Sasha Hodder

Cryptocurrency and fintech attorney helping innovators launch and scale products in highly regulated environments, with deep experience across securities, AML, sanctions, banking, and money transmission issues.

FinTech & Crypto

Professional Profile

Sasha Hodder is a cryptocurrency and fintech attorney licensed in Florida who focuses on helping innovators launch and scale products in highly regulated environments. Over the past decade, she has worked with clients across the United States on regulatory strategy and compliance matters involving FinCEN and AML requirements, OFAC sanctions, securities and commodities laws, gaming law, lending law, and state banking and money-transmission regimes.

Sasha served as Senior Counsel at Exodus, where she orchestrated legal strategy for a $75 million tokenized Reg A+ public offering, bridging securities compliance with product and operational realities. Her practice spans venture-backed startups to public-facing crypto companies and includes work on offering structures such as Reg D, Reg S, and Reg A+.

She advises on AML and BSA program design, money services business and money transmitter licensing exposure, on-ramp and off-ramp structures, OTC and custody flows, and prediction-market and sports-betting interfaces with state and federal rules.

Signature Focus

Practical Crypto Regulatory Depth

Sasha advises across the core legal frameworks shaping digital asset businesses, including FinCEN and AML compliance, OFAC sanctions, securities and commodities regulation, lending, gaming, and money-transmission laws.

Product and Operations Insight

Her work bridges legal strategy with operational reality, helping teams structure offerings, design compliance programs, assess licensing exposure, and support real product flows involving custody, OTC activity, and on- and off-ramps.

Experienced Voice in the Industry

As a former senior in-house counsel, frequent CLE speaker, media contributor, and podcast host, Sasha brings a current, well-informed perspective to fast-moving digital asset and fintech issues.

Areas of Focus

Cryptocurrency and fintech regulatory strategy
FinCEN, AML, and BSA compliance program design
OFAC sanctions risk assessment and controls
Reg D, Reg S, and Reg A+ offering structures
MSB and money transmitter licensing exposure analysis
On-ramp, off-ramp, OTC, and custody flow counseling
Prediction-market and sports-betting regulatory interfaces
Legal guidance for venture-backed and public-facing crypto companies

Credentials & Recognition

Cryptocurrency, fintech, regulatory strategy, securities offerings, AML and BSA compliance, sanctions, money transmission, banking interfaces, custody, lending, gaming, and digital asset product design.

Former Senior Counsel at Exodus, where she led legal strategy for a $75 million tokenized Reg A+ public offering and advised on product and operational matters in a public-facing crypto environment.

Experience structuring Reg D, Reg S, and Reg A+ offerings, designing AML and BSA programs, evaluating MSB and MTL exposure, and counseling on regulated transactional flows.

Frequent CLE presenter on digital asset law, featured in CoinDesk and Bitcoin Magazine, and host of the HODLCast Podcast with more than 100 interviews across the crypto and policy ecosystem.

A 30-time Canadian national champion in kayaking, rowing, and swimming, Sasha brings uncommon focus, discipline, and calm execution to high-stakes legal matters.

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Matters described here reflect work performed by the attorney, in some cases with other counsel or at a prior firm, and outcomes depend on the specific facts and law of each matter.

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