BRAEDEN ANDERSON
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I'm a partner at Gesmer Updegrove LLP, where I lead the Securities Regulatory and Enforcement and Digital Assets practice areas. I’ve served as Assistant General Counsel at Robinhood, practiced at Kirkland & Ellis and Sidley Austin, and represented clients in high-stakes matters before the SEC, DOJ, FINRA, and state regulators.
I've been recognized by U.S. Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® for Financial Services and Securities Regulation, and listed in Marquis Who’s Who in America for contributions to law and public service.
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Nasdaq’s Tokenization Proposal: A Careful Step Toward Modernizing Market Infrastructure
You can’t understand Nasdaq’s tokenization proposal by asking what it adds. You understand it by seeing what it refuses to change. Nasdaq’s tokenization rule filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is one of the most meaningful attempts yet to introduce blockchain-based representations of securities into the existing U.S. market structure.