Christopher Williams is a Partner at The Lens Legal Group working with broker-dealers and investment advisors, focusing on compliance and enforcement matters and startups raising capital.
The explosive growth in the value of cryptocurrencies has led to overnight billionaires. As many of these cryptocurrencies have seen 10-fold growth and more, the general public is drawn to invest in unregulated cryptocurrencies. Professional traders, along with state and federal regulators, warn investors that they are purchasing unregistered securities on exchanges.