Team

In 2016, Ryón fell down the cryptocurrency rabbit hole. One of the first projects that he worked with was MyEtherWallet, the first non-custodial wallet built on Ethereum. After guiding MyEtherWallet through their transition to MyCrypto, and eventually helping MyCryptoWallet be acquired by Consensys, Ryón concentrated his focus on the burgeoning cryptocurrency sector.

Ryón’s experiences as an attorney in the cryptocurrency space have been diverse. After being one of the first attorneys to commit himself fully to this innovative new space, Ryón was Solana’s genesis external General Counsel, beginning his work with Solana in 2018 and guiding them through their extraordinarily successful token launch. Additionally, Ryón has worked with other top cryptocurrency projects such as Synthetix, Akash Network, and many more. Outside of his day-to-day practice, Ryón has also helped move forward industry-wide policy initiatives. He was a founding member of the Proof of Stake Alliance (“POSA”). Through his work with POSA, Ryón met with congressmen, policy advisors, and other political operatives to ensure that staking rewards were fairly taxed and regulated.

Ryón prides himself on being more than just an attorney. He advises clients on their most pressing issues, connects his clients with his large network of investors, and uses his 7+ year tenure in the cryptocurrency space to comprehensively guide his clients towards success. As an entrepreneur himself, Ryón is uniquely positioned to offer industry-leading guidance. Ryón is a co-founder of Paragons DAO, an onchain gaming community that enables the sharing of in-game onchain assets, allowing under-resourced players to access top-tier onchain gaming assets.

In addition to Horizons Law & Consulting Group, Ryón is a founder of Horizons Global, a Cayman Islands-based consulting firm that advises on Web3 entity structures. Horizons Global has worked with layer one protocols, DeFi platforms, oracle solutions, interchain bridges, and many other cryptocurrency-related projects to ensure that companies in the space have a comprehensive, compliant, and global entity structuring strategy. Ryón is also a co-founder of Mugen DAO Advisory, a multi-jurisdiction operation that helps Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (“DAOs”) operate in a maximally compliant manner.

As an investor, Ryón has his own proprietary fund named Marin Digital Ventures. Through his fund, Ryón has invested in over 150 deals, primarily in the cryptocurrency sector. This wealth of experience helps Ryón understand the needs of companies and investors alike. He can put himself in the shoes of both sides of a transaction and focus on the most important aspects of every deal.

Overall, Ryón continues to dedicate himself to the cryptocurrency industry because he believes it is one of the most transformative technological movements in history. After many years, and many battles, Ryón is more dedicated to his mission to bring open and permissionless systems to a global audience than ever before.

On the investment side, Alon advises high net worth individuals, impact investors, foundations, venture capital firms and corporate venture investors, among others, with equity and debt offerings. Alon graduated from Stanford Law and is based in San Francisco.

Drawn to Web3 by a profound belief in decentralization's power to fundamentally reshape the world and empower individuals, Haroldo transitioned to focus exclusively on this transformative legal landscape. At Horizons, Haroldo leverages this extensive background to foster innovation while guiding clients through legal uncertainty, addressing complex challenges inherent in the nascent Web3 space. As a leading voice in the field, Haroldo's thought leadership explores cutting-edge issues such as DAO liability, tokenized property rights, and credentialization mechanisms for tokenization of off-chain assets.

Based in Houston, Texas, Haroldo joined Horizons in January 2025, driven by the firm's reputation as the premier Web3 legal team, and is dedicated to solidifying its leading position in the space.

After graduating from Law School, Derek spent two years at an aggressive Chicago-based trial firm where he defended Fortune 500 companies in high exposure civil and commercial litigation. In January of 2022 Derek joined Horizons Law & Consulting, where he combines his passions for creative problem solving and decentralized technologies.

After working in public policy in Florida and at a lobbying firm in Washington D.C., Michael decided to start his legal career in crypto because he believes that digital property rights and decentralized, immutable protocols are fundamental to preserving humanity's sovereignty.

Michael joined Horizons in 2021 as a law clerk during his second year of law school at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, from which he graduated cum laude in 2022 as a member of Florida Blue Key.

Publications: Cairo, Michael (2023) "Synthetic Data and GDPR Compliance: How Artificial Intelligence Might Resolve the Privacy-Utility Tradeoff," Journal of Technology Law & Policy: Vol. 28: Iss. 1, Article 4, available at: https://scholarship.law.ufl.edu/jtlp/vol28/iss1/4.

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He led the U.S. legal and operational divisions for a global top-five cryptocurrency exchange, actively advised three of the top-ten largest Bitcoin ATM operators in the world, and worked at a law firm focusing on the FinTech industry.

Cody earned his undergraduate degree from Florida State University, majoring in finance, and his juris doctor from the University of Florida Levin College of Law.

He later expanded that knowledge at Maker DAO, where he was exposed to the business and technical sides of stablecoins and assets. Outside of law, he's a Brazilian jiu jitsu practitioner and brings agility, offensive and defensive tactics to his mental professional practice.

He met a member of the Horizons team at his jiu jitsu gym, interviewed and joined the firm in 2022. He's passionate about how Horizons works with many companies and projects in the space, giving a broader impact and scope to the entire digitl asset landscape.