Economic expertise for complex digital-asset disputes.
Independent analysis for counsel, law firms and organizations dealing with cryptocurrency classification, valuation, market structure, causation and damages.
Where economic analysis can clarify the dispute.
Rigorous, independent work at the intersection of economics, financial markets and crypto-native industry practice.
Cryptoasset classification and economic function
Analysis of how digital assets operate as payment instruments, investment assets, stores of value, units of account or components of a wider protocol.
Valuation, damages and causation
Market evidence, valuation frameworks, counterfactual analysis and the economic connection between alleged conduct and claimed loss.
Exchanges, trading and market structure
Exchange operations, listings and delistings, liquidity, trading behavior, market development and relevant industry practice.
Token economics and adoption
Incentives, network effects, stablecoins, blockchain adoption, protocol economics and the evolution of digital-asset markets.
Expert evidence in a five-day cryptocurrency retrial.
Dr Garrick Hileman gave independent expert economic evidence for the defendant in Gate MENA DMCC (formerly Huobi OTC DMCC) and Huobi MENA FZE v Tabarak Investment Capital Limited [2024] DIFC DEC 002.
Outcome and scope. The Court dismissed the claim on a separate contractual issue and therefore did not determine the Bitcoin-classification question. Its published judgment identifies Garrick as a professor, economic historian and expert in cryptoassets and blockchain technologies, and commends the diligence of both experts.
Relevant experience, handled with discretion.
Beyond the public matter above, selected expert work has addressed exchange operations, token delisting, digital-asset valuation, market structure, economic loss and damages.
Certain instructions remain confidential. Client names, case details, report contents and outcomes are disclosed only when authorized.
- Cryptocurrency and blockchain economics
- Exchange and token-market analysis
- Valuation and counterfactual assessment
- Clear communication for non-specialists
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For law firms, counsel, litigation teams, regulators and organizations seeking independent analysis of digital assets and cryptocurrency markets.
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