Dan Curtin

His work supports institutions navigating evolving legal and regulatory landscapes.

Dan is a nationally recognized authority on cryptocurrency-enabled cybercrime, blockchain investigations, and anti-money laundering (AML) compliance. He brings a rare combination of legal, investigative, and strategic expertise to the intersection of digital assets and financial crime.

Prior to entering private practice, Dan spent nearly a decade at Coinbase, where he was instrumental in building the company's anti-fraud, AML compliance, and Global Intelligence functions from the ground up. As a senior leader, he oversaw a team of investigators responsible for managing Coinbase's engagements with U.S. law enforcement and advised on some of the industry's most complex and sensitive crypto-related investigations. His portfolio included large-scale fraud, money laundering, darknet market activity, and emerging scam typologies such as "pig butchering."

Dan's hands-on experience extends to the design and implementation of compliance programs across all stages of a crypto company's lifecycle. He played a critical role in developing policies and procedures for AML investigations, suspicious activity reporting (SAR), and high-risk institutional onboarding. He also led SAR-lookback reviews during pivotal periods of regulatory and technological change in the crypto space.

From 2022 to 2025, Dan served as a member of the U.S. Secret Service Cyber Investigations Advisory Board, where he provided strategic guidance on the agency's cybercrime enforcement mission. He has trained thousands of state, local, and federal law enforcement officers and prosecutors on blockchain analysis, forensic tracing, and digital asset investigations. Prior to his work at Coinbase, Dan was a litigation associate at BakerHostetler, where he supported the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC.