Max Thompson

Max Thompson is Corporate Counsel at Paxful where he advises on a wide range of legal and regulatory issues facing the company. Max began his legal career in the Office of General Counsel at the New York State Department of Financial Services where he was heavily involved in the creation of the “Bitlicense” regulation and the supervision of cryptocurrency entities subject to the Department’s oversight. Prior to joining Paxful, Max practiced in the FinTech & Blockchain and Cybersecurity, Cybercrime & Incident Response practice groups at Murphy & McGonigle P.C. and also served as Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary at Bank Leumi USA.