Crowell's Crypto Digest sat down with Jorge Pesok, Chief
Legal Officer at The HBAR Foundation and former Crowell &
Moring attorney.
What is your role at HBAR?
I am the Chief Legal Officer.
How did you come into your current role? How did you
get interested in the digital assets space to begin
with?
I first got into the industry almost six years ago as an
investor. A friend pushed me into it; and I tripled my money within
the first month. I was instantly hooked. Prior to me going down the
"crypto rabbit hole," I practiced white collar securities
litigation and enforcement defense. It did not take long for me to
spot the similarities between the issues that I was already
focusing on and those I anticipated would become relevant in the
burgeoning crypto industry. As a way to move my practice into the
industry, I started writing and publishing articles related to
legal issues that I thought the industry should focus on. I got
lucky. When regulators started
