As the Global Head of BNY Mellon’s Digital Asset business, Caroline Butler leads all commercial digital assets initiatives globally for the Bank. With a focus on delivering value to clients, Caroline is responsible for overseeing the digital asset platform strategy, new product development and delivery, and go-to-market efforts for all digital asset products and services across the enterprise. Caroline also serves on BNY Mellon’s European bank board.

Previously, Caroline was Global Head of Custody Services for BNY Mellon, the world’s largest custodian, and oversaw approximately $46 trillion in assets under custody for a diverse set of global clients. She also led the development of the industry’s first direct, digital asset custody platform for traditional and digital assets from a global systemically important bank.

Caroline’s professional experience spans a range of investment services and trading businesses, centered on running and transforming businesses with expertise in equities, futures and options clearing and securities services. Prior to BNY Mellon, she held leadership roles at J.P. Morgan, including head of Global Custody Product for the Americas and Head of Global Clearing & Collateral Management Product Development. A first-generation Irish with a global leadership perspective, Caroline is currently based in New York and has previously worked in Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and Tokyo.

Caroline is the co-chair of the CFTC Global Markets Advisory Council’s Digital Asset Markets Subcommittee, which is focused on identifying and assessing key issues and policy proposals with respect to digital asset markets, including digital finance and tokenization of assets, non-financial activities and Web3, and blockchain technology. She also serves on the board of directors for Access Fintech and the International Securities Services Association (ISSA). Caroline holds an undergraduate degree from University of Galway and a post-graduate degree from the Fitzwilliam Institute of Business, Ireland.

Rep. Ritchie Torres is a fighter from the Bronx who has spent his entire life working for the community he calls home. Like many in the Bronx, poverty and struggle have never been abstractions to him. At 25, Ritchie became NYC’s youngest elected official and the first openly LBGTQ person elected in the Bronx. He represents New York’s 15th Congressional District and is a member of the Financial Services Committee and serves as the Vice Chair of the Homeland Security Committee.

Adrienne A. Harris was nominated to lead the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) by Governor Kathy Hochul in August, 2021 and confirmed by the New York State Senate on January 25, 2022.

Superintendent Harris began her career as an Associate at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in New York City representing a number of U.S. and non-U.S. based corporations in various forms of litigation and regulatory matters, before accepting a position at the United States Department of the Treasury under President Obama.

While at the Treasury Department, Superintendent Harris served as a Senior Advisor to both Acting Deputy Secretary and Under Secretary for Domestic Finance Mary Miller, and Deputy Secretary Sarah Bloom Raskin. Her work ranged from financial reform efforts to identifying solutions to the student loan crisis, analyzing the nexus between foreign investment and national security, and working to promote financial inclusion and health in communities throughout the country.

Following her time at the Treasury Department, Superintendent Harris joined The White House, where she was appointed as Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, as part of the National Economic Council. In this role, she managed the financial services portfolio, which included developing and executing strategies for financial reform and the implementation of Dodd-Frank, consumer protections for the American public, cybersecurity and housing finance reform priorities.

After leaving the White House in January 2017, Superintendent Harris went on to serve as General Counsel and Chief Business Officer at States Title, Inc. (now DOMA), which provides a more simple and affordable closing experience for homebuyers.

Prior to being nominated, she also served as a Professor and as Faculty Co-Director at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy’s Center on Finance, Law and Policy at the University of Michigan, as well as a Senior Advisor at the Brunswick Group in Washington, D.C.”

Howard W. Lutnick is Chairman and CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P., one of the world’s leading financial services firms; Chairman and CEO of global brokerage and financial technology company BGC Group, Inc.; and Chairman of Newmark Group, Inc., a world leader in commercial real estate services.

Mr. Lutnick joined Cantor Fitzgerald in 1983 and rose rapidly through the ranks to be appointed President and CEO in 1991. Five years later he was named Chairman. In 2004, Cantor Fitzgerald separated out its voice brokerage business to create BGC Partners L.P. In 2008, Mr. Lutnick led the merger of BGC and eSpeed, forming BGC Partners, Inc.

Following the tragic losses suffered on September 11, 2001, Mr. Lutnick rebuilt the firm, as well as dedicated himself to supporting the survivors and their families. In the days after the attack, he launched The Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund, with a personal donation of $1 million, to provide aid and relief to victims of natural disasters and other emergencies.

Since 9/11, Mr. Lutnick has been recognized as a symbol of resilience, and his story has been widely covered by top financial publications. Mr. Lutnick was named The Financial Times’ Person of the Year in 2001 and Ernst & Young’s United States Entrepreneur of the Year in 2010. In 2023, Mr. Lutnick celebrated his 40th anniversary at the Firm, making him one of the longest-standing CEOs on Wall Street.

Mr. Lutnick is a member of the Board of Directors of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum; the Partnership for New York City; the Horace Mann School; and the Board of Overseers of the Hoover Institution. Mr. Lutnick is a recipient of the highest honor granted to non-military personnel by the Navy: the Department of the Navy’s Distinguished Public Service Award.

Mr. Lutnick is a graduate of Haverford College and holds a degree in economics.

Jason leads OK Group’s innovation efforts, and is responsible for identifying new business opportunities, developing new products and services, and exploring new markets in the rapidly-evolving crypto industry. Prior to joining the Web3 industry in 2016, Jason worked at Barclays Capital and cfX Incorporated. He holds an MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business.

From billion-dollar cyber heists to global money laundering rings and crypto-gangsters – Geoff White has covered it all. As an author, speaker, investigative journalist and podcast creator, his work’s been featured by BBC News, Audible, Sky News, The Sunday Times and many more. He has given keynote talks for some of the world’s biggest brands, including Microsoft, HSBC, Mastercard, Atos, Orange and Bank of America. His latest book, The Lazarus Heist – From Hollywood to High Finance: Inside North Korea’s Global Cyber War was adapted from the hit BBC podcast and published in June 2022. His next book, Rinsed, will reveal technology’s impact on the world of money laundering.

Dimitri Michaloutsos is a financial Crimes professional, and sanctions subject matter expert with experience in both traditional financial institutions, including JPMorgan and MUFG, as well as within the FinTech sector with Paxos. Contributed comprehensive knowledge in, and oversight over sanctions advisory and blockchain monitoring departments, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and effectively managing trade based, and payments related sanctions risks.

CJ is Chief Compliance Officer at Kraken overseeing all aspects of global compliance. He has held many prominent roles in his career. CJ was previously Chief Compliance Officer at Blockchain.com, where he was tasked with building out global compliance frameworks and mitigating compliance risk. Prior to that, CJ had several roles at Deutsche Bank, including Head of Business Line Anti-Financial Crime – Investment Bank, as well as Chief Compliance Officer for its swap dealer and US broker dealer. CJ also worked at UBS Investment Bank in multiple roles, including as Global Head of Client Infrastructure. He also served as Manager of Counterparty Relations at Bridgewater Associates, and as Senior Counsel in the Enforcement Division of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Chris leads digital asset efforts for the Financial Crimes Analytics Team at Fidelity, where he is responsible for the design, development and maintenance of AML and trade surveillance models in this space. He works closely with business partners in Compliance, Risk, Technology, and Investigations to build solutions that enhance the firm’s monitoring programs. Chris has been with Fidelity for 15 years and is a subject matter expert concerning the analysis and investigation of digital asset transactions.

Prior to his current role, he served as Lead Analyst on the Financial Crimes Surveillance Team, performing investigations on potentially suspicious activity across the company, specializing in activity involving crypto assets.

Mike Aleman is the head of the Financial Crime Innovation team within PayPal’s Global Financial Crime & Customer Protection (GFC&CP) organization. In this role, he supports PayPal’s initiatives in blockchain and digital currencies from a financial crime perspective, oversees the Enterprise Know-Your-Customer policy teams, and is responsible for the Enterprise-Wide AML & Sanctions Risk Assessment program. Prior to this role, Mike was the head of the GFC Analytics team, responsible for PayPal’s BSA/AML transaction monitoring program. Before PayPal, Mike spent ten years in American Express’ Financial Intelligence Unit. A Texas native, Mike lives in Manhattan with his wife and two children.

Jessica Peck is an attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice. She joined the Department in 2020 as a member of the Criminal Division’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS). As an attorney for CCIPS, she partners with other federal prosecutors from around the U.S. to investigate the actors behind cryptocurrency-related hacks/thefts, ransomware deployments, and darknet markets. Over the last three years, she has been part of a team focused on the disruption of North Korea’s cryptocurrency-related revenue generation. Ms. Peck is also CCIPS’s subject matter expert on automotive forensics and the acquisition of telematics data from third-party providers and is the head of the U.S. delegation for the G7’s High-Tech Crime Subgroup. Since June 2023, she has been working as Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division, focusing on cyber, money laundering, and cryptocurrency-related issues. Prior to joining the Department, Ms. Peck worked in the Cybercrime and Identity Theft Bureau of the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, where she directed complex, multi-agency investigations into, among other things, cryptocurrency thefts, bank fraud, and business email compromises.

Patrick Wyman currently serves as the Unit Chief of the FBI’s Virtual Assets Unit, overseeing the multitude of case enhancing services and support programs offered to the field and our law enforcement partners associated with the illicit use of virtual assets.

Mr. Wyman entered on duty with the FBI in January 2009 and his career has focused primarily on a variety of white-collar criminal matters, including bank fraud, wire and mail fraud, embezzlement, and money laundering. Throughout his career, Mr. Wyman spearheaded the FBI’s Virtual Currency Initiative out of the Criminal Investigations Division – Money Laundering Unit; served on a Joint Duty Assignment to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community; led the Corporate Fraud squad and served as the Financial Crimes Program Coordinator for the Washington Field Office; and served as a certified crisis negotiator. Mr. Wyman earned a degree in Finance from James Madison University and was Police Officer with the Fairfax County
Police Department.

Megan Stifel is the Chief Strategy Officer at the Institute for Security and Technology, where she helps lead the organization’s work under the Future of Digital Security pillar, including serving as Executive Director of the Ransomware Task Force. Megan previously served as Global Policy Officer at the Global Cyber Alliance and as the Cybersecurity Policy Director at Public Knowledge. She is a Visiting Fellow at the National Security Institute. Megan’s prior government experience includes serving as a Director for International Cyber Policy at the National Security Council. Prior to the NSC, Ms. Stifel served in the U.S. Department of Justice as Director for Cyber Policy in the National Security Division and as counsel in the Criminal Division’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section. Before law school, Ms. Stifel worked for the U.S. House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. She received a Juris Doctorate from Indiana University and a Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame. She is a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network as a Liberty Fellow.

Megan has testified before Congress; been featured on NPR, BBC, and the PBS NewsHour; published in The Hill and VentureBeat; and quoted in the Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, and Politico, among other publications.

Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) Christopher Wong has worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for nine years, supporting many of the FBI’s most successful cryptocurrency cases. SSA Wong currently works in the FBI’s Virtual Assets Unit (VAU), spearheading efforts to reduce illicit activity in the cryptocurrency ecosystem. He has provided impactful, strategic support to counter North Korea’s illicit revenue generation through cryptocurrency-related crime. He has also investigated many other largescale cryptocurrency thefts. He regularly travels around the world to train law enforcement (LE), prosecutors, and judges from dozens of countries, building strategic relationships and the global LE community’s ability to combat cryptocurrency crime. Before joining VAU, SSA Wong worked as a Special Agent in FBI’s Chicago Division where he worked on cases related to intellectual property (IP) and China’s use of nation state actors to acquire IP. His efforts have resulted in the indictment and designation of a number of North Koreans and key enablers supporting North Korea’s illicit revenue generation. SSA Wong was the FBI’s lead agent on the joint investigation that culminated in the arrest and successful prosecution of the individuals responsible for the 2016 Bitfinex heist.

Michael was inspired to start Chainalysis when he saw how the cryptocurrency space was struggling to become part of the financial system. He used his experience from managing big data projects for scientists and his crypto knowledge from the industry’s early days to develop the data platform that has become the foundation of Chainalysis products today. Prior to Chainalysis, Michael was COO and co-founder of the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken.

Guy Ficco is the Deputy Chief of IRS Criminal Investigation. He is responsible for overseeing a worldwide staff of 3,200 CI employees, including approximately 2,100 special agents in 20 Field Offices and 11 foreign countries, who investigate crimes involving tax, money laundering, public corruption, cyber, ID theft, narcotics and terrorist-financing.

Prior to his selection as Deputy Chief, Guy was the Executive Director of Global Operations, Policy and Support where he oversaw the agency’s international footprint as well as much of IRS CI’s policies as they relate to investigations. Guy previously served as the Special Agent in Charge of the Philadelphia Field Office from April 2018 to March 2020.

Guy has a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree with a concentration in Accounting from Dominican College in New York. He is a Certified Fraud Examiner and joined IRS Criminal Investigation in 1995.

Mike Prado is a member of the Senior Executive Service and serves as the Deputy Assistant Director for Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), where he leads its Cyber Crimes Center (C3). At C3, he leads a federal law enforcement workforce utilizing cutting-edge technology and 21st century investigative techniques to combat cyber and cyber-facilitated transnational criminal activity. C3 provides investigative, technical, and resource support to all HSI domestic and international field offices, in support of a broad spectrum of cyber investigations, including online child sexual exploitation and abuse, network intrusion, and illicit activity on the dark web, to include narcotics and weapons trafficking. C3 also oversees HSI’s Computer Forensic program and maintains programmatic oversight and coordination of all cyber training, outreach, and specialized solutions to counter illicit use of technologies. Prior to his current assignment, Mr. Prado was the Deputy Special Agent in Charge of HSI Charlotte and the Carolinas. He has also served as the Chief of Staff and Deputy Chief of Staff for the Deputy Director and Director of ICE, respectively and has also served as the Assistant Special Agent in Charge for the HSI Washington DC field office and Division Chief of C3. Mr. Prado has held additional positions throughout his career, including a fellowship with the International Association of Chiefs of Police as HSI’s liaison to state and local law enforcement, congressional liaison, Chief of Domestic Operations, Resident Agent in Charge of the California Central Valley, and Group Supervisor of HSI Bakersfield and HSI Fresno. Mr. Prado has over 25 years of local and federal law enforcement experience and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Sonoma State University.

Trained as an economist, Jonathan felt entrepreneurship was the best way to answer the most fundamental questions about how and why people move money around the world. Since 2013, Jonathan has consulted with governments and FTSE 100 companies on national security and the future of finance, and now leads strategic initiatives at Chainalysis.

Gurvais Grigg serves as the Global Public Sector Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Chainalysis, connecting global governments with the cryptocurrency industry and providing them with the best data and tools to manage risk, address threats, and conduct effective investigations. Prior to Chainalysis, Gurvais served for more than 20 years in senior roles at the FBI.

Sari Granat is President and Chief Operating Officer of Chainalysis, the blockchain data platform, where she manages the company’s general and administrative functions, including finance, human resources, legal, information security and information technology, and works across the firm on strategies to advance the company’s mission of bringing trust and transparency to the global cryptocurrency community.

From 2012 to 2022, Granat was with IHS Markit, a formerly NYSE-listed $45+ billion data, analytics and technology company prior to its merger with S&P Global in February 2022, where she most recently served as executive vice president, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel, leading information security, information technology, legal, risk management, privacy and compliance functions. From 2010 to 2012, Granat was Chief Administrative Officer and head of business development at TheMarkets.com LLC, a financial technology and data provider. Prior to that role, she has served in a variety of legal and strategy positions with Dow Jones & Company, Kaplan, Inc., Skadden, Arps, Meagher & Flom LLP, and Kenyon & Kenyon.

Caroline leads the public policy team globally for Chainalysis. Drawing on Chainalysis’ unique data analytics and tools, she works with clients from the public and private sectors to understand developments in digital asset markets and their intersection with global regulatory trends and requirements. Formerly the Head of the OECD’s Global Blockchain Policy Centre, she addressed diverse policy issues and led initiatives like the Financial Stability Board’s workstream on decentralized fintech. Recognized as a “Young Global Leader” by the World Economic Forum, Caroline’s career began as a government lawyer in Australia before her time at the OECD.

Maredith Hannon joined WisdomTree in May 2022 and is the Head of Business Development for Digital Assets. In this role, she is responsible for leading business development and partnerships for WisdomTree’s digital assets division, including WisdomTree Prime.

Prior to joining WisdomTree, Maredith was an Executive Director at Morgan Stanley, Head of Business Development and Strategy for the Outsourced Chief Investment Office (OCIO). In this role, she was responsible for sales and operations across business development, marketing, strategic initiatives, and business management. OCIO’s client base included institutional clients, including family offices, ultra-high net worth clients, defined contribution and defined benefit plans, nonprofits, and corporations, both domestic and international. Maredith began her career at Bank of America Merrill Lynch where she worked across product, sales, and strategy roles before becoming Director, Head of Sales Performance and Strategy for their Workplace Financial Solutions business, which focused on delivering wealth management solutions to institutional clients and their employees.

Maredith graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Georgetown University. She serves as Vice President of WisdomTree Securities and is Series 7, 66 and 24 registered.

Erin Plante is the VP of Investigations at Chainalysis, where she leads the efforts of investigations globally alongside our public and private sector customers. Prior to joining Chainalysis, Erin spent 18 years investigating cybercrimes and money laundering networks, with over a decade based between China and the Middle East. Erin is a Certified Ethical Hacker, a Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist, and a Certified Fraud Examiner.

Pratima Arora is a product leader with extensive experience delivering innovative products to millions of customers globally. She currently serves as the Chief Product Officer at Chainalysis, a blockchain data platform, where she leads the entire R&D organization.

Previously, Pratima was the General Manager and Vice President of Confluence at Atlassian, accountable for one of the highest revenue generating products at the company. Before Atlassian, she led the product strategy, roadmap and go-to-market for Sales Cloud at Salesforce. During her tenure at the company, she drove some of Salesforce’s most strategic initiatives, including the machine and deep learning platform, web experience and mobile.

Pratima is a self-proclaimed geek at heart who loves to solve the toughest customer problems with simple and intuitive solutions that customers love. She is passionate about women and cognitive diversity in technology.

Pratima holds a B.S. in Physics from Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi University and an M.B.A. from the Walter A. Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.

Jackie Burns Koven is the Head of Cyber Threat Intelligence at Chainalysis, leading the team tracking cybercriminals and nation state actors stealing, scamming, and extorting cryptocurrency. She is also a member of the Ransomware Task Force, which unites key stakeholders across industry, government, and civil society to innovate new solutions countering the ransomware threat. Prior to joining Chainalysis, she served in the U.S. Intelligence Community.

Kara Calvert has been at the intersection of public policy and the innovation industry for over 20 years. She is currently the Head of US Policy for Coinbase, the largest crypto exchange in the United States, and works with lawmakers, regulators, and the crypto community across the country to advocate for sensible crypto policy.

Kara began her career in Washington working for U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY). Most recently, she was a partner at the Franklin Square team, where she represented the world’s most innovative and impactful technology companies for 13 years. Prior to her time at the Franklin Square Group, Kara worked for the Information Technology Industry Council.

Sherri is the Deputy Director in IRS-Criminal Investigation’s Cyber and Forensic Services. She oversees domestic and international programs related to cybercrimes, digital forensics, and traditional forensic methods. Sherri has over 20 years of federal law enforcement experience, with IRS-Criminal Investigation, investigating and overseeing financial crimes involving tax fraud, money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act violations.

Sherri had direct oversight of cryptocurrency and cybercrime investigations to include the takedown of the largest darknet child exploitation website funded by cryptocurrency; two Chinese nationals who were charged with laundering $100 million in the hack of a cryptocurrency exchange; and the dismantling of two large cryptocurrency mixers, among other investigations. She also led the expansion of the cybercrimes undercover program.

Caleb Carroll joined Chainalysis as a Training Specialist at the end of 2022. Prior to joining the team, he was in law enforcement in South Carolina for fourteen years, most of which was with the Anderson County (SC) Sheriff’s Office. The last period of his law enforcement career, he was a Detective who investigated all forms of violence against children and women, specializing particularly on Internet Crimes Against Children. He was on the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and was a member of the Foothills Human Trafficking Task Force. In 2019, Caleb moved to the Philippines with International Justice Mission, where he worked directly with the Philippine government to counter the sex trafficking of children to produce new child sexual abuse material shared online. While in this role, he began hearing about forced labor compounds involved in scamming in SE Asia and, as Director of Investigations and Law Enforcement Development programs in the Philippines, his team helped the Philippine government repatriate forced scamming victims on several cases. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from the University of Cincinnati and a Master of Science in Global Technology and Development (Applied International Development) from Arizona State University.

Emily Ing is a Training Specialist at Chainalysis. She provides training for public and private sector customers across the core certification offerings aimed at educating on foundational concepts in cryptocurrency and the Chainalysis Reactor product.Her background is in public policy, consulting, and international development. Prior to Chainalysis, Emily worked at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, leading a global training program focused on humanitarian negotiation funded by USAID. She also managed projects for state and local government agencies and international/domestic non-profit organizations in her various consulting capacities. She holds a Masters in International Affairs and Economics from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).

Andrew Fierman is currently the Head of Sanctions Strategy for Chainalysis. Prior to joining the crypto space, Andrew spent his career developing proactive sanctions compliance programs in global financial institutions, including at Societe Generale as a VP on the sanctions investigations team and as the Head of Americas Sanctions at Barclays.

Caitlin’s legal and compliance experience encompasses both cryptocurrency and traditional finance. As Director of Regulation and Compliance at Chainalysis, she helps leading financial institutions strategize and build compliance programs in order to adopt cryptocurrencies and offer new products to their customers. In addition, Caitlin helps facilitate dialogue with regulators and the industry on key policy issues within the cryptocurrency industry. Previously, as Chief Compliance Officer at Bitstamp USA, she supervised their BSA/AML Program and maintained regulatory relationships with both federal and state regulators within the United States. Prior to Bitstamp, Caitlin was Deputy Chief Compliance Officer at Gemini Trust Company, LLC. She has also served as a Senior AML investigator and Assistant Vice President at Commerzbank AG and Assistant Vice President, Senior Counsel at JP Morgan Chase.

Adam Maltz is a Deputy Bureau Chief in the Cybercrime and Identity Theft Bureau of the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, where he oversees the prosecution of individuals and entities engaged in sophisticated cybercrime, including money laundering, SIM swapping, fraud, and dark-web and cryptocurrency related criminal activity. Adam has also investigated and prosecuted cases involving environmental crime, organized crime, terrorism, larceny, Ponzi schemes, forgeries, extortion, tax crimes, and public corruption. Adam was the lead prosecutor of the case that resulted in New York State’s first conviction for the laundering of cryptocurrency, and the case that resulted in the largest seizure of elephant ivory in the history of New York State. Adam has presented to banks, regulators, NGO’s, and law enforcement on money laundering, cryptocurrency, dark-web investigations, and transnational wildlife crime.

Having been a part of high-growth disruptive companies like Salesforce, VMware, and OutSystems for more than 20 years, Sean has passionate perspectives on technology that shakes and shapes the world. He is currently pouring his energy into leading product marketing at Chainalysis and the company’s mission of bringing trust to the future of global finance.

Molly Chambers began her career at the Central Intelligence Agency as an Africa-based case officer. After pivoting to the private sector, Molly managed private wealth assets at Morgan Stanley, and now helps build trust in cryptocurrency and blockchain technology as a Customer Success Manager at Chainalysis.

Tali Shousterman is the Director of Investigations & Intelligence Solutions at Chainalysis, where she leads cryptocurrency investigations for the U.S public sector, tackling some of the most difficult crypto- and financial-related investigative challenges today. Prior to joining Chainalysis, Tali served in various national security positions in the U.S. government. Tali began her career as an attorney and also served as a U.S. Naval officer in the reserves.

Damon is a Training Specialist with Chainalysis; the blockchain data platform. Prior to joining Chainalysis, Damon served as a 2nd grade Detective with the New York City Police Department (NYPD). During his 21 years of service, Damon worked in the Organized Crime Control Bureau’s Vice Major Case Unit / Human Trafficking Task Force. Damon was the lead detective for all child sexual abuse material (CSAM) / internet traveler cases for over 12 years. During his last four years of service, Damon worked as a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Task Force officer in the NYPD’s Criminal Enterprise Investigative Section. He continued investigating child exploitation crimes, bulk cash smuggling cases out of NYC’s airports, and assisting in numerous drug trafficking and money laundering investigations within his unit. Damon received his Bachelor’s degree in Criminology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and his Master’s Degree in Criminology & Deviance from John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Additionally, Damon was an adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice from January 2015 through December 2021.

Brian Carter has split his career working as an intelligence analyst and more recently in computer network defense and security operations centers where he helped detect and respond to serious incidents in public sector and private industry. At Chainalysis, Brian does research that leads to attribution of the cryptocurrency footprints of cybercriminals.

Jason Somensatto is Head of North America Public Policy for Chainalysis. In his role, Jason engages with policy makers on issues relevant to Chainalysis and its customers and provides insights on the developing regulatory landscape applicable to crypto businesses. Prior to joining Chainalysis, Jason worked at the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission as Director of it fintech innovation office and as an adviser on crypto policy to Chairman Rostin Behnam. Before entering public service, Jason spent 14 years as a lawyer at private law firms and as the first in-house lawyer for a crypto exchange software company. He has been writing and commenting about the intersection of the crypto ecosystem and financial regulation since 2015.

“Alma Angotti is a Partner in the Financial Crime, Fraud, and Investigative Services practice. Ms. Angotti is a
recognized expert in anti-money laundering (AML), combatting the financing of terrorism (CFT) and economic sanctions compliance. She has counselled her clients in a variety of projects, and managed gap analyses, compliance program reviews, risk assessments, remediation efforts, investigations, and historical transaction reviews. Her clients include large, complex, global financial institutions, global payments institutions, mid-sized banks, broker-dealers, and Fintech and digital assets companies, hedge funds, casinos, and multinational corporations.

She has held interim senior compliance leadership positions at several global and regional financial institutions providing day-to-day management of their compliance programs and assisting them with remediation efforts, often in the context of a regulatory or criminal enforcement action. She has trained and advised the financial services industry and regulators and government officials worldwide on AML, sanctions, CFT and other regulatory compliance issues.

With over 25 years of experience in regulation and enforcement, Alma has held senior enforcement positions at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority). In these positions, she was responsible for investigations and enforcement of the Bank Secrecy Act, the federal securities laws, and FINRA rules. At FinCEN and FINRA, she designed and lead the AML enforcement programs.

Andy Granowitz is Director of Product Manager at Chainalysis, the blockchain analysis company. In his role at Chainalysis, Andy leads product development for risk & compliance products, including Chainalysis Know Your Transaction (KYT), the industry leading cryptocurrency transaction monitoring solution. Prior to Chainalysis, Andy was a Product Manager on search and data products at Box, led product and operations for Wagon (acquired by Box), and led product outreach, education, and partnerships for the Google Analytics platform.

Anouska Streets is V.P. of Engineering at Chainalysis. With over 20 years of experience across diverse industries such as banking, crypto, government, telecoms, and insurance, Anouska has expertise in building high-performing teams and leveraging cutting-edge technologies. Her focus on building a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration empowers engineers to deliver their best work and explore innovative ideas.

Dan began his career in crypto compliance at Coinbase in 2013, where he was employee #12. After helping the Coinbase team build a world-class compliance program from the ground up, he moved across the country to help bring Circle’s newly-acquired crypto exchange Poloniex into compliance. After Poloniex was sold to investors, Dan went from Circle to Square (now known as Block) where he led a large team of crypto compliance investigators on the CashApp product. Currently, Dan is the AML Compliance Officer for Robinhood Crypto, where he has helped the team safely launch new products, including Crypto Transfers (blockchain access), Robinhood Connect, and the Robinhood Noncustodial Wallet.

Matt brings over 15 years of law enforcement experience currently serving as a detective with the Connecticut State Police Eastern District Major Crime Squad. Matt is a task force officer for the USSS Financial Crime Task Force in New Haven, part of the DOJ’s SAR review team, and a sector Chief for the FBI’s InfraGard Financial Services sector. Matt also co-founded the Connecticut State Police Cryptocurrency Working Group. He holds a master’s degree in financial crime investigations from the University of New Haven. His specialized certifications include Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) where he also sits on the CT Chapter board, Economic Crime Forensic Examiner (NW3C), and cryptocurrency investigations credentials from Chainalysis, TRM Labs and Blockchain Intelligence Group.

Michael Grabowski has served with the Connecticut State Police since June 2012. He has held assignments as a patrol Trooper and as a detective in both the Major Crime Squad and, currently, the Bureau of Special Investigations – Statewide Organized Crime Investigative Task Force. In this role he focuses on racketeering, illegal gambling, human trafficking, public corruption, and white collar crimes. He has been involved with digital currency investigations since January 2022 and helped to co-found the Cryptocurrency Working Group within the Connecticut State Police. As part of the working group, he investigates fraud and money laundering crimes involving cryptocurrency and other digital assets. Det. Grabowski is also assigned as a Task Force Officer with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, focusing on white collar and fraud investigations.

Valerie joined Coinbase in July 2020 as Global Head of Financial Crime Compliance. Prior to Coinbase, Valerie spent the majority of her career in traditional finance, focusing on anti-money laundering, terrorist financing, sanctions, and anti-bribery and corruption in both Compliance and Legal roles. She was most recently at Credit Suisse as Managing Director and Head of Financial Crime Compliance for the Americas Region. Prior to joining CS, Valerie was the Global Head of Financial Crime Compliance for the Asset Management sector at JPMorgan Chase. Previous to JPM, Valerie was the Head of Financial Crime Compliance for Barclays Wealth & Investment Management based in London. She joined Barclays after serving 10 years at Citi in New York where she held various roles in Legal and Compliance, including Deputy General Counsel for AML for Global Wealth Management, and also later supported the institutional and investment banking business. Prior to joining Citi, Valerie held positions in the Enforcement Division of NASDR and as a litigation attorney with two US law firms. Valerie also spent six years as an Adjunct Professor at Fordham Law School. Valerie holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Fordham University and received her law degree from Fordham Law School. Valerie recently co-authored AML for a Blockchain Age for the Journal of Financial Compliance (Winter 2023, Volume VII, 2).

David has been a prosecutor for the past seventeen years. In his current position, David supervises the office’s counterterrorism and ghost-gun investigations and prosecutions. David successfully tried the case against Shaikh Abdullah Faisal, a Jamaica-based Islamic extremist, who provided recruitment services to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS); and most recently, the case against Victoria Jacobs, the first terrorism financing and crypto-currency laundering case brought under New York State’s anti-terrorism laws. David has also served in the office’s Rackets Bureau, Sex Crimes Unit, and Trial Division, where among other trials, he successfully tried three long-term Enterprise Corruption and wire-tap cases, including one case charging high-ranking members of the Bonanno Organized Crime Family.

Special Agent Supervisor (SAS) Corey Monaghan of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) is assigned to the Tampa Bay Regional Operations Center (TBROC), Cyber Squad. SAS Monaghan has been investigating cybercrimes since 2008, and has been a sworn law enforcement officer since 2001. SAS Monaghan’s investigative expertise includes computer network intrusions, denial of services, insider threats, cyber fraud, and online child sexual exploitation cases. The TBROC Cyber Squad consists of a Digital Forensic Consultant, Special Agents that focus on network intrusion and internet crimes against children investigations; as well as a team of analysts that investigate cyber fraud.

SAS Monaghan has a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology from Florida State University, and a Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice from New Charter University. SAS Monaghan holds four separate certifications from the Global Information Assurance Certification program. SAS Monaghan is also a Certified Forensic Computer Examiner (CFCE) from the International Association of Computer Investigative Specialists. He has been recognized in State and Federal Court as an expert in computer forensics, and teaches computer forensic techniques to law enforcement in the United States and internationally.

Jorge Hurtado is Director of Intelligence Solutions, Global Government for Intel 471. With over a decade of experience in cyber security, Jorge earned his degrees in Electrical Engineering in United States & Germany. Prior to Intel 471, Jorge held cyber security systems engineering, project management and consulting positions with Crowdstrike, Forcepoint (formerly known as Websense), SCP Solar and the University of Texas. Jorge currently lives in Austin, Texas.

Nelson Rivera currently serves as the Senior Manager for T-Mobile’s Cyber Threat Intelligence team. Prior to this role, he worked as a Senior Cyber Investigator and program manager for the Insider Threat Team.

His career spans both military and federal law enforcement sectors, with 14 years as a commissioned officer and 10 years as a Federal Agent.

Nelson earned a degree in Biology from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez. This diverse educational background informs his approach to cybersecurity, allowing him to apply scientific inquiry and critical thinking in his work.

Yusuf Roso is Director of Product for Data Intelligence where he leads the development of Chainalysis’ blockchain knowledge graph and data platform. Before joining Chainalysis in 2019, Yusuf led product teams at JW Player focusing on recommendation and ad targeting products, and at Kindle focusing on content discovery models and the associated SaaS tools for Amazon Publishing. In a previous life, Yusuf worked on the trading floor at J.P. Morgan where he was a VP and assisted asset managers and multinational corporations in their investment and hedging strategies in various derivative markets.

Stephanie Santoyo is a Training Specialist at Chainalysis. Prior to her role with the company, she was a former contract Intelligence Analyst/Trainer with DEA and St. Louis County Police Department in Missouri for 7+ years and has worked with cyber intelligence units to anaylze cryptocurrency for tactical investigations.

Roger Brown is an experienced international tax and financial institutions tax lawyer who currently focuses on the crypto ecosystem. Roger is Global Head of Tax Strategy for Chainalysis, Inc. Chainalysis is a blockchain data company that serves the needs of governments, financial institutions, and other companies for transactions involving blockchain technology and digital assets.

Among Roger’s previous roles, Roger worked for nearly a decade in the national office of the IRS writing regulations, rulings, and other guidance, while also assisting field agents in their audits. Roger spent a similar period as a senior technical partner in Ernst & Young’s financial services & institutions practice, which also covered FinTech and blockchain clients of EY — globally.

Prior to EY, Roger gained a deep understanding of the US tax withholding and reporting rules as a partner in a law firm that was the leader in that space: Burt, Staples & Maner (BSM). Roger has also taught international tax law at Georgetown University in the United States and has given hundreds of lectures on a variety of tax topics to other audiences over his 30+ year career.

Michael Firing is the Assistant Director, Field Operations, Center for Intelligence, Targeting, and Enforcement (CITE), for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) New York Field Office (NYFO). He directs the activities of the Field Office’s intelligence enterprise throughout an area of responsibility that spans New York and New Jersey.

Mr. Firing began his federal career in 2002 with the United States Customs Service. Since then, he has held several leadership roles. His career advancement accelerated in 2015 when he was detailed to the Enforcement Programs Division at CBP Headquarters. In this role, he provided
admissibility guidance to CBP field personnel on new and existing policies and programs. In October of 2015, he became the Deputy Chief Officer for Enforcement Operations at the Port of New York/Newark where he developed the port’s criminal prosecution program. After two years as the Deputy Chief Officer, Mr. Firing was promoted to the position of Branch Chief of Passenger Operations at the Port of New York/Newark where he directed the daily operation of over 160 employees from the Tactical Terrorism Response Team, Passenger Analytical Unit, Anti-Terrorism Contraband Enforcement Team, Passenger Agriculture Operations, and the Outbound Enforcement Team. In 2019 he was selected as the Acting Assistant Director of the Border Security Division, in the New York Field Office, supporting the Agency’s national security mission, as well as developing programs to combat illicit trade and travel. From 2020-2021 he was the Branch Chief of the Intelligence and Analysis Branch, within the Tactical Operations Division, where he sought innovative means to build the port’s intelligence program resulting in more effective and efficient examinations and inspections.

Most recently, Mr. Firing was chosen to represent the Office of Field Operations, within the DHS Office of Strategy, Policy and Plans, Transnational Organized Crime and Border Security Policy, as a Senior Policy Advisor, supporting the Department’s Counter – Transnational Organized Crime mission.

Talia Klein is the Product Lead for the Digital Assets Business at BNY Mellon, where she is responsible for defining client-centric solutions across the enterprise. Prior to her current role, Talia led Commercial Product for digital asset custody at BNY Mellon. This platform was the first digital asset custody capability to be launched by a global systemically important bank. She joined the firm from Digital Asset Holdings where Talia supported the fintech’s efforts in bringing blockchain and smart contract technology to some of the largest financial institutions in the world, including the Broadridge Distributed Ledger Repo platform.

Talia began her career at JPMorgan Chase in a variety of roles designing and developing products, including the enterprise collateral eligibility service. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Barnard College at Columbia University and an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. She is proud to be named as an inventor on one approved and one pending patent application.”

Noah Perlman is the Global Chief Compliance Officer at Binance, where he has been since January 2023. Before Binance, he worked at Gemini, first as CCO and then as Chief Operating Officer. Noah also served as President and CEO of the Gemini Trust Company, LLC, a New York trust company regulated by the New York State Department of Financial Services. Before starting in crypto, he was a Managing Director and the Global Head of Financial Crimes at Morgan Stanley, where he had legal and compliance responsibility for the Firm’s Anti-Money Laundering, Sanctions, Anti-Boycott, Anti-Corruption and Government and Political Activities programs.

Earlier in his career, Noah was the Division Counsel for the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division. Prior to his stint with DEA, he was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York where he held several supervisory posts including Special Coordinator for Crimes against Children and Deputy Chief of the Narcotics Section.

Jacob is an experienced distributed systems researcher with a rich background in designing, building, and debugging mission-critical systems across academia and business sectors. Leveraging years of expertise, he has for the past 6 years pivoted to tackle the burgeoning challenges of blockchain forensics, applying his deep knowledge to navigate and solve the complex issues that arise in this dynamic field.

Matt Wilson is a Group Product Manager at Chainalysis, where he is responsible for the Investigation Product Line. He has served in this role for five years, overseeing the development of Reactor, Storyline, and the Investigations API.

Prior to Chainalysis, Matt worked in Product Management at Palantir where he focused on compliance and investigations software for financial institutions. Matt holds an MBA from Columbia Business school, an Electrical Engineering degree from Rensselear Polytchnic and served in the US Navy as a Submarine Officer.

Luz del Valle has 22 years of deep expertise in bank operations, compliance, risk, and executive management. She held a long-standing position as Principal Examiner – Subject Matter Expert in Compliance and Information Technology at the Puerto Rico Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions. She plays a key role in overseeing FV Bank’s risk management team and regulatory compliance. Previously, she served as the Chief Compliance and Accounting Officer at Encanto Group, as the Chief Compliance Officer at Stern International Bank and Compliance Officer at Advantage Bank.

Edward has been a prosecutor at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office for the past 18 years. In his current role as Senior Investigative Counsel, he has investigated and prosecuted matters involving international and domestic terrorism, money laundering, organized crime and large scale fraud. He, along with Chief of the Terrorism Unit David Stuart, successfully tried the first crypto currency terrorist financing case in New York State, People v. Victoria Jacobs. Prior to joining the Rackets Bureau, Edward was a bureau chief for the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor, where he supervised and handled long term wire-tap investigations and trials into matters involving narcotics trafficking throughout New York City, international money laundering and firearms trafficking.

Sean Farrell is lead counsel for the Cybercrime Enforcement Team at Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit. Sean’s team uses innovative technical and legal tools to disrupt cybercriminals globally. Prior to joining Microsoft, Sean led investigative teams combatting fraud and other criminal activity against Amazon and Amazon Web Services. Sean began his career as a Presidential Management Fellow with the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division, and later transitioned to the Office of the General Counsel where he founded and led the Cyber Law Unit. Sean is a graduate of the College of William and Mary and Penn State- Dickinson School of Law.

Miles Fuller is the Director of Government Solutions at TaxBit. He oversees the execution of TaxBit’s work assisting government agencies with understanding the digital asset ecosystem and conducting tax calculations related to digital assets. Miles is an attorney and an expert on digital asset taxation and tax procedure. Miles previously spent over 15 years working as an attorney for the IRS. In that role, Miles provided the IRS with advice on examination and collection matters, and represented the IRS in court. Miles conducted trials involving a variety of tax issues ranging from financial products and retirement accounts to complex abusive tax schemes. He has extensive experience with tax litigation and tax procedure.

Miles spent his last three years as counsel to the IRS as a leading expert on digital asset tax issues, including the tax treatment of digital assets, examination techniques, information gathering, data interpretation, and tax calculations.

Miles’ extensive knowledge of digital asset taxation and tax procedure helps TaxBit continuously refine its products to maintain its role as a leading software company in the area of digital asset taxation, accounting, and information reporting.”

Marta Belcher is president and chair of Filecoin Foundation as well as the Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web, and general counsel and head of policy at Protocol Labs. She is also special counsel to the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Marta serves on the Boards of the Zcash Foundation and the Blockchain Association and is a member of Paradigm’s Crypto Policy Council. Marta is a pioneer in cryptocurrency law and policy and has testified in U.S. Congress and state legislatures as well as speaking in European Parliament. Marta has been recognized by the Financial Times Innovative Lawyer awards, by Law360’s list of Top Attorneys Under 40, by CryptoWeekly’s list of Most Influential Women in Crypto, and as Business Intelligence Group’s Woman of the Year.

Danielle E. Davis is a member of the Strategy Team and Head of Corporate Development at Chainalysis. Danielle supports leadership in the execution of strategic pursuits, primarily focusing on inorganic growth opportunities in the public and private sector through mergers and acquisitions, investments and strategic partnerships. Prior to Chainalysis, Danielle served as Chief M&A Counsel at IHS Markit (now part of S&P Global), assisting with the firm’s global mergers and acquisitions strategy and execution. Before IHS Markit, Danielle served as M&A counsel at Nielsen and spent several years in private practice at Morgan Lewis & Bockius.

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent (SA) Jason Conboy began his law enforcement career with HSI in 2007 and was assigned to Miami, FL tasked with investigating cross border narcotics smuggling. His current position is a Cyber Investigations Liaison assigned to HSI Ottawa, Canada at the U.S. Embassy. He is also embedded with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police National Cyber Crime Coordination Center. His portfolio includes supporting criminal investigations for transnational cyber crime to include but not limited to network intrusion, ransomware, and the sale of illicit network access. Before joining HSI Ottawa in August 2021, SA Jason Conboy was assigned to the HSI Cyber Crimes Center (C3), Network Intrusion Section, in Fairfax, VA where he was tasked with building out the tools, technology, and training for cyber investigations. These investigations include dark net, cryptocurrency, cyber/network intrusions, and ransomware. While assigned to HSI C3, SA Jason Conboy led the HSI national and international cyber COVID-19 operation which targeted cyber criminals and the technology used to exploit the pandemic to commit cyber enabled fraud and malicious cyber-attacks. From 2012 – 2019, SA Jason Conboy was assigned to HSI Hendersonville, North Carolina field office where he led numerous successfully cyber investigations that targeted international child exploitation organizations, dark net criminals, and money launderers using cryptocurrency to evade law enforcement. SA Jason Conboy has over 12 years of experience working cyber investigations and shares his experience and knowledge by training law enforcement in the United States and around the world. SA Jason Conboy holds a Criminal Justice degree from the University of Central Florida and multiple industry standard certifications and advanced trainings for cybersecurity, cryptocurrency, and cyber investigations.

HSI Special Agent Geoffrey Gordon has over 18 years’ experience in federal law enforcement and is presently assigned to HSI Philadelphia’s Cyber Crime Investigations Task Force. SA Gordon started his law enforcement career in New York City, was part of HSI’s HIDTA Money Laundering Initiative in Philadelphia for almost a decade and served as an HSI Representative at the U.S. Embassy in France for three years.

Samantha is the Director of Enterprise at Chainalysis. In this role, Samantha supports financial institutions, cryptocurrency businesses and financial technology companies in their journey with cryptocurrency. Prior to joining Chainalysis, Samantha held compliance roles at ICAP and Bank of Montreal.

Robert Silvers was confirmed by the Senate as the Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans on August 5, 2021. He is responsible for driving policy and implementation plans across all of DHS’s missions, including counterterrorism; cybersecurity, infrastructure security, and resilience; border security and immigration; international affairs; and trade and economic security. Mr. Silvers also Chairs the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force, the Cyber Safety Review Board, and oversees the Supply Chain Resilience Center.

Mr. Silvers previously served in the Department of Homeland Security during the Obama-Biden Administration as Assistant Secretary for Cyber Policy. In that role he oversaw private sector engagement, federal government incident response, and diplomatic outreach pertaining to cybersecurity and emerging technology. Mr. Silvers also previously served as DHS’s Deputy Chief of Staff, managing execution of policy and operational priorities across the entire Department. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Silvers was a partner at the law firm Paul Hastings LLP, where his practice focused on cybersecurity and data privacy, government security review of foreign investments, and investigations and litigation at the intersection of law and national security. After graduating law school, he clerked for Judge Kim McLane Wardlaw of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Mr. Silvers holds a J.D. from New York University School of Law and a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. He taught as an adjunct professor in the M.S. in Cybersecurity Risk and Strategy Program co-offered by the NYU Law School and NYU Tandon School of Engineering.

Dean Skurka is currently the President and CEO at WonderFi. Mr. Skurka joined WonderFi in March 2022, following its acquisition of Bitbuy, where Mr. Skurka served as the President and Chief Financial Officer. Joining Bitbuy in 2018, Mr. Skurka led all finance, compliance and regulatory strategy, development, and implementation and all M&A transactions.

John Randles joined Siren as CEO in 2017. John has been in the Global Data Management space for over twenty years. John played a leading role in a number of well-known business success stories such as CTO of Eontec, acquired by Siebel in 2004, and as CEO of Polarlake, acquired by Bloomberg in 2012. John spent five years as CEO of Polarlake for Bloomberg after the acquisition. John has a degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Limerick in Ireland.

Varun Kumar is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Hashflow, a leading decentralized exchange. Prior to pursuing his crypto journey, Varun has worked as an aerospace engineer for the German Aerospace Center and NASA.

Dan Heesemann serves as an Intelligence Research Specialist with the NYPD Intelligence and Counterterrorism Bureau (ICB), where he leads a team providing analytical support to field-based NYPD detectives and federal partners investigating international terrorism, firearms, and other

crimes. Dan began managing the ICB’s financial investigations efforts in 2020, prioritizing analyst- driven cases involving fiat and cryptocurrency use in illicit activities. A native New Yorker (and perpetually-suffering Mets fan), Dan earned a B.A. in Sociology from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and is currently pursuing a M.A. in International Affairs from King’s College London.

Brian is a technical product marketing manager at Chainalysis. He spends his time simplifying complex crypto concepts to show law enforcement, regulators, financial institutions and cryptocurrency businesses the art of the possible when it comes to solving crypto crimes, compliance and growing crypto businesses using blockchain analytics.

Thom is a seasoned attorney and compliance professional with a specialization in Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and sanctions compliance. His background includes serving as the US Chief Compliance Officer of Bitstamp, where he oversaw the US and ROW businesses. Prior to this, he held compliance leadership roles at companies at American Express, KPMG, Pegasystems, Circle Internet Financial Inc., and Bluesnap.

As a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist through ACAMs, Thom is known for his adept problem-solving and business-centric approach to compliance, ensuring that regulatory standards are met while fostering business growth. His collaborative work with product and engineering teams at Pega led to the development of regulatory compliance software solutions for global financial institutions, streamlining complex customer onboarding journeys and financial crime case management.

Thom is currently an Adjunct Professor at Boston University Law School, where he teaches courses on crypto regulation and payment systems.

Investigative Analyst MJ Epstein has been employed by the U. S. Secret Service since 2010. IA Epstein started in the Pittsburgh Field Office and transferred to the Washington Field Office in 2013. Assigned to the Cyber Fraud Task Force at the Washington Field Office, IA Epstein is the team lead of 5 Investigative Analysts. IA Epstein works not only cryptocurrency cases, but various other cyber and general crimes cases including Business Email Compromise, Ransomware, Bank Fraud amongst others.

Deputy Commissioner Rebecca Ulam Weiner oversees the New York City Police Department’s Intelligence & Counterterrorism Bureau, managing investigative, analytical, operational, and engagement efforts across the domains of counterterrorism, counterintelligence, criminal intelligence, infrastructure and event protection, cyber threat intelligence, and geopolitical risk. She develops and implements policy and strategic priorities for the Intelligence & Counterterrorism Bureau and publically represents the NYPD in matters involving counterterrorism and intelligence.

Prior to assuming command of the Intelligence & Counterterrorism Bureau, Deputy Commissioner Weiner oversaw the NYPD’s counterterrorism operations and analysis section, developing an internationally-recognized intelligence and threat analysis program. She also served as the first representative of local law enforcement on the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s National Intelligence Council, where she focused on transnational crime and terrorism. Deputy Commissioner Weiner previously served as Assistant Commissioner for Intelligence Analysis, Legal Counsel to the Intelligence Bureau’s Intelligence Analysis Unit, and Team Leader for the Middle East & North Africa, overseeing intelligence collection and analysis related to threats associated with those regions. Prior to joining the NYPD in 2006, Deputy Commissioner Weiner was an International Security Fellow at the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; a biotechnology consultant at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; and a Science & Technology Research Associate at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Deputy Commissioner Weiner graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College in 1999 with a Bachelor of Arts in History & Literature, and cum laude from Harvard Law School in 2005 with a Juris Doctorate. She is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia’s School for International and Public Affairs, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a board member of the Leadership in Counterterrorism Alumni Association, and she was admitted to the Bar of the State of New York in 2006.

Brett Tejpaul serves as Head of Coinbase Institutional, where he is in charge of expanding Coinbase’s institutional client base, introducing new features and services that institutional investors expect, and continuing to educate the institutional community about crypto. Prior to Coinbase, Brett served as the Global Head of Sales at Barclays and held leadership roles at JP Morgan. Brett received his Bachelor of Science degree from Boston College.

Sulolit “Raj” Mukherjee hired at Internal Revenue Service in February 2024 as the Executive Director, Compliance & Implementation for the Office of Digital Asset Initiative (DAI). The DAI serves as a Program Office that will help IRS set consistent, global digital asset strategy, including internal IRS procedure and policy. He brings significant industry expertise to his position. He is particularly experienced in building global tax program from ground zero and executing pragmatic strategies that meet regulatory muster and budget parameters. Formerly, he led the global tax function at ConsenSys and its foreign subsidiaries. In this role, he managed all the firm’s tax functions including tax policy, corporate tax compliance, international tax, M&A and customer reporting. He also served as

ConsenSys’ tax policy representative in Washington DC because of his extensive know- how in liaising with governing agencies and industry to help clarify tax regulations in the digital asset space. Previously, he was the Head of Tax & Tax Information Reporting at two digital asset currency exchanges including Coinbase where he oversaw creation of end-to-end tax compliance functions and served as the lead executive focused on emerging US and global tax & regulatory obligations for digital assets. He partnered with Legal, Technology and Business leadership to assess risks to the firm and mitigate those risks through pragmatic & executable enhancements and controls. Raj came to the digital assets world after leading tax advisory functions for investment banks in NYC for over a decade focusing on U.S. and global tax information reporting, FATCA, NRA, 871(m) and Common Reporting Standard (CRS). Raj has a J.D from University of Kansas School of Law, and B.A. degrees in International Relations and English Literature from Washington College in the state of Maryland.

Gianluca collaborates with the corporate Legal, Compliance, and Risk departments of Banca Sella to ensure an integrated approach to business challenges, particularly concerning legal and regulatory aspects related to field of digital payment solutions, with a keen emphasis on identifying and mitigating any risks associated with DLTs and crypto-assets.

Samara Cohen, Senior Managing Director, is BlackRock’s Chief Investment Officer of ETF and Index Investments and a member of the firm’s Global Executive Committee (GEC). As CIO for ETF and Index Investments, Samara leads the teams delivering the market quality and investment integrity of roughly $6.6 trillion of BlackRock’s index funds and iShares ETFs. Encompassing portfolio managers, risk managers, platform architects, and market structure developers, her teams continuously pursue better ways for clients to access expanding investment opportunities and seek to lead in the modernization of the indexing industry and ETF markets. Samara is a member of the GEC Investment Subcommittee and the GEC Talent Subcommittee. She is also the GEC sponsor for BlackRock’s Women’s Initiative & Allies Network (WIN) and a member of the Global Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Steering Committee. Prior to rejoining BlackRock in 2015, Samara was a Managing Director in the Securities Division of Goldman Sachs, where she built and led the Global Market Transition team to develop and deliver solutions to clients in the evolving market structure and regulatory environment following the 2008 global financial crisis. Samara first joined BlackRock in 1993 as an analyst in the Institutional Client Business. Samara has been recognized for her leadership in the financial services industry. In 2023, she was named one of American Banker’s Most Powerful Women in Finance and has been honored as one of Barron’s Most Powerful Women in Finance in 2022 and 2023. She is a member of the Board of the Directors for the Securities Industry Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), and a member of the Board of the BlackRock Foundation. Samara is passionate about the impact teachers have on students and communities. She is an engaged alumna of the Brearley School and served on its Board of Trustees from 2008- 2015. Currently, she serves on the Board of Advisors for the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. She earned a BS Econ in Finance from the Wharton School and a BA in Theatre Arts from the College of Arts and Sciences of the University of Pennsylvania. She earned an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Lucas is a Research Associate at Galaxy Digital. Prior to joining Galaxy Digital, Lucas spent 5 years as a research analyst at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace based in Beijing where he covered Chinese foreign policy. Before that, Lucas worked at Goldman Sachs in Institutional Sales. Lucas earned his MBA from Georgetown University and has a BA in History and Chinese from Washington University in St. Louis.

Andrew Davis is the General Counsel & Chief Risk Officer at Kivu Consulting, Inc., where he oversees the company’s compliance in all areas of law and regulation, as well as Kivu’s Counter-Extortion and Threat Intelligence team. Andrew’s oversight of Kivu’s Counter-Extortion team specifically focuses on communications and negotiations with threat actors on behalf of clients, intelligence gathering and review, and in matters where payment to a threat actor is required undertaking the sanctions due diligence review process.

Andrew began his legal career as an Assistant District Attorney, prosecuting misdemeanor and felony criminal matters ranging from simple possession and assault to complex white-collar investigations, special victims matters, and attempted murder. Prior to joining Kivu, Andrew also worked in private practice with a focus on data privacy, cybersecurity, and cyber incident response; assisting public and private sector organizations globally in preparing for and responding to cybersecurity incidents, and any subsequent regulatory inquiry.

Andrew received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Clemson University and a Juris Doctorate from Drexel University.

Naresh Nagia is an Independent Senior Advisor to Deloitte & Touche LLP, where he advises US banking and market infrastructure clients on issues related to regulatory and risk management activities. He has advised clients on the emerging risks of digital payments products and DLT infrastructures, bank board & management risk governance, cross-border wholesale payments, regulatory expectations and dialog around remediation of ERM, cybersecurity, operational, IT and model risk.

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Yevhenii Panchenko is the Head of the 4-th division of the Ukrainian Police Cyberpolice Department with a specialization in the analytics of virtual assets and support of cyber investigations.. He is a senior lecturer at the “Center for Criminal Analysis” NAIAU, an expert/consultant of the OSCE and a trainer at the Higher School of Public Administration of the USG.

Asta Li is the co-founder and CTO of Privy. Privy helps developers easily onboard and engage users onchain regardless of their experience with distributed systems. It provides self-custodial wallets for users who sign in with email or social logins, as well as powerful connectors for users coming in with their own assets. Prior to Privy, Asta was a founding engineer at automation company Aurora and worked at Uber ATG prior. She holds a Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering and Master’s in Computer Science from Cornell University.

Vanessa Araújo Lopes Butalla, Legal, Compliance and Risk Director of Grupo 2TM/Mercado Bitcoin, also responsible for Institutional Relations and People and Culture. Lawyer graduated from Universidade Mackenzie in 2002, with continuing education in Business Law from GV Law. She was legal director of a leading global company in the information segment and of the association representing the sector in Brazil. Speaker and author of articles on Personal Data Protection, Compliance, Cryptoeconomics and Tokenized Economy.

“Alvaro is an International and European law graduate with a master’s degree in criminology and another in European private law. He has more than 5 years experience working together with law enforcement in criminal investigations and has also trained compliance officers from industries all around the globe in the transaction monitoring realm. At the moment, he is the transaction monitoring technical manager at Sumsub.
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Andrew leads the Digital Intelligence & Analysis team within Citi AML Digital Risk. His team is responsible for the collection, analysis and dissemination of intelligence related to digital and technology focused financial crime, conducting targeted cyber threat actor assessments, and the illicit use of cryptocurrency. He serves as a liaison to law enforcement, private sector peers, and the National Cyber-Forensic Training Alliance (NCFTA). Prior to this, he was the Head of Financial Threat Intelligence and Deputy Head of Citi’s Cyber Fraud Fusion Center. Before transitioning to the private sector, Andrew was a police officer for 12 years, focused on criminal intelligence, covert investigation, criminal finances, and proactive counterterrorism roles.

Evan Kohlmann is the founder and CEO of Tribeca-based Cloudburst Technologies, the premier provider of crypto KYC and off-chain cyberintelligence. Dubbed “the Terrorist Search Engine” by New York Magazine, Kohlmann has worked for almost three decades tracking terrorist organizations and other cyber threat actors through their electronic communications. He holds an unusual combination of expertise both in the subject matter of intelligence analysis, as well as in building automated systems for data acquisition and distillation. Previously, Mr. Kohlmann founded cyberintelligence market leader Flashpoint from his own bedroom and wrote the original code. Mr. Kohlmann has testified more than 35 times in federal court as an expert witness on behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice and has also served at various times as a contract consultant on behalf of the U.S. Department of Defense, the Australian Federal Police (AFP), the U.K. Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), Scotland Yard’s SO-15 Counter Terrorism Command, the Swiss Federal Public Prosecutor, and the Danish Security and Intelligence Service (PET).

Gabriel, with an architectural background, pivoted to the tech frontier six years ago, captivated by blockchain, cryptocurrencies, digital banking, and AI’s potential. In January 2022, he embraced the role of Head of Digital Assets at Towerbank, aiming to meld traditional banking with technological innovation. Tasked with pioneering new markets, Gabriel’s key project is crafting a unique digital platform: a hybrid crypto wallet and bank account. This endeavor seeks to seamlessly integrate the crypto and banking ecosystems, positioning Towerbank at the vanguard of financial technology and opening new avenues for digital asset management and utilization.

Marissa MacDonald is the Head of Risk, Controls & Resiliency for the Digital Assets Business within the Bank of New York Mellon. Marissa has 20+ years of compliance, consulting and audit experience across a broad range of businesses, but in the last five years has focused on risk and compliance in the digital assets space. Prior to joining BNY Mellon in January 2023, Marissa spent 14 years at Fidelity Investments, including the last two years as the Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity Digital Assets. She led various compliance programs during her tenure at Fidelity, covering topics such as Anti-Corruption, Political Law, and Gifts and Entertainment, while also conducting broker-dealer supervision and fund trustee activities. Prior to Fidelity, Marissa spent eight years with Ernst & Young LLP in audit and consultant roles. Marissa earned a B.S. in Finance from Boston College and a M.S. in Accounting from the University of Virginia.

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Mary-Catherine (MC) Lader is the Chief Operating Officer of Uniswap Labs, the inventors of the most-used app on Ethereum, the Uniswap Protocol. She leads the company’s growth strategy, partnerships, and operations. She also sits on the board of Tech:NYC and serves as a member of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Global Markets Advisory Committee. Previously, she started and led fintech businesses at BlackRock and as a startup founder. She started her career as an investor in Goldman Sachs’ Special Situations Group and earned J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from Harvard and a B.A. from Brown University.

Stephan George is a Special Agent with IRS-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI). Over the course of his career, he has conducted numerous financial investigations involving Bank Secrecy Act violations, sophisticated money laundering schemes, illegal narcotics operations, sensitive political corruption investigations and criminal violations of the Internal Revenue Code. He is a team lead for the IRS-CI Miami Digital Assets Specialty (MIDAS) group, and a member of the DEA Counternarcotic Cyber Investigations HIDTA Task Force. Stephan participated in the Accounting Scholars Program at Florida Atlantic University, where he obtained both his undergraduate and graduate degrees in Accounting. He is both a Certified Fraud Examiner and a Certified Public Accountant. Upon graduation, Stephan pursued a career in public accounting before becoming a Special Agent.

In his role at dYdX, Paul currently oversees the institutional liquidity program and all product partnerships. He has been with dYdX since 2021, playing a key role in scaling the company to it’s current size and scope.

Nick is a Product Manager at Chainalysis where he helps drive the responsibility of a number of data teams such as Clustering and Exposure as well as the onboarding of new blockchains across Chainalysis solutions. Prior to joining Chainalysis, Nick has worked in a number of roles spanning Strategy Consulting, Engineering and Product. Nick holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Jimmy Kirby is the Deputy Director of the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). FinCEN’s mission is to safeguard the financial system from illicit use, combat money laundering, and promote national security through the strategic use of financial authorities and the collection, analysis, and dissemination of financial intelligence. Prior to assuming his current role, Mr. Kirby served as the Associate Director of the Intelligence Division (now the Research and Analysis Division) and as FinCEN’s Chief Counsel. Mr. Kirby also held several roles in Treasury’s Office of General Counsel, including Acting Deputy Assistant General Counsel for Enforcement and Intelligence, Senior Advisor to the General Counsel, and Attorney Advisor and Senior Counsel in the Office of the Chief Counsel (Foreign Assets Control). Mr. Kirby has extensive experience leading FinCEN efforts across a range of priority matters, including overseeing efforts to implement the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 and the beneficial ownership information provisions of the Corporate Transparency Act. Mr. Kirby’s current and prior roles have also given him broad experience with issues involving Treasury’s Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, particularly with matters involving FinCEN and the Office of Foreign Assets Control.

Prior to joining the Treasury Department, Mr. Kirby was an associate at a large international law firm based in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of the University of Texas School of Law, where he was a member of the Texas Law Review, and he clerked for the Honorable Judge Barefoot Sanders of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Dallas. He also holds an LLM in Public International Law from University College London.