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Sina Kian

Should Cryptocurrencies Be Considered Securities?

Maybe the biggest regulatory question facing cryptocurrencies is whether they are “securities” under the federal securities laws. If so…

17 min readOct 11, 2021

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Sina Kian

What are cryptocurrencies good for?

Maybe the most poorly understood feature of blockchain technology is the role of the cryptocurrencies that power them — and as a result…

9 min readAug 12, 2021

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Sina Kian

Why I joined a blockchain company called Aleo

I was recently asked on a podcast how I went from clerking on the Supreme Court to being a VP of Strategy for Aleo (a blockchain company)…

4 min readJun 28, 2021

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Sina Kian

NFTs are More Interesting Than You Think

The underlying technology is a potential game changer

6 min readApr 9, 2021

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Sina Kian

On the Executive Reversal of DACA

(1) This isn’t just cruel and needless; it’s affirmatively harmful for America. These children aren’t just dreamers. They’re soon-to-be…

3 min readSep 6, 2017

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Sina Kian

What to do after Charlottesville

Like so many people, and as a graduate of UVA, I’m heartbroken about what happened there this past weekend. I don’t know how to understand…

6 min readAug 16, 2017

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Sina Kian

The week we’ve had

(1) I voted for Clinton, but when Trump won, I wanted the best. The best looked something like this: an unorthodox president with a strange…

3 min readMay 19, 2017

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President Obama’s Paid Speech — and the solution to what it might suggest

Thought this was a pretty good editorial by the NYT and it’s an interesting issue. On the one hand, as anyone who has been to law school…

4 min readMay 1, 2017

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Sina Kian

The Whitney Biennial: Contemporary Art is History

When the Whitney’s Biennial opened a few weeks ago, the critics came with hands on holsters and left, by and large, pleased, even ecstatic…

13 min readApr 4, 2017

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Sina Kian

Moving Obamacare Forward

Obamacare did a lot, but in rough terms, these are its most important features:

3 min readMar 25, 2017

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Sina Kian

Sina Kian

Tech, Security, & Global Affairs Fellow @ Strauss Center. Adj. Prof. @ UT Law School & NYU Law School. Anything I write = me thinking out loud, def not advice!

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