Independent digital-asset research & advisory
CURRENT helps investors, financial firms and digital-asset businesses assess markets, choose venues and counterparties, build commercial strategies and investigate onchain activity.
Led by Dennis Droushiotis, from scoping to delivery.
Regulatory & investigative work
Forensic, regulatory and compliance support to CFTC personnel as an independent contractor through Current Crypto LLC.
Prepared a sworn declaration and exhibits in a digital-asset enforcement matter involving the CFTC and DOJ.
Institutional advisory
Originated and closed a paid advisory mandate with the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund through direct outreach as co-founder of Shale Intelligence.
Digital-asset transactions
Digital-asset transaction activity supported for institutional investors, family offices, exchanges and OTC counterparties.
Services
A written assessment of structure, liquidity, economics and risk, with the conditions that would change the conclusion.
Investment & Market IntelligenceA side-by-side comparison of the routes, with cost, collateral, counterparty exposure and a recommended choice.
Market Access & Counterparty StrategyA market-entry plan: priority buyers, the proposition, the partners and the first actions.
Commercial Strategy & PartnershipsA written report that traces the transactions, sets out the chronology and separates evidence from inference.
Blockchain Intelligence & InvestigationsWorking together
One focused session on a defined subject, for an investment committee, a research team or an expert-network client.
Duration and fee are agreed in advance.
Request a briefingOne question and one written work product: a market assessment, a counterparty comparison, a market-entry plan or an investigative report.
Scope, timing and fee are agreed before work starts.
Discuss a mandateWhere the work carries on: counterparty evaluation, partner discussions, negotiation support and coordination with specialist providers.
Each step is commissioned separately.
Discuss a mandateEvery engagement is led and delivered by the principal.
Fees are agreed in advance, and relevant conflicts of interest are disclosed before work starts.
The Current
The US onshore derivatives register
CFTC relief, expiry dates, litigation and event-contract venues.
Eight case files, four business scenarios and a 30-day review plan. Free PDF, no email required.
The operating decisions between a token transfer and usable money.
Financing, collateral and control in onchain trading.
Dennis Droushiotis has worked in digital assets since 2013 as an investor, operator, adviser and investigator.
He has supported CFTC investigations and compliance matters as an independent contractor, and co-founded Shale Intelligence, a research business that served more than 100 paying clients.
He also founded a decentralized lending protocol and led it through to acquisition, with a 12-person team that included an external development partner.
Separate documented facts, working assumptions and judgment. State what supports the conclusion and what would change it.
CURRENT is engaged directly by institutions and as a specialist resource to counsel, consultancies and compliance teams.
Where a matter requires additional capacity, formal expert reports or testimony, CURRENT works with established forensic and legal partners.
CURRENT is paid by its clients. Scope, deliverables, timing and fees are agreed in advance. Relevant conflicts are disclosed before work begins.
Contact
Say what you need to decide and by when. Your inquiry goes directly to the principal.
Or email directly
dennis@currentcrypto.io