Dana Syracuse, Partner in the firm’s New York office and co-chair of the firm’s Fintech group and concentrates his practice in the blockchain, fintech, e-commerce and financial services sectors, working with clients on regulatory, business and product counseling, cyber and data security and enforcement concerns. Dana serves as firmwide co-chair of the Fintech industry group, and the co-lead of the Blockchain, Digital Assets, and Custody vertical of the Fintech industry group. Dana is the former associate general counsel for the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) and a leading figure in the development of the country’s first comprehensive digital currency regulation. He works with a range of fintech and digital business clients on federal and state regulatory, compliance and enforcement matters, complex bank regulatory issues, including, privacy, data and cyber security, anti-money laundering, Bank Secrecy Act and Know-Your-Customer matters, consumer protection as well as contract drafting and negotiations. Dana frequently interacts with lawmakers at the state and federal level on many of these issues, including testifying before the United States House of Representatives on the future of virtual currency and blockchain regulation, training state bank examiners on blockchain related compliance issues through the Conference of State Bank Supervisors and participating in the Uniform Law Commission’s efforts to draft a model legal code for virtual currencies.