The 'Dean of Blockchain Lawyers' Just Got a New Job
One of the first and most influential lawyers to represent blockchain and cryptocurrency businesses is joining one of the industry's oldest startups in an executive role. Announced today, Marco Santori is leaving Cooley LLP, where he's been a partner since November 2016, to become the president and chief legal officer of Blockchain , a longtime client and one of the industry's best-known wallet startups. The move is a return to roots for Santori, who started out advising early bitcoin startups on legal and policy matters but over the years shifted to working on enterprise blockchains and, most recently, initial coin offerings. But he said his heart was always in bitcoin's potential to empower individuals. "I didn't get into this to do ICOs," Santori told CoinDesk. "It's a fascinating area of the law, but that's not the train that I'm on." Likewise, he said: "I'm not trying to rebuild Wall Street on top of...