Named experts · Practitioner profile
About Dan
Dan Gibbons is a Partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York. He advises US and international crypto-asset businesses on capital-markets matters, including IPOs and follow-on offerings. Gibbons led Davis Polk's capital-markets work on the Circle Internet Group IPO and the Galaxy Digital Holdings re-listing — two of the most consequential crypto-asset company public-market events of the cycle.
Practice fields
Credentials
- Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell — Capital Markets
- Lead capital-markets counsel on Circle Internet Group IPO
- Lead capital-markets counsel on Galaxy Digital Holdings re-listing
Jurisdictions
Sources
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Relevant guides
Knowledge-base coverage that overlaps with Dan's practice (United States · Stablecoin issuance, Non-EU crypto).
Crypto custody licence · Comparison
Crypto Custody Licence: Jurisdictions Compared (2026)
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Crypto exchange licence · Comparison
Crypto Exchange License: Jurisdictions Compared (2026)
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MiCA scope edges · DeFi · staking · DLT Pilot · Article 60 · reverse solicitation · MiFID II line
The Edges of MiCA Scope 2026 — DeFi, Staking, DLT Pilot, Article 60, Reverse Solicitation
Where MiCA's perimeter actually sits — the DeFi carve-out, staking and lending, the DLT Pilot Regime boundary, the Article 60 bank track, re…
EU TFR · Travel Rule · 2026 implementation
EU Travel Rule, AML, Sanctions & DAC8 — CASP Compliance 2026
The EU AML, Travel Rule, sanctions and tax-reporting stack for CASPs in one place — TFR member-state implementation, self-hosted wallets, FA…
Cyprus vs Malta · CASP comparison
Cyprus vs Malta CASP License 2026 — CySEC vs MFSA Guide
Cyprus vs Malta for a MiCA CASP licence — both grant authorisation with EU passport, both small English-language EU jurisdictions. The real …
Estonia vs Lithuania · CASP comparison
Estonia vs Lithuania CASP License 2026 — Which to Choose
Estonia vs Lithuania for a MiCA CASP licence, with Latvia and Poland in the frame too. The Baltic-CEE rulebooks have converged under MiCA. W…