Crypto Assets Under the Bankruptcy Code: Practical Guidance for Addressing Novel Problems
Applying the Lessons From Recent Crypto Exchange Bankruptcy Cases
A live 90-minute CLE video webinar with interactive Q&A
This CLE webinar will offer guidance on how bankruptcy and restructuring attorneys are analyzing the many complex and novel legal theories and information challenges they face when representing clients involved in digital currency exchange cases or when the debtor is the holder of digital assets that need to be valued, preserved, and monetized. The panel will focus on avoidance actions and the unique problems that occur when the opposing party is or becomes a debtor itself. In reviewing the lessons from recent exchange cases regarding the treatment and disposition of crypto assets, the panel will explore which critical issues remain largely unresolved or unaddressed and best practices for representing clients attempting to navigate this uncharted territory.
Outline
- Overview of exchange bankruptcies
- Lessons on key issues
- Overcoming challenges with digital and crypto assets
- Obtaining data and records
- Volatility and valuation
- Classification of claims
- Perfection of security interests
- Turnover, avoidance, and other litigation
- Limits of bankruptcy jurisdiction: Ryniker v. Washington (In re Augustus Intelligence), Case No. 21-10744, Adv. Proc. No. 23-50370 (Bankr. D. Del.2025)
Benefits
The panel will discuss these and other important issues:
- In what medium are crypto claims paid?
- What can trustees recover in avoidance actions?
- How are crypto assets valued throughout the life of the case and for unique bankruptcy purposes?
- Who is entitled to increases in the value for crypto assets over the life of the case?
Faculty
Hunter J. Grasso
Attorney
Berger Singerman
Mr. Grasso is an associate on the firm’s Business Reorganization Team. He concentrates his practice on commercial... | Read More
Mr. Grasso is an associate on the firm’s Business Reorganization Team. He concentrates his practice on commercial bankruptcy and restructuring matters and related litigation. Mr. Grasso represents debtors, creditors, creditors’ committees, trustees, and other fiduciaries in complex bankruptcy proceedings. He also advises on out-of-court restructurings, assists fiduciaries with substantial asset recoveries, and investigates and prosecutes director and officer liability claims.
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Tara Pakrouh
Partner
Morris James
Ms. Pakrouh is a Partner in the bankruptcy & restructuring practice. She focuses her practice on... | Read More
Ms. Pakrouh is a Partner in the bankruptcy & restructuring practice. She focuses her practice on corporate restructuring and litigating complex commercial disputes that arise in Chapter 11 proceedings. Ms. Pakrouh is experienced in representing debtors, lenders, and other parties within the Delaware Bankruptcy Court and Delaware Court of Chancery. She is acclaimed by colleagues and clients for her creative and pragmatic approach to producing efficient solutions.
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