In a recent piece published by The Wall Street Journal, NexusOne Principal Jim Trusty examines what newly disclosed emails reveal about the legal basis for the 2022 FBI search of Mar-a-Lago. Drawing from firsthand experience as counsel to President Trump and his 27-year career as a federal prosecutor, Trusty highlights how FBI officials initially pushed…
During the last week of September, NexusOne had the privilege of attending technology and blockchain programming in New York City during the United Nations General Assembly. In sharing spaces with national and global business and policy leaders, NexusOne shares its insights into the next frontier of policymaking in the United States and abroad: real world…
On September 5, 2025, the Senate Banking Committee released a second discussion draft of the Responsible Financial Innovation Act of 2025, addressing digital asset market structure. This 182-page draft serves as a follow up to the initial 32-page draft released in late July, which itself was a response to the House’s Digital Asset Market Clarity…
The “cryptocurrency Wild West” that former SEC Chairman Gary Gensler once described has officially ended with Congress and the Trump Administration’s passing into law the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act; the first federal regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies, specifically targeting stablecoins.[1] The cryptocurrency industry immediately responded to the U.S. government’s tacit…
On May 20, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) charged Unicoin and its executives for an alleged $100 million fraud scheme. While our coverage tends to highlight best practices, Unicoin’s indictment presents a worst practice case study for issuers. This article highlights Unicoin’s alleged missteps in the grey zone of digital asset regulation and…
SEC Chairman Paul Atkins indicated his intention to overhaul the federal agency’scryptocurrency rules and regulations recently.1 The move will be of little surprise comingfrom a pro-crypto administration but new rulemakings are a necessary step to cementthe promises of this presidency to the cryptocurrency industry. This regulatory shift,combined with a new White House executive order requiring…
A recent article in the Washington Examiner, breaks down the current administration’s stance on crypto and the shift in legislation and regulatory policy. Jeff Ifrah is quoted in the article on Trump dropping the guilt-by-issuance mentality… “They’re abandoning the notion that the issuance of a crypto digital token is the functional equivalent of a regulatory…
FOX News Digital’s Andrew Mark Miller spoke with Jeff Ifrah regarding the launch of NexusOne Consulting. A new government relations firm led in part by a former Trump lawyer has launched in Washington, D.C., with the aim of advocating for clients in the crypto and artificial intelligence space that has gained momentum since Trump’s election and inauguration. …
By CAITLIN OPRYSKO | 04/28/2025 07:16 PM EDTLink to article on POLITICO.com With Daniel Lippman FIRST IN PI — FORMER TRUMP LAWYER HANGS A SHINGLE: Another one of President Donald Trump’s personal attorneys is jumping into lobbying. Jim Trusty and veteran gaming attorney Jeff Ifrah, who founded Ifrah Law — where Trusty has worked for the past eight years — are launching NexusOne Consulting, which…
Better Insights. Better Impact. Washington, D.C. – Today marks the official launch of NexusOne Consulting, a results-driven government relations firm focused on shaping federal policy and regulatory frameworks for clients in the emerging technologies sector, including AI, cryptocurrency, and social media. NexusOne’s founding team has decades-long relationships with members of the Executive Branch and federal…