Katie Biber is Chief Legal Officer at Paradigm. She was previously General Counsel at Anchorage, CLO at Brex, and Senior Counsel at Airbnb. Katie spent the first decade of her career as a campaign finance and First Amendment lawyer on the front lines of politics. She earned her J.D. from Harvard Law School and B.A. from George Washington University.


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Stefan Schropp

Senior Regulatory Counsel

Justin Slaughter

VP of Regulatory Affairs

Paradigm Files Amicus Brief Opposing New Front of Attacks on Federal Regulation of Prediction Markets

Paradigm Files Ninth Circuit Amicus in New Front of Prediction Market Battle

The Ninth Circuit should follow the clear statutory text and historical record. Federal law governs these markets, full stop. Allowing states to override that judgment would undermine regulatory certainty, stifle innovation, and unravel a system Congress carefully constructed.

Paradigm Files Ninth Circuit Amicus Brief to Oppose State Encroachment on Federal Regulation

Alex Grieve

VP of Government Affairs

Congress has already spoken on allowing affiliates to issue yield; regulatory agencies cannot alter that decision.

Treasury: When Implementing GENIUS, Follow Congress’s Direction

Yesterday, Paradigm filed an amicus brief in KalshiEX LLC v. Martin, a Fourth Circuit case about Maryland’s effort to treat federally regulated swaps as gambling. This isn’t a close call. 


Paradigm Files (Another) Amicus Brief to Oppose State Encroachment on Federal Regulation

At its core, this lawsuit isn’t really about Uniswap or even about a single patent. It’s about whether anyone should be able to claim ownership over the centuries-old concept of market making, simply because they describe it with an equation and implement it on a blockchain. 

Paradigm Files Amicus Brief Defending Innovation in DeFi

Paradigm files comment to CFTC stressing that any spot crypto trading regime must not disadvantage DeFi.

Paradigm Urges CFTC to Embrace DeFi in Spot Crypto Trading Rules

Gina Moon

Paradigm files amicus brief in support of Kalshi in KalshiEX LLC v. Flaherty

Paradigm Files Amicus Brief to Oppose State Encroachment on Federal Regulation

The GENIUS Act is now law. What steps do regulators need to take to implement its stablecoin regime?

The GENIUS Act Passed - Now the Real Work Begins

Paradigm files amicus brief supporting Michael Lewellen's lawsuit challenging the DOJ's increasingly aggressive use of 18 U.S.C. § 1960 against software developers

Paradigm Files Amicus in Lewellen v. Bondi

Paradigm files amicus brief supporting Storm’s proposed jury instructions in United States v. Storm.

Paradigm Files Amicus Brief Supporting Roman Storm

Matt Huang

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Until the Storm case is dropped, all of crypto and every software developer are at risk.

Southern District, Stand Down: Prosecuting Code Is Not Justice

In June, Paradigm conducted a first-of-its kind poll of Republican voters to better understand how they think about crypto. The results were clear: Republicans embrace financial freedom and want the current Administration’s crypto approach to end.

June 2024 Republican Public Opinion Poll

Rodrigo Seira

The grand bargain of the US securities laws is that any issuer selling securities to the general public must provide the public with a set of disclosures approved by the SEC. These laws are intended to address information asymmetry and ensure that the investing public has the material information necessary to make informed investment decisions. The securities laws are not intended to turn the SEC into a gatekeeper or “merit regulator” that itself decides which projects are investable and which are not. Congress meant for discretion to remain solidly in the hands of individual investors.

The Current SEC Disclosure Framework Is Unfit for Crypto

SEC Chair Gary Gensler would like the American public to believe that it is just as simple and easy for crypto founders to register tokens or crypto products with the SEC. It’s not.


Due to SEC Inaction, Registration is Not a Viable Path for Crypto Projects

As we show in a number of case studies, the projects that attempted to come into compliance with the SEC’s registration requirements expended great effort and resources yet ultimately most of them failed, and those that persist do so in a state of uncertainty and comparative disadvantage.

The failure of projects that have attempted to register is due in large part to the SEC’s reluctance to provide a workable framework through rulemaking, exemptive relief, guidance and industry engagement.

Lessons from Crypto Projects’ Failed Attempts to Register with the SEC

Amy Aixi Zhang

Ethics rules effectively bar most government employees from owning crypto.

You Can't Regulate What You Can't Understand: The Case for Modernizing Government Ethics Rules

We are excited to announce the first iteration of the Paradigm Policy Council, an impressive group of bipartisan talent with a diverse set of experiences. This team will advise Paradigm’s leadership team and help us tell the story of Web3 in Washington and around the world.
