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Sanctions and blockchain tracing: What an OFAC match proves
How attorneys should distinguish OFAC-listed addresses, vendor attributions, indirect transaction paths, ownership rules, and risk-score evidence.
Nick Kampe13 min read
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Wallet attribution and proposed Rule 104(b): judge vs jury roles
How proposed Rule 104(b) would reshape conditional relevance for wallet attribution evidence: what stays with the judge and what goes to the jury.
Nick Kampe11 min read
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Control is not ownership: UCC Article 12 and digital assets
How UCC Article 12 treats wallet and ledger control: what it proves, what it does not, qualifying purchasers, priority, and state-by-state enactment.
Nick Kampe13 min read
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Civil forfeiture is not restitution: how crypto victims get paid
How crypto victims get paid after a federal forfeiture: ownership claims, remission, restoration, and restitution, with deadlines and proof requirements.
Nick Kampe12 min read
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Discovery for wallets, exchanges, and devices: beyond the CSV
Draft discovery requests for native exchange data, device records, and authentication history, not bare CSVs, so your expert can tie transactions to users.
Nick Kampe13 min read
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A trace is not an asset freeze: Choosing a prejudgment remedy
Blockchain tracing locates crypto but restrains nothing. Choosing the prejudgment attachment, injunction, or receivership that actually preserves assets.
Nick Kampe14 min read
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Evidence in crypto perpetual futures disputes
A practical evidence map for crypto perpetual disputes, separating blockchain records from venue data on orders, margin, funding, prices, and liquidations.
Nick Kampe11 min read
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Rule 1006 summaries in blockchain cases
A practical framework for admitting blockchain transaction summaries under Rule 1006 while preserving source access, reproducibility, and cross-examination.
Nick Kampe11 min read
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Daubert and blockchain experts: what courts have said
A survey of how courts apply Daubert reliability standards to blockchain forensic testimony, the challenges experts face, and the methods courts examine.
Nick Kampe8 min read
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NFT ownership disputes and unresolved court questions
A guide to NFT ownership disputes, covering on-chain records, off-chain rights, transfer evidence, and questions courts have yet to resolve.
Nick Kampe8 min read
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Blockchain evidence admissibility in federal and Missouri courts
How Federal Rules of Evidence 901 and 902 apply to blockchain records, with Missouri authentication standards and Daubert considerations for attorneys.
Nick Kampe15 min read
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How to subpoena cryptocurrency exchange records
A practical guide to subpoenaing cryptocurrency exchanges, covering available records, request terms, cross-border hurdles, and forensic analysis.
Nick Kampe12 min read
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Blockchain evidence in litigation: admissibility and practice
A guide to authenticating blockchain evidence in federal and Missouri litigation, covering Rules 901 and 902, Daubert reliability, and chain of custody.
Nick Kampe13 min read