Session 1: Which One of These Is Not Like the Others? A Primer on Cryptocurrency, Currency, and Money
To understand where crypto litigation is heading, we need to understand the differences between currency, money, and crypto. Those distinctions are the focus of Session 1. Of course, many of our financial transactions are performed without printed currency, such as credit and debit card transactions, payment apps, bank/ACH/wire transfers, and even old-fashioned checks and money orders . . . not to mention the looming specter of a CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency) here in the U.S.
The interesting question is what makes cryptocurrencies different from these other vehicles used to execute financial transactions. A clear understanding of the unique crypto proposition provides insight into where cryptocurrency litigation will go.
Join AACG’s Dr. Timothy Weithers and Dr. Pavithra Kumar for a discussion of the following issues:
Advanced Analytical Consulting Group (AACG) has has experts in finance, economics, econometrics and computing who have testified in state and federal courts for and against the Securities Exchange Commission and the Internal Revenue Service in the US and internationally.
About the Presenters:
Dr. Timothy Weithers has worked for over 30 years in the financial industry, mainly at trading firms and investment banks; he was a Managing Director at UBS and has a close practical knowledge of financial markets and products.
His areas of expertise include foreign exchange, derivatives, economics and finance. He taught at the graduate level at Fordham University and in The University of Chicago’s Financial Mathematics Program. He received his PhD in Mathematical Economics from The University of Chicago.
Dr. Weithers has an affiliation with AACG and has often testified as an expert witness in Federal Court and Federal Tax Court.
Dr. Pavithra Kumar, Principal of Advanced Analytical Consulting Group, specializes in the application of economic and financial theory to questions arising in complex securities and finance litigation. She has expertise in securities class actions, structured finance disputes, damages quantification and valuation, and is proficient in the use of sophisticated statistical modeling and econometric techniques, including event studies and market efficiency analyses. She has been engaged as an expert in securities, damages and valuation-related matters. She is a PhD in Finance from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
