Crystal and Rosenblatt's roundtable on token issuance highlighted evolving tokenisation, offshore structures, regulatory considerations, and the growing trend towards Cayman Foundation structures for decentralised token businesses.

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Laura Clatworthy
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On 16 April 2024, Memery Crystal and Rosenblatt held the latest roundtable in our breakfast briefing series on structuring for token issuance.

Organised and moderated by Laura Clatworthy (Head of Digital Assets and Web3, Rosenblatt & Memery Crystal), the panel comprised Chrissy Hill (interim COO and Chief Legal Officer, Parity Technologies), Zoe Wyatt (Head of Crypto & Digital Assets, Andersen Global), Glenn Kennedy (Founder and Managing Director, Leeward Management) and Daniel Tunkel (Head of Funds and Financial Regulation, Memery Crystal).

Key takeaways from the discussion were:

  • Tokenisation of assets is a space with is evolving quickly. UK businesses can and are establishing token issuance businesses.

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