Washington, D.C. – Oct. 22, 2026

Richard B. Levin, Chair of Taft’s FinTech Practice, will be speaking on a panel on the Future of Fintech and Digital Assets at the 2026 annual conference of American College of Investment Counsel (ACIC).  The panel will discuss the recent failure of the CLARITY Act, the passage of the GENIUS Act and related rulemaking by federal agencies, secondary trading of digital asset securities (tokenized securities), the SEC’s Innovation Exemption, and the launch of tokenized securities by national securities exchanges. The panel will also explore the regulation of event contracts and prediction markets.

The American College of Investment Counsel brings together counsel from private practice and financial institutions that specialize in major institutional investment financing. ACIC members include counsel from insurance companies, law firms, and service providers across the United States, Canada, and Europe. The organization has more than 400 members representing over 300 law firms and institutions.

Levin was one of the first lawyers to focus on the regulation of blockchain and digital assets. He is considered a thought leader in the FinTech space. Richard has been advising FinTech clients on legal and regulatory issues since the start of electronic trading in the late 1990s. His practice focuses on the representation of early stage and publicly traded companies in the FinTech space, including investment banks, broker-dealers, investment advisers, digital currency trading platforms, alternative trading systems (ATSs), exchanges, transfer agents, and custodians. He represents these firms before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), state regulators, and Congress. Richard has been identified by Chambers and Partners as one of the leading lawyers in the Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies category nine times for his knowledge on regulatory matters, great relationships with regulators, for helping clients push the boundaries of the FinTech sector, and for his advice on matters such as broker-dealer licensing and alternative trading systems.

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