Cryptocurrency (Crypto) - Digital Currency Consultants: 2

Blockchain Expert Consulting (BEC) was founded to offer cryptocurrency and Web3 Startups with sustainable business, Strategy, and Innovation Consulting. BEC is a thought leader in blockchain architecture, smart contract outcomes, various blockchain networks, including Ethereum, Blockchain, and various chains in the Cosmos ecosystem. BEC also provides services in blockchain law and Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO) structuring related to Series LLCs.

• For established players in web3 who need an unbiased take on a model., BEC helps ensure clients are growing in the right direction
• For existing business models looking  to incorporate tokenization, expected to be a $30 trillion industry by 2030, but don't know where to start, BEC keeps things as simple as possible since your business already works

J. Mason Bump, Founder, is a Blockchain Architectureand Cryptocurrency Expert. An early adopter of decentralized technologies, he has extensive business acumen and deep knowledge of blockchain technology, tokenomics, and public policy. Mason holds a JD and MBA,  is a Certified Cryptocurrency Forensic Investigator, and is Certified by the Blockchain Council as both a Blockchain and Law Professional and a Certified Blockchain Expert. 

Mason achieved success as a general practitioner with exposure to entity structuring and formation, contract drafting, land disputes, litigation, trial, and appellate work. In his appellate practice, his arguments were heard and accepted by the Iowa Supreme Court.  

More recently, Mason's been employed by a blockchain startup as a Protocol Specialist and Governance Expert (previously Protocol Analyst), where he provides high-level insight into the architecture, the mechanics and economics of tokenomics, and parameters of dozens of blockchain networks the company supports. This company maintains its status as a "Unicorn" staking firm with a valuation in excess of $1 billion. *Blockchain Expert Consulting is a separate entity from this company.

Mason was featured as an in-person speaker at the International Blockchain Developer Conference called Nebular Summit in Paris, France in July 2023 where he spoke about the potential of smart contracts to improve the effectiveness of legal contracts in a presentation titled "Staking: Modern Building Materials for Contracts."

View J. Mason Bump's Expert Witness Profile.

Braden M. Perry is a nationally recognized White-Collar Defense Attorney and complex litigator with a reputation for navigating clients through their most challenging legal crises. A former senior trial attorney with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Mr. Perry led major investigations and prosecutions involving market manipulation, financial fraud, and regulatory violations. His government experience gives him unique insight into enforcement strategy and prosecutorial decision-making, which he leverages to defend clients facing federal and state investigations, enforcement actions, and criminal charges.

Practice Areas:

• White-Collar Defense & Government Investigations
• Regulatory Compliance & Enforcement
• Anti-Money Laundering & BSA/AML
• Securities, Commodities & Financial Markets
• Internal Investigations & Corporate Compliance Programs

As Co-Founder and Partner at Kennyhertz Perry, Mr. Perry represents individuals and companies in internal investigations, regulatory inquiries, and high-stakes litigation. He handles matters involving securities fraud, commodities and derivatives enforcement, anti-money laundering, FCPA violations, antitrust, and emerging areas such as cryptocurrency and digital asset enforcement. He has first-chaired trials in federal and state courts, defending clients against complex criminal and civil allegations with strategic precision and a deep understanding of agency priorities.

Mr. Perry serves on the Criminal Justice Act panels for the Southern District of Georgia, the District of Kansas, and the Western District of Missouri, representing indigent defendants in federal criminal cases, and has been recognized by Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers in America for his excellence in white-collar defense. Prior to founding Kennyhertz Perry, he was Chief Compliance Officer and Senior Vice President at a global financial services firm, overseeing broker-dealer, RIA, and alternative investment compliance.

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