Road to Consensus: Jake Chervinsky – Crypto Twitter’s Favorite Lawyer

March 7, 2019
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Jake Chervinsky is a lawyer, just not yours. A litigator with New York-based Kobre & Kim, Chervinsky has become a preeminent Twitter personality thanks to his insightful, informative tweets about cryptocurrency, and particularly ETFs. Chervinsky joins host Nolan Bauerle to talk about the SEC, enforcement, and the Twitter school of law.

Jake can be found on Twitter at @jchervinsky.

Road to Consensus is a production of CoinDesk.

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