Chante Eliaszadeh

Chanté Eliaszadeh is the founder and principal attorney of Astraea Counsel APC, a boutique law firm specializing in digital assets, cryptocurrency, blockchain, artificial intelligence, and fintech law. Based in Los Angeles, California, Chanté provides strategic regulatory and transactional counsel to crypto startups, AI companies, DeFi protocols, and emerging technology businesses navigating complex legal and compliance challenges.

Unique Regulatory Insight

Chanté's practice is distinguished by her experience on both sides of crypto regulation. In the SEC Honors Program, she examined token offerings and digital asset securities during the formative years of cryptocurrency regulation. This insider perspective on SEC investigative procedures, enforcement priorities, and settlement dynamics gives her clients unique strategic advantages when facing regulatory scrutiny or planning compliant offerings.

Big Law Bankruptcy Experience

Before founding Astraea Counsel, Chanté worked at two of the world's most prestigious law firms—Dechert LLP and White & Case LLP—where she represented creditors in the three largest cryptocurrency bankruptcy cases in history: FTX, Genesis Global Capital, and Celsius Network. Working on these matters gave her unparalleled expertise in crypto insolvency, asset recovery, proof of claim procedures, and creditor rights in digital asset bankruptcies. She helped recover assets for tens of thousands of account holders navigating the unprecedented legal questions these cases presented.

Practice Focus

Chanté's practice focuses on helping crypto, blockchain, AI, and fintech companies build legally compliant businesses in rapidly evolving regulatory environments. Her clients range from early-stage startups to established companies, including:

Cryptocurrency & Digital Assets: Money transmitter licensing strategy, stablecoin compliance (GENIUS Act registration), exchange licensing (state MTL and BitLicense), DAO legal structures, token launch securities law analysis, custody architecture, and treasury management.

AI & Emerging Technology: California and federal AI compliance (including SB 1047 analysis), training data copyright compliance, AI-generated content ownership, algorithmic accountability, and regulatory risk assessment for generative AI products.

Fintech & Payments: Payment processing compliance, money services business registration (FinCEN MSB), state-by-state licensing strategies, BSA/AML program development, and fintech product regulatory analysis.

Securities & Regulatory Compliance: SEC and CFTC compliance, securities registration exemptions (Regulation D/S/A), Wells Notice defense, enforcement proceedings, and regulatory investigation response.

Corporate & Transactions: Entity formation for DAOs and crypto companies, governance structure design, corporate transactions, and strategic legal advisory.

Thought Leadership

Chanté is recognized as a thought leader in digital asset law. She is a Law360 Distinguished Legal Writing Award recipient and has published extensively on cryptocurrency regulation, stablecoin compliance, DAO legal structures, and emerging technology law. Her insights have been featured in legal and industry publications addressing the intersection of technology, finance, and regulation.

Education & Credentials

- Juris Doctor: UC Berkeley, School of Law
- Bachelor of Arts: University of California, Berkeley
- Bar Admission: State Bar of California

Why Clients Choose Astraea Counsel

Clients value Chanté's unique combination of Big Law sophistication and boutique accessibility. She understands both the technology and the regulatory landscape, providing practical legal counsel that accounts for business realities and strategic objectives—not just theoretical compliance. Her former SEC experience provides insider knowledge of enforcement priorities and settlement dynamics. Her Big Law training on the industry's largest bankruptcy cases brings institutional-grade expertise to emerging companies at boutique law firm responsiveness and efficiency.

Whether you're launching a stablecoin, structuring a DAO, defending an SEC investigation, navigating money transmitter licensing, or building AI products in a complex regulatory environment, Astraea Counsel provides strategic guidance grounded in deep regulatory expertise and practical execution.