Want to know how stablecoins and crypto compliance technologies have advanced since 2017? Bill Plumeri (Compliance Executive, Agora) goes in-depth with Caitlin Barnett (Director of Regulation & Compliance, Chainalysis) to explain the impact of blockchain forensics and the significance of automation in today’s compliance frameworks.
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Public Key Episode 159: Stablecoins Under the Microscope: Regulatory Hurdles and Opportunities
Want to know how stablecoins and crypto compliance technologies have advanced since 2017? Bill Plumeri (Compliance Executive, Agora) goes in-depth with Caitlin Barnett (Director of Regulation & Compliance, Chainalysis) to explain the impact of blockchain forensics and the significance of automation in today’s compliance frameworks.
They highlight the financial crime concerns amidst different market bull runs and the importance of ecosystem monitoring in accordance with regulations like MICA.
This episode dives into the role of stablecoins in modern finance with Bill explaining Agora’s efforts to leverage high-throughput, low-cost blockchain solutions to address long-standing payment and infrastructure challenges, especially in emerging markets like Africa.
This episode is a must-listen for those keen on understanding the intersection of compliance and stablecoin infrastructure in the ever-blossoming field of digital finance.
Quote of the episode
“With fiat backed stablecoins a lot like AUSD, we provide companies with a great tool and, you know, they now have instant access to the US dollar outside of normal banking hours. You know, they can settle trades or just simply have the comfort of knowing that they no longer have to wait for the banks to open to send US dollars. ” – Bill Plumeri (Compliance Executive, Agora)
Minute-by-minute episode breakdown
2 | Evolving compliance in crypto: challenges and innovations
6 | Agora’s role in the evolution of stablecoins
9 | Stablecoins opening up access for developing countries to obtain and utilize $USD
11 | Tokenizing real world assets and AI’s role in blockchain
14 | Stablecoin legislation and regulatory challenges in the US and EU
21 | Evolution of ecosystem monitoring in blockchain compliance
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Speakers on today’s episode
- Caitlin Barnett *Host* (Director of Regulation & Compliance, Chainalysis)
- Bill Plumeri (Compliance Executive, Agora)
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Transcript
Caitlin
Hi. I’m Caitlin Barnett, the director of regulation and compliance at chainalysis, and I’m really excited to be joined by Bill Plumeri, who is the head of compliance at agora. Bill, thanks so much for joining us today. Thanks,
Bill
Caitlin. I’m excited to be here, and thanks for having me
Caitlin
anytime you are one of my favorite guests that I’ve had the pleasure of interviewing so far, probably because we go back so far. Yeah, Bill, you have had a number of different compliance roles within organizations from large financial institutions like BNP Paribas and JP Morgan. You may have worked with me at JP Morgan and then at Gemini in 2017 Can you discuss any changes that you’ve seen from the way the crypto industry approaches compliance in 2025 versus when you first started in Gemini in 2017
Bill
Absolutely. And thanks again, Caitlin for having me here. So compliance has always been a cornerstone for trusted digital asset companies. And you know, when we look at the industry today versus in 2017 I think we can see a few things that are very different, namely, the technology, tools and resources. And with those three, you know, the industry as a whole has become much more efficient and advanced at implementing the compliance programs due to the new technology, tools and resources. So if we think about 2017, digital assets were still very new, and we’re all working on identifying the best way to apply this risk based approach, and with time came experience and these new tools and technology, because we were able to provide feedback to our partners, the vendors like chain analysis, and say, hey, you know, these are our pain points. These are the items that we’re really trying to nail down. And you guys did a fantastic job in identifying and building out and enhancing that tech. Very noticeable change, I think, from back then to now is just the automation of compliance, particularly as it relates through to blockchain forensics. You know, tracing through digital assets was a very manual at that point, and now you can press a button and it will show you all the wallets that digital assets have flowed through. You know, it sounds simple, but it saves a lot of time, because you no longer do you have to sift through, you know, those all that data. And with this new innovation, we can be much more efficient. And I think that, you know, on the resources part, what I mean up by that is, back in 2017 Caitlin, as I’m sure you can remember, it was very difficult to obtain, you know, the best in class that are probably auditors or consultants or even bank accounts and but now we can, and so this provides the industry with a much higher grade of resources and just makes us all much more efficient.
Caitlin
Yeah, those are all really great points, and it seems like you keep finding yourself working at top crypto companies at the start of every Bull Run. So Gemini, in 2017 2021 you were at block by and now in 2025 you’re at agora finance, what have been the biggest financial crime concerns you’ve seen in each of these positive markets?
Bill
Yeah, you know, a few things come to mind. So I think on a high level, it’s those scam projects, those ICOs back in, you know, 2017 to meme coins, to nfts may result in rug pulls or other sorts of scams. When the market’s on a bull run, a lot of people are very, including myself, are very excited and eager to get into the market. But it’s important to not rush into things and to make sure you know what you’re getting into, because there are bad actors who are going to try to exploit that positive sentiment. So I think as an industry as a whole, those are some recurring topics. And then on a more refined level, it’s that sense of urgency. And Caitlin, as a former CCO, you would know that in the compliance world, the sense of urgency can sometimes be a red flag, right? So when the market’s on a bull run, that sense of urgency can be very legitimate. So it becomes slightly more difficult to identify what is a false sense of urgency to what is a real sense of urgency. And sometimes you just have to take a step back and ask the simple question, you know, it’s Friday night at 10pm local time. Just know, where have you been all day, right? You know, why is it urgent, right now? So. And sometimes there can be a very valid reason for it, but if there isn’t one, then you know, that’s where you start identifying what’s a valid sense of urgency and what’s not. That’s
Caitlin
a really good point. And you’re, you’re giving me flashbacks to the ICO craze, that those were some wild times when we were dealing with every different Ico under the sun. All right, so one of the biggest themes we’ve seen in the industry is this concept of, know your ecosystem. Mica regulation has made this a requirement in regards to conducting counterparty due diligence when interacting with another VASP. What are your thoughts on compliance programs needing to make a concerted effort? To conduct ecosystem monitoring. I know you’re going to have some major thoughts on this, considering the evolution of ecosystem monitoring.
Bill
Yeah, yeah, you know. And so it’s, it’s not, it’s not a very new concept for for me, right? When we, when we work the Gemini together, we were working on launching the Gemini dollar, and so we had to implement a form of Kye. And, you know, it also reminds me a bit when I was working at, you know, banking, conducting correspondent banking investigations, looking into those counterparties and and you know, back back in 2017 again, that was a very, very manual process where we would have to look through all the transactions. And now with the new tools, it’s much more efficient, but what I think would be helpful, really, is to have a much clearer understanding of where the buck stops and to know exactly what our responsibilities are. You know what I mean by that is, of course, using a risk based approach, at what point does the monitoring stop, because when it comes to ecosystem monitoring, you know, it gets to the point where we’re looking at off platform transactions and, you know, non clients, sometimes unrelated, not even our Counterparty, in some extent, to some extent, and what, what tends to may be happening is we may even be monitoring transactions at other organizations who are conducting reviews on those transactions that have more information than than we do. So it would be helpful to to know, you know what, exactly what our responsibilities are, and you know once, once we’re able to do that and understand what’s most useful for the financial crime watchdogs, who, of course, are our partners too. We can, we can really fine tune our crosshairs and use use the resources at hand to be the most helpful partner we can to our authorities.
Caitlin
Yeah, I think that’s, I think it’s a really good point, like, especially with technologies like agora, you guys do have the ability to freeze and seize funds potentially. And with great power comes great responsibility. And to your point, you want to make sure that whatever you are doing is in the best interest of working together with law enforcement and the financial crime watchdogs for sure. So maybe getting into that a little bit you’re now at agora, which is an emerging infrastructure that is powering the evolution into digital finance and payments. Can you just explain a little bit about what agora does?
Bill
Yeah, absolutely. So what we’re doing is we’re building into the application layer, so we offer a one stop shop for companies who want to use stable coins. And you know, we’re offering our stable coin, which is a USD, and also the infrastructure surrounding the digital payments,
Caitlin
and you have some pretty impressive numbers already, with over 7 billion in total transaction volume, about 100 businesses and 25,000 users of your stable coin. Can you provide some of the most common use cases where businesses will engage with agora and your platform? Absolutely.
Bill
So a lot of it is minting a USD to include in treasury management, but also the use in payments, FX and defi. And you know what we expect is that as more global financial systems come on chain, it will drive the ausd adoption.
Caitlin
That makes sense. So Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies are well over 15 years old. Why do you think we haven’t solved this payments and infrastructure problem and is agora attacking this archaic system from a particular angle to help more businesses and customers get access to digital finance,
Bill
right? So, so, yeah, you know, Bitcoin and crypto have been around for 15 years, but USD backed stable coins are relatively new. There have been many iterations of stable coins over the last decade or so, with seeing some of the first issued in 2014 but I think, in my opinion, you know, the real emergence of transparent USD backed stable coins came about in around 2018 and it takes time for the financial community to adopt the new technology. And our angle is the institutional grade. You know, state Street’s our cash custodian, fundamental administrator, but it’s also our team. You know, our team deeply understands payments, the startup infrastructure, financial services. And you know, we believe that at the end of the day, stable coins are a financial services business.
Caitlin
That makes sense. So before we get into a USD, which is agora stable coin backed by USD, US Treasury bills and other USD cash equivalents, what are your thoughts on the evolution of stable coins and stable coin use cases, from when they were first launched to where they are today, in 2025
Bill
right? You know, it’s, it’s an interesting question Caitlin, because we had the opportunity to see stable coins grow with the industry and an adoption. So, you know, I. We’ve seen a lot of different types of stable coins over the years, from algorithmic stable coins, if you consider that to be a stable coin, to Fiat and commodity backed stable coins, all with their different and unique use cases. But with Fiat backed stable coins, like a USD, we provide companies with a great tool, and they now have instant access to the US dollar outside of normal banking hours, they can settle trades, or just simply have the comfort in knowing that they no longer have to wait for their bank account to for the banks to open to send us dollar. It’s, it’s, it’s also the speed at which they’re able to send USD and receive confirmation. Now, from, from what I remember, you know, that was the major use case of USD back stable coins when they first launched, but now the world has found a new a new use case for them, and it can really empower the individuals by providing them access to the US dollar, particularly in those locations where the local currency may be unreliable.
Caitlin
Yeah. I mean, it is funny. Did you think back in 2017 when we were launching the Gemini dollar, that now in 2025 you’d be part of a company that is just focused on stable coins and offerings like this, rather than, you know, where we were at with at Gemini? Yeah.
Bill
I mean, exactly right. It was, it was a product at the time, and now it’s an actual company, right? It’s a business, yeah, so it’s really cool to see that evolution from then to now.
Caitlin
So a few weeks after you launched on Ethereum, you and the team launched your digital dollar on the avalanche blockchain. What was the benefit of partnering with avalanche and other blockchains?
Bill
Yeah, you know, I think it’s simple, right? It’s high throughput, low cost chains, and we think that’s the future of blockchain, and we want to meet our users. Will there be?
Caitlin
That makes a ton of sense. So we have had several podcasts with some of the most important companies in the stable coin ecosystem, including tether, circle, BV and K and spear, pay. I think the resounding use cases in developing countries like you just mentioned, where getting access to USD has always been just a huge bottleneck. So as more of these companies get access to stablecoin options, are you worried that there’s a negative side effect, like the devaluation of their national currency, like what we saw in Nigeria as an example? Well,
Bill
Caitlin, I think you can add agora into into that, that bucket there, because I think that we are also one of the most well now you are. Now
Caitlin
you’re on the podcast. Yeah,
Bill
right, right. No, right. But look, you know, there’s a reason why countries want access to USD, and in cases mentioned that the bigger concern, I think, are the hard working people that don’t have access to the US dollar, and there’s more companies and countries gain access to fiat back stable coins, as will their people, which will help them gain access to USD, which they’re eager to do so.
Caitlin
So based on the strict reserve requirements being set out by mica and potentially other jurisdictions outside of the EU, how do you plan to adapt to several different regulations to make sure that your stable coin is able to be utilized in places like the EU?
Bill
Yeah, you know it’s, it’s through strong corporate governance and internal controls. Corporate Governance is, it’s a it’s very important to all financial institutions, but especially to startups, because in the beginning, the company moves very, very fast, so it’s crucial to have a strong corporate governance which acts as the backbone of the company and helps steer it in the right direction, so that we can do things like, you know, adapt to different regulations in multiple jurisdictions, like like Mika in the EU.
Caitlin
Yeah, I think sometimes it’s lost on people how challenging it can be to have all these various regulations come out. And when you are a small startup and so, you know, the manpower that’s required to keep up with all these regulations is really challenging. So it’s, it’s amazing, I think what a lot of the startups are able to do. So switching topics a little bit, real world asset tokenization was the both the buzzword at most conferences before AI got hot, and it seems like everyone wants to put everything on chain. What are your thoughts on the current state of the real world asset industry.
Bill
You know, I’m very passionate about tokenizing our WA and and I think that we’re in the very early stages. So when we, when we talk about RWA today, you know, we may initially be thinking of treasuries, funds and other financial instruments, but there’s, there’s much more when it comes to items such as artwork and collectibles and other non fungible goods, where the provenance and authenticity of the item play such crucial roles. You know, I think that the blockchain is a solution to that, and I think that non fungible token technology will be leveraged to solve some of those issues. Now, as as you know, this is something I focused on my previous. All where we obtain the first limited purpose trust charter of its kind, to tokenize non fungible physical items. And you know, I think that as as the technology becomes more widely adopted and perfected, we’ll see it making its way more into the commodities industry as well. I
Caitlin
think we had one of the greatest celebrations of all time, the day you got that limited trust charter,
Bill
yeah, yeah, we did.
Caitlin
So with your vast knowledge of both traditional and crypto compliance programs, are there any assets that you’re hoping we don’t bring on chain, and if so, why do you not want them on chain?
Bill
Yeah, you know, not off, Not off the top of my head, but I, but I think it’s important to remember that the blockchain is highly transparent and it’s permanent.
Caitlin
Yeah, maybe talk a little bit about some of the work that you, you did at dibs, and the types of assets that you were able to, you know, bring on chain for, for lack of a better word of describing it, you’ll do a much better job of me describing what actually happened.
Bill
Yeah, right. So you know, what we were focused on doing was custodying the physical item and tokenizing it in a way that we would maintain custody the physical item, and then the buyer, the manufacturer, would send us the items. We would provide them with the warehouse receipt, just in a digital form. So it’d be in the form of an NFT. And then the manufacturer can go and sell those nfts on their website like they would just their regular items. But then the buyer, the retail client, has the choice of either, hey, hey, I want this physical item, where they would come to dibs, and we would ship the they would provide us with the NFT. We would ship the physical item to their home, or they can keep it in our custody, which would be, you know, free custody, and then they can sell it again. And if they were to sell it again, then the item stays in our vault. They would be able to receive, you know, instant, you know, an instant trade. The manufacturer gets a piece of the revenue as well in the secondary market, which is a whole new market for them. And then the new individual has the choice of, hey, I want this physical item, or I want to keep it in custody. And it works well for auction houses as well. And so the items we were focused on were those non fungible physical items, you know, collectibles and art pieces and items, where the authenticity and Providence of them came into a real, real play.
Caitlin
I think, I think that use case was always so interesting, and it’s not one that gets talked about, you know, so often. I think we’re to your point. We’re talking about, in the tokenization world, more traditional financial products, tokenizing. So I always think it’s just interesting to give a different perspective of how this technology can be used. So what are some of the most interesting use cases you see being facilitated through your platform or through any of your customers when it comes to real world assets?
Bill
You know one, interesting use case is this concept that we’re developing of the 24/7 off ramp, and we’re developing that technology today for selected KYC clients, and what we really want to do is offer those services to all our clients that are using a USD.
Caitlin
That makes a ton of sense, so we touched briefly on AI being the hot topic, it’s probably going to be the word of 2025, if I had to guess, where are you using the technology in your workflow or on your platform? And what use cases do you see best suited for AI to intertwine with Blockchain tech?
Bill
Yeah, we use AI quite a bit throughout the day and but what I think would be a really cool use case for for AI, especially for blockchain tech, is to provide a summary of that blockchain alert, right? So today, when we have to look at the alert and synthesize the information from multiple reasons, from multiple sources into a narrative. But would be really cool would be when we open up that alert. There is a summary there already from Ai, which will provide us a summary of what we’re looking at, and that’ll help us move much more efficiently through the alert.
Caitlin
Work smarter, not harder. Should I tell some of our product managers analysis that we should implement some of this?
Bill
Yeah, I think so. I’m shocked you haven’t already told them.
Caitlin
You’re never, usually shy. So switching gears a little bit, the US seems to be making serious progress when it comes to stable coin legislation, with two bills being pursued, including the genius and stable Act, as they aim to create a regulatory framework. There. Do you think the US will have meaningful legislation by the end of 2025 Get out your crystal ball bill and tell me. Tell me what’s going to happen. You know,
Bill
I really hope so, right. So I think there’s a lot of promise on the legislation front, and it would be really great to see new legislation by the end of 25 to, you know, help bring our country to the forefront. To. Digital Asset innovation,
Caitlin
yeah, and I think, I think you kind of already touched upon it, right? Like, what are the requirements of a stable coin issue? Or how far is too far in terms of monitoring, what where should you freeze? Where should you you know, where do your responsibilities start and where do they end?
Bill
Yep, exactly, exactly that.
Caitlin
So we had a great interview with Leslie from Paxos to start the year, and she was floating an idea of a federal stable coin regulator in the US. Do you think this is a viable option? Sure,
Bill
I do, right. So we’ve seen divisions within regulatory bodies focused on on digital assets like finhub. So I think it’s certainly a viable option to see a spin out and have just a federal stable coin regulator.
Caitlin
Yeah, and I think, like we’ve talked about this historically, one thing just I always like to note we live and breathe this 24/7, and so I think it’s important to acknowledge that regulators and legislators, to be quite honest, don’t have that luxury, and so oftentimes, I think they do get a bad rap for not moving as quickly as they as we would like them to, I guess. But at the same time, our technology is moving so quickly that there is this balancing act that if they did come out with regulation today, is it going to be obsolete tomorrow? If somebody changes so curious for your perspective on that, like, how do we balance the speed at which we’re innovating and and getting thoughtful regulation out there?
Bill
Yeah, it’s, it’s tough, you know, I, I don’t know the right answer to that, right? Because if you, if you think about it, like, how do you how do you write legislation today, when the technology tomorrow will probably already be much more ahead of it. You know, let’s just think about it for a moment. If they wrote technology, if they wrote legislation back in 2018 you know, the stable coin industry has already just blown past what the expectation was in 2018 so it’s, it’s hard to do. I mean, in my opinion, maybe keep it some somewhat specific to the industry, but try to keep it on a high level, and keep that open line of communication with the industry so that we’re able to provide feedback on on those drafts, like, like they typically do. And then, you know, let let us help them and let them help us establish that piece of regulation that’s going to come out.
Caitlin
I wonder if they’re going to use AI to write the legislation. So currently, most of your operation and customer base is offshore. With this recent momentum and commitment by the new administration to digital assets, what will be your path to the US market, and what are some of the things you would still be concerned about from a regulatory perspective?
Bill
Now, there’s always been an element of regulatory uncertainty and and regulations can change over time, as what we’ve seen, so I think the changing regulatory environment will be a concern for me. But there’s also other elements, like how capital intensive the regulation would be and that cost of maintaining the compliance program.
Caitlin
Yeah, that’s a huge concern. So there are some talking points around the OCC regulating non bank stable coin issuers and the need for state regulators in certain instances and public disclosures of reserves. Do you think these additional layers of compliance will make the US an innovator in this space, or just make the cost of operating in the country extremely onerous and expensive?
Bill
It’s hard, it’s hard to say, right? It’s hard to say for now, so I think we’ll have to wait and see. But you know, as I noted before, some regulatory concerns that I have are that cost to maintaining regulatory capital and the compliance program itself?
Caitlin
Yeah, absolutely. So what are your thoughts on other regulations like me get in the EU which have set out clear guidelines for stable coin issues. What are the advantages and then, what are the challenges for those regulations and your business specifically.
Bill
Yeah, right, right? So the transparency of the regulation is certainly an advantage, right? I think we all know that, because it allows us to follow the letter of the law, as opposed to the spirit of the law, which we’ve been doing for a while. So having that, you know, that black and white, you know, letter down on paper really helps us understand what our responsibilities are and all of that good stuff. But I think that some of the challenges, particularly with mica and for us, would be the way it’s applied through the various jurisdictions in the EU and adjusting to the respective countries, local jurisdictional law,
Caitlin
yeah, so almost similar to, like the United States, how we have the federal regime, but then on a state by state basis, you oftentimes have to pivot really quickly,
Bill
right, right? That’s right. So
Caitlin
I want to go a little off script from what we discussed talking about, but I don’t think you’ll mind this question. Can you talk a little. Bit about the evolution of ecosystem monitoring, how you did it at Gemini, versus how you’re doing it today at agora. And I think, I know, I think you know what I’m getting at by this question.
Bill
Yeah, right. So, you know, back in 2017 the technology, again, the technology and the tools, they weren’t there, right? So it had to be done manually, and it required us to receive essentially just the data dump of transactions risk rated by certain factors, and we would then have to manually go through each one and look at the most high risk transactions and manually enter that information back into the blockchain analytic tools and and search, right? And conduct those reviews and those those investigations. And, you know, that was that took a lot of time, right? So that was one of my main roles, was, was doing just that, you know, creating these, these rules within the data that we receive, to come up with ways to be much more efficient and look at the activity that we were trying to identify. Now it’s automated, right? So now it’s automated, so it’s good with the again, the benefit is that we’re able to move much more efficiently. And what may have taken me maybe two to three weeks to actually complete you can do now in a couple of days, if that long, because, well, of course, depending on volume and all of that, but using the tools that we have today, and that was some, some of the feedback that you know, the industry provided to folks Like channel analysis and other blockchain analytic tools out there, where we say, Hey, this is something that we’re working on. This is something that we’re trying to identify. Here are our pain points. And then, you know, there’s the automated tool that comes out. And you know, goodbye, Bill, right? You don’t need that extra that you still need. You just still need somebody to do it and to look at that, that those results, but we always
Caitlin
need bill, always,
Bill
Thanks, thanks. And so that was, you know, that that took a lot of, again, a lot of time, a lot of resources, a lot of energy, which connect, which is now much more automated. And you know, you can be much more efficient using the tools, and also find, you know, identify what’s most useful to one your the firm, but, but also to the authorities. Yeah.
Caitlin
And I think one other point that just because this, this specific topic, is so near and dear to my heart, because I was on the private sector side of the house with you, like dealing with the manual process and then moving over to chainalysis and seeing it actually productized has just it’s been probably my favorite experience of being at chainalysis. The timing right? Like you would have to wait for a monthly pull from chain analysis, whereas now you’re getting it real time. So the the crime fighting capabilities have dramatically changed, too, since 2017
Bill
that’s, that’s right, you know, that’s, that’s an excellent point. These were monthly reviews that we were doing. And so, you know, we It wasn’t live by by any means, but it was the best we can do, right? It was the best the technology at the time had to offer. So we would wait for a month to get the data poll, and then we’d get the data poll, and then it would take us two to three weeks to sift through it, you know, because we have to action it within 30 days. And so that was other, also another stress point, right? You never know what’s in that what’s in that file, and you’re spending time looking at, you know, X, X percentage when there might be something that you have to really file on later down in the report. And so that’s right, you know what? What would take 30 days to generate that report and X amount of weeks to get through? We get it live, and we’re able to manage, manage it much better.
Caitlin
And now being able to only see the stuff that you care about too, like you’re not seeing every, you know, transaction, because you don’t care about every transaction, right? You only want to see the bad ones so that you can action them quickly. You know, take the appropriate action, work with law enforcement. You know, file the required reports in whatever jurisdiction you’re you’re operating in. Yeah, that’s
Bill
right. That’s exactly right. It filters out the noise, so to speak, and helps us, again, identify and be a better partner to the authorities, implements a much more efficient, advanced compliance program.
Caitlin
Yeah, for sure. Okay, so let’s, let’s switch gears a little bit. What can you share with us in terms of what’s next on your roadmap and what announcements, partnerships that you’re excited about as we continue on in 2025
Bill
Yeah, you know, there’s a variety of new products that we’re bringing to market, and you know, we’ll, we’ll, we’ll keep that little close to the chest at the moment, but you know, from from my perspective, as. As a compliance officer, my partnerships are with the regulators, and I’m looking forward to the new digital asset regulation in the USA, but also exciting partnerships with new regulatory agencies abroad as we continue through 25
Caitlin
super exciting. So this last question just makes me laugh personally, because I know how much you love social media, but what is the best method for our listeners to see what you’re working on and connect with you on social media?
Bill
So I do have a LinkedIn and to follow, to follow Gaura, it’s Twitter at with you at a USD,
Caitlin
so proud that you’re on LinkedIn these days. Bill took a while. It did. We got you there. Maybe we’ll break you down on some other social media platforms one of these days.
Bill
Not too much, too soon.
Caitlin
Well, Bill, it is always an absolute pleasure chatting with you, and I’m so grateful that you took the time to join us today. Likewise,
Bill
Caitlin, and thanks again for having me on
