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Murphy’s Law: The Crypto Law Firm   The NFT market has matured into a legal minefield. Major brands sue artists for trademark infringement. The SEC has issued Wells notices to NFT projects. Creators discover their work tokenized without consent on multiple marketplaces simultaneously. Investors lose millions to projects that turn

For most of crypto’s existence, the IRS treated digital assets the same way it treated rare baseball cards: property, taxable on disposition, but largely on the honor system. That era ended on January 1, 2025. Custodial brokers, including Coinbase, Kraken, Gemini, and most other U.S. exchanges, are now required to

The era of optional crypto compliance is over Murphy’s Law: The Crypto Law Firm In late 2025, the DOJ fined OKX over $500 million for anti-money laundering failures that included weak KYC checks and billions in suspicious transactions moving across the platform. FinCEN hit Paxful with a $3.5 million penalty

By Liam Murphy, Esq. | Murphy’s Law: The Crypto Law Firm   You invested in what appeared to be a legitimate cryptocurrency opportunity. Maybe a trusted contact introduced you to a trading platform. Maybe you found a DeFi protocol promising strong yields. Maybe a new relationship led to what seemed

By Liam Murphy, Esq. | Murphy’s Law: The Crypto Law Firm   Losing cryptocurrency to a scam is devastating. But what many victims do not realize is that the danger does not end when the initial fraud is over. A massive secondary industry of fake crypto recovery services specifically targets

Murphy’s Law: The Crypto Law Firm   Cryptocurrency fraud has grown into a crisis. According to Chainalysis, an estimated $17 billion was stolen through crypto scams and fraud in 2025, while the FBI’s 2024 Internet Crime Report documented $9.3 billion in crypto-related losses reported to the agency that year alone,

By Liam Murphy, Esq. | Murphy’s Law: The Crypto Law Firm   For years, the cryptocurrency industry operated under a cloud of regulatory uncertainty. The SEC refused to publish clear rules, choosing instead to regulate by enforcement. Crypto companies, investors, and developers were left guessing which tokens were securities, which

By Liam Murphy, Esq. | Murphy’s Law: The Crypto Law Firm   A stranger sends you a text. Maybe it looks like a wrong number. Maybe it arrives through a dating app, LinkedIn, or Instagram. A friendly conversation starts. Over days and weeks, trust builds. Eventually, the topic shifts to

Cryptocurrency scams cost Americans billions of dollars every year. According to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center, crypto-related fraud losses exceeded $9.3 billion in 2024 alone, a 66% increase over the prior year. If you have been scammed, the steps you take in the first hours and days can determine