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TuongVy Le

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Anchorage Digital

Brooklyn, New York

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Work Experience

  • General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

    2024

    Anchorage Digital is a crypto platform that enables institutions to participate in digital assets through custody, staking, trading, governance, settlement, with the industry’s leading security infrastructure. Home to Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., the only federally chartered crypto bank in the US, Anchorage Digital also serves institutions through Anchorage Digital Singapore, Porto by Anchorage Digital, and other offerings.

2022 - 2024

  • Partner and Head of Regulatory & Policy

    2022 - 2024

    Advised portfolio companies on regulatory issues, conducted regulatory diligence on investments, and led crypto advocacy efforts.

2021 - 2022

  • Deputy General Counsel and Compliance Officer

    2021 - 2022

    Led Worldcoin’s financial regulatory and compliance strategy across a diverse array of markets around the world, advised business teams on the design and launch of the Worldcoin token, and provided product counseling on the wallet app and ZKP-based Web3 identity protocol, in compliance with the securities laws, AML/counter-terrorism/sanctions requirements, privacy and other consumer protection laws.

  • Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs

    2021 - 2021

    Advised SEC officials and staff across the agency on legislative and policy matters including the regulation of digital assets, market structure modernization, and ESG disclosure. Helped manage the SEC’s congressional engagement, including on legislative amendments to the federal securities laws, the appropriations process, congressional testimony, and rulemakings implementing Congressional mandates. Helped coordinate the Commission’s response to significant market events.

  • Senior Counsel, Division of Enforcement

    2016 - 2021

    Investigated and charged individuals and entities for defrauding U.S. investors, including through market manipulation, insider trading, accounting and issuer fraud, and for violating the registration, books and records, supervisory, and internal controls provisions of the federal securities laws. Handled some of the SEC’s earliest crypto-related matters, including unregistered initial coin offerings and other schemes involving digital assets. Litigated in both federal district court and administrative fora.

2015 - 2016

  • Senior Associate

    2015 - 2016

    Handled all stages of civil and criminal trial and appellate practice.

  • Judicial Law Clerk

    2014 - 2015

    Honorable Gregory H. Woods United States District Court Judge

2008 - 2014

  • Senior Associate

    2008 - 2014

    Represented individuals, boards, financial institutions and public companies before the SEC, the DOJ, state attorneys general, FINRA, and foreign regulators in a wide variety of financial regulatory matters including alleged insider trading, market manipulation, municipal bond fraud, AML, tax evasion, and antitrust violations. Conducted complex cross-border internal investigations, prepared witnesses for testimony and proffers, drafted Wells submissions, and negotiated settlement and non-prosecution agreements. Advised broker-dealers and investment advisors on compliance policies and procedures, regulatory examinations, and investigations into alleged compliance and supervisory failures.

2009 - 2010

  • Vice President, Assistant General Counsel

    2009 - 2010

    Completed secondment during my time at WilmerHale. As a member of Government Investigations & Regulatory Enforcement group, represented company in government and internal investigations into potential violations of the securities laws and FINRA rules and regulations across multiple lines of business, and partnered with Compliance to help manage risk.