Miles Jennings

Miles Jennings is Head of Policy and General Counsel at a16z crypto, where he advises the firm and its portfolio companies on decentralization, DAOs, governance, and securities law, and leads the firm's policy engagement in Washington on legislation like the GENIUS and CLARITY Acts. He joined a16z crypto as General Counsel in 2021 and took on the Head of Policy role in 2025, succeeding Brian Quintenz. Before that, he was a partner at Latham & Watkins, where he co-chaired the firm's global blockchain and cryptocurrency task force and helped design many of the investment structures used by crypto venture firms today; his work in the sector dates to 2017, when he began advising ConsenSys. He is also known for creating the "Can't Be Evil" open-source NFT licenses.

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