Teresa Goody Guillén

Mom & Army wife | Founding Partner @BellementisPLLC | Founder & CEO SophieLex (Lexi Legal Labs) | formerly @SEC.gov (Pronounced Good-ee Ghee-yen)

[Teresa Goody Guillén @teresagoody]

Excited to launch @BellementisPLLC! Finally a law firm designed for the realities of our current and future world. So well said @CGasparino & @nypost!🙏🚀
https://t.co/BhXfuFIwII

[Phong Le @phongle]

I joined @teresagoody at @Money2020 to discuss Bitcoin as Digital Capital, $STRC, the convergence of TradFi and DeFi, and Strategy’s vision to become the Bitcoin bank of the world.

01:15 - Strategy’s evolution: from enterprise software to 845,000 BTC
02:17 - The next 2–5 years: convergence of Digital Assets, TradFi, and DeFi
04:03 - Bitcoin as Digital Capital: engineering volatility into Digital Credit
07:00 - $MSTR as Amplified Bitcoin and a suite of perpetual preferreds
08:10 - Building financial products on the Bitcoin standard
10:10 - Capital management, $STRC, and expanding access to Bitcoin-linked returns
13:28 - Scale and liquidity: the foundation for institutional adoption
16:07 - Building on $STRC: DeFi yield products, banks, and stablecoins
20:15 - Strategy’s vision: the Bitcoin bank of the world

[Teresa Goody Guillén @teresagoody]

The law shouldn’t pick winning investments, and regulators shouldn’t pick winning technologies. A fiduciary’s job is to evaluate risk, not eliminate choice. That principle should guide the 401(k) rule as it moves through final review. https://t.co/vzVhCL81jD

[The Digital Chamber @DigitalChamber]

Sending $1 through a traditional payment platform and sending $1 in a dollar-backed stablecoin are economically equivalent transactions. Yet Illinois’ Digital Asset Tax taxes only one of them.

Yesterday, @DigitalChamber and @ILBlockchainIBA filed a motion for summary judgment against this discriminatory tax. The motion shows it violates the Illinois Constitution, the U.S. Constitution, and the federal Internet Tax Freedom Act, and asks the court to permanently block its enforcement.

Thank you to Angela Papalaskaris, @Teresagoody, @AndoniOlta, and Tristyn Meyer of @BellementisPLLC for their work in bringing this motion forward. Read more: https://t.co/wReWmvCm08

[Teresa Goody Guillén @teresagoody]

Big doesn’t mean suitable, and small doesn’t mean disqualified.
On the DOL’s 401(k) proposal: regulators shouldn’t pick winning cryptocurrencies. Fiduciaries should apply the same prudence test to every investment. My thoughts with @Cointelegraph 👇 https://t.co/vzVhCL81jD

[Teresa Goody Guillén @teresagoody]

@CGasparino Isn’t it the result of the massive move of Californians to Texas?

[Teresa Goody Guillén @teresagoody]

Happy belated anniversary to the love of my life, my best friend, and the most honorable, courageous, brilliant, and selfless man I’ve ever known, @GuillermoG44373. ❤️🇺🇸

Of all God’s blessings, sharing my life and raising our daughter with you is among the greatest. You make me laugh, challenge me, stand beside me through everything, and remind me every day what courage, integrity, leadership, and unconditional love look like.

One of the greatest gifts of loving you has been the perspective of living in two very different worlds. I’ve encountered more than a few BigLaw bullies who mistake arrogance for intelligence, intimidation for leadership, and demeaning others for personal worth. Some of the loudest people in the room are rarely the smartest, bravest, or honorable.

Then there’s my husband. A genuinely brilliant man whose intellect is matched only by his humility, whose courage has helped protect our country, democracy, and the rule of law, and who has never needed recognition, material things, or a title to establish his worth. I’ve witnessed him magnanimous towards those who have shown him the opposite of that grace.

The irony is striking: lawyers like me enjoy the privilege of practicing law because people like him have sacrificed to defend the freedoms that make it possible. Yet I’ve witnessed some of those same lawyers and law firm leaders belittle the very service members to whom they owe so much.

And when the bullies have come for me, you’ve stood beside me—with the same quiet strength, unwavering loyalty, and courage that define everything you do.

But what I love most isn’t your extraordinary honor and service or remarkable intellect—or even your witty humor. It’s the husband and father you are, the way you love me and our children, and your unshakable strength to fight for our family and our honor.

For our anniversary, I gave you an empty ammo can and asked you to fill it. 😂 so maybe romance in our house comes with a procurement mission and a request for labor of an expert marksman for venison. 🤣🤣

Happy anniversary, Guillermo. The world may never know all you’ve done for it, but I do. I also know I’m so blessed to be married to you. ❤️🇺🇸

[Teresa Goody Guillén @teresagoody]

Happy birthday, my dear friend! You are such a blessing in my life and a blessing to the many peoples’ lives you touch—which spans so much farther than we can know with all your great life’s works and small everyday works! “With God all things are possible .” It has been a miracle to witness and I had no doubt, “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, Nor shall the flame scorch you.” ❤️🙏🏻

[Teresa Goody Guillén @teresagoody]

@DigitalChamber @PerianneDC @marquiswhoswho Much deserved recognition! 👏🙏🏻

[Teresa Goody Guillén @teresagoody]

@TuongvyLe12 💯

[Teresa Goody Guillén @teresagoody]

Tax the transaction, not the technology.
Illinois' Digital Asset Tax charges more based on the rails your money moves on. Congress already said no to that kind of discrimination in 1998.
Proud to fight it for @DigitalChamber and @ILBlockchainIBA. @AndoniOlta @papalaskarisa @LawyerlyLawyer @CodyCarboneDC @PerianneDC @lindsayezy @ZuneraMazhar

[Bellementis PLLC @BellementisPLLC]

Same transaction. Same economic result. Different tax—simply because one uses blockchain technology. That’s the fundamental flaw in Illinois’ Digital Asset Tax. Proud to represent @DigitalChamber and @ILBlockchainIBA in seeking to permanently enjoin this discriminatory tax and ensure equal treatment under the law.

[Teresa Goody Guillén @teresagoody]

So excited I received my copy! Can’t wait to read it! 👏👏 @giancarloMKTS aka Crypto Dad.

[Teresa Goody Guillén @teresagoody]

What a Time Machine moment at DDC with my fellow Judge Urbina law clerks, @DJRosenthal1 & Jimmy Azadian 20+ years (!!) later, talking through fascinating precedent-setting cases with Judge Lamberth. Every time I argue there it’s fun to remember clerking there.

[Teresa Goody Guillén @teresagoody]

@WangFinance @BNBStandard @yzilabs @BNBCHAIN @nina_rong @odagius @ellazhang516 @MatthewRoszak @cz_binance You too @WangFinance !

[Teresa Goody Guillén @teresagoody]

Congratulations to @BNBStandard! Exciting times ahead with the help of @yzilabs @BNBCHAIN’s @nina_rong and new leadership of @odagius as CEO along with board members like @ellazhang516 @MatthewRoszak. The market is already responding. Congratulations @cz_binance 👏

[Teresa Goody Guillén @teresagoody]

@ARedbord @trmlabs @realDonaldTrump @PeteHegseth @FBIDirectorKash @StephenM @AGToddBlanche Amazing!! 👏👏

[Teresa Goody Guillén @teresagoody]

@Cjpearson I love it! @Cjpearson !

[Teresa Goody Guillén @teresagoody]

100% You would be perfect and amazing!

[Laura Loomer @LauraLoomer]

Hear me out:

Press Secretary Laura Loomer.

[Teresa Goody Guillén @teresagoody]

Excited for this fireside chat with @phongle on the rise of Bitcoin and Digital Credit. What happens when Bitcoin becomes the foundation for a new generation of financial products? Join us on the Main Stage Tues 10/20 at 1:55pm PT to find out! #Money2020USA 2026! @Strategy @BellementisPLLC #SophieLex Get your pass here: https://t.co/Ijj11FER61

[Teresa Goody Guillén @teresagoody]

@CGasparino @GuillermoG1074 Thanks, @CGasparino! Time sure flies.

[Teresa Goody Guillén @teresagoody]

50 years. Hard to believe I've been on this earth for half a century!

I have so much to be grateful for. An amazing husband @GuillermoG1074 and kids, extended family full of love, genuine friends who stood by us, extraordinary people building Bellementis with me, and more gifts from God than I could ever count.

The past six months have taught me lessons about character, courage, friendship, and accountability that I will never forget. Loyalty is revealed when it comes at a cost. Principles are tested when standing by them is inconvenient. And silence, even when presented as neutrality, is a choice, too.

Anyone who knows me knows I have little tolerance for injustice or bullies. I've spent my career standing up to both for others, as I do for myself, family, & friends. Some things are worth fighting for, even when it comes at a cost.

I've also been reminded that God's gifts don't always arrive as expected. Sometimes what feels like a loss makes room for something far greater than we imagined. The best response to adversity is not fear, silence, or compromise. It is to live your principles, insist on accountability, have faith, and build something better.

Here's to the next 50 years. Grateful for God's blessings, wiser about people, and so excited to be building extraordinary things with people I respect!

To those who stand by us when it matters most, thank you. Cheers!