Heather is a financial crime intelligence specialist and former law enforcement officer. Before joining BVNK she led financial crime operations for embedded banking provider, ClearBank. She previously worked as Vice President of Intelligence Development & Investigations for Barclays, and was a senior intelligence manager for HM Revenue and Customs in the UK.

Paolo Ardoino is the Chief Executive Officer of Tether, the world’s largest and most widely used stablecoin. He also serves as the Chief Technology Officer of Bitfinex and is the Co-founder of Keet, a fully encrypted video calling application, where he holds the position of Chief Strategy Officer. From a young age, Paolo Ardoino demonstrated a keen interest in computers, becoming enamored with hardware, networks, and cryptography. This fascination with technology paved the way for

a successful career in the tech and finance industries. Paolo’s journey in the tech world began when he graduated from Genoa’s Computer Science University in 2008. Subsequently, he embarked on a research position for a military project focused on high availability, self-recovering networks, and cryptography. During this time, Paolo honed his expertise in distributed systems and conducted extensive experimentation with cryptographic technologies. In 2010, his passion for finance led Paolo to develop financial applications. In late 2013, he founded his first startup, assuming the role of Chief Technology Officer (CTO). With two successful financing rounds, his company created a comprehensive, cloud-based financial application catering to advisors, fund managers, and institutions. This application served numerous small and medium-sized companies in London, Milan, and Lugano. In 2014, Paolo joined Bitfinex as a Senior Software Developer, where his responsibilities included trading engine development, platform scalability, and high availability. By 2016, he had transitioned to the position of CTO, deepening his expertise in distributed systems, high-performance computing, and resilient platforms. As CTO of Bitfinex, Paolo managed the development team, evaluated new technologies, and designed and developed the Bitfinex backend platform. Additionally, he held the roles of Lead Backend Developer and Lead Matching Engine Developer at Bitfinex. In 2017, Paolo Ardoino assumed the role of CTO for Tether, a leading stablecoin in the cryptocurrency market. As Tether’s CTO, Paolo was responsible for overseeing the development and deployment of technology for external customers, vendors, and clients. His contributions were instrumental in establishing Tether as a pioneer for financial freedom and innovation, challenging the traditional financial system with a more modern approach to currency. In October 2023, Paolo Ardoino assumed the position of Chief Executive Officer of Tether, marking a significant milestone in his career. As CEO, he leads Tether in its mission to revolutionize the financial industry and provide innovative solutions for a new era of digital finance.

In addition to his roles in the cryptocurrency and finance sectors, Paolo co-founded Keet in 2022, a fully encrypted video calling application that empowers global communications and freedom of speech. Utilizing peer-to-peer connections, Keet offers real-time audio/video calls, text chat, and file sharing while placing users in control of their data. Paolo serves as the Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) at Keet, leveraging the Lightning Network’s technology infrastructure to power the platform and combat censorship worldwide. Paolo Ardoino’s career has been characterized by his relentless pursuit of technological innovation and his commitment to transforming the financial landscape. His leadership and contributions to the cryptocurrency and technology sectors have solidified his position as a prominent figure in the industry.

Lindsay is the Senior Policy Associate working on U.S. policy at Uniswap Labs. Prior to joining the Uniswap team, Lindsay was part of the U.S. policy team at Carta. She has also worked in the federal government, most recently at the Office of Management and Budget in the Office of Federal Financial Management. She is a graduate of Vanderbilt University (BA) and Georgetown University (MA).

Ric Golubov is the VP Partnership Development for Franklin Templeton Digital Assets.

Sarah leads the development and implementation of policy decisions on behalf of the Association. A rising industry star, she joined Blockchain Association in the summer of 2020 and currently heads the Policy department. Sarah and her team provide members with deep policy analysis on proposed legislation and regulatory actions. Sarah has been a featured speaker at major industry conferences and her opinion pieces have been published in national outlets. Sarah graduated from the University of Chicago magna cum laude, is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and earned honors in her major. She has a B.A. in Law, Letters, and Society.

Andy Greenberg is a senior writer for WIRED covering hacking, cybersecurity, and surveillance. He’s the author of the books Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency and Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin’s Most Dangerous Hackers. His books and excerpts from them published in WIRED have won awards including two Gerald Loeb Awards for distinguished business and financial reporting, a Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists, and the Cornelius Ryan Citation for Excellence from the Overseas Press Club.

Eric McLoughlin is currently the Deputy Assistant Director for Operational Technology in the Cyber and Operational Technology Division within Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the principal investigative component of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). HSI investigates, disrupts, and dismantles transnational criminal organizations and terrorist networks that threaten or seek to exploit the customs and immigration laws of the United States. Mr. McLoughlin directs the HSI Innovation Lab, the agency’s centralized hub for developing next-generation analytics, tools, and business processes to enhance HSI operations. Additionally, Mr. McLoughlin oversees Technical Operations, which equips the agency with cutting-edge electronic surveillance technologies and supports criminal investigations and national security efforts. This division also manages the Title-III and Linguistics Programs, law enforcement information sharing initiatives, and provides critical data analysis and reporting to support HSI’s mission.

Prior to this assignment, Mr. McLoughlin served as the Deputy Special Agent in Charge in Phoenix, Arizona, which is one of the largest HSI field offices. In this role, Mr. McLoughlin had operational and administrative oversight of the HSI offices in Phoenix, Yuma, Casa Grande, Flagstaff, Prescott Valley and the HSI Arizona Intelligence Program consisting in total of 249 HSI personnel. Mr. McLoughlin led key efforts to include HSI’s operational support of Super Bowl 57 as well as the establishment of a Darknet and Cryptocurrency Task Force. Mr. McLoughlin also served as the Regional Attaché at HSI Bangkok, Thailand. Mr. McLoughlin was responsible for the oversight of the HSI field offices in Thailand, India, Cambodia, and Vietnam. During this assignment, Mr. McLoughlin strengthened partnerships in the region leading to many successful operations and led efforts which established a Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit with the Royal Thai Police.

He has served as an Assistant Special Agent in Charge at HSI Phoenix as well as the Deputy Attaché at HSI Manila, Philippines. While assigned at HSI Headquarters, he served as a Section Chief in the Visa Security Program and as an acting Section Chief in the 287(g) Delegation of Authority Program. Mr. McLoughlin began his federal career as a Special Agent with the U.S. Customs Service in Nogales, Arizona.

Mr. McLoughlin graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice and a Master’s in Business Administration from Monmouth University. Mr. McLoughlin is also a graduate of the Key Executive Leadership program from American University and a graduate from the DHS Senior Executive Service Candidate Development Program.

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 and WisdomTree Connect. 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.

Jason Allegrante is the Chief Legal and Compliance Officer at Fireblocks, a market-leading
provider of technology solutions to enable businesses to easily and securely support digital asset
and cryptocurrency use cases.

Jason began his career in the Financial Institution Supervision Group at the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York. He later practiced law at the international firms Linklaters LLP and Davis
Polk and; Wardwell.

Since 2018, Jason has served as senior legal counsel to early stage fintech and SaaS companies
and advised on critical matters at the intersection of financial services and the emerging
blockchain-based ecosystem.

Jason holds B.A. and J.D. degrees from Columbia University and a Certificate in Global
Business Law and Governance from Sciences Po / Paris I – Pantheon Sorbonne.”

Mr. Gambaryan was assigned to the investigation involving the corrupt members of the Baltimore Silk Road Task Force, as well as the investigation of Ripple Labs (XRP). Tigran is also the IRS-CI investigator who, together with HSI, arrested the operator of the world’s largest illegal BitTorrent download website, Kick Ass Torrents. Tigran lead the investigation and shutdown of BTC-e bitcoin exchange and the arrest of its operator Alexander Vinnik. Tigran also investigated Alphabay, Wall Street Marketplace, and Welcome2Video. More recently, Special Agent Gambaryan and his partners at the Federal Bureau of Investigations and the United States Secret Service investigated the “VIP” Twitter hack.

In 2015, Special Agent Gambaryan became the IRS-CI representative at the National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force (NCIJTF), investigating matters related to national security and terrorism financing. Special Agent Gambaryan was one of the founding members of the NCIJTF Digital Currency Group.

In 2016, Special Agent Gambaryan joined the IRS-CI Washington DC Cyber Crimes Group (CCU). At the CCU, Special Agent Gambaryan investigated identity theft, digital currency laundering, distribution of child pornography, tax evasion, terrorism financing, nation-state hacking, and bank secrecy act violations.

In 2019, Special Agent Gambaryan was assigned to Europol as a liaison officer to the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3).

Erica Khalili is the Chief Legal and Risk Officer and co-founder of Lead Bank.

Previously, she spent over six years at Block, Inc. (formerly Square, Inc.) serving as Deputy General Counsel and General Counsel for Square Financial Services, Block’s internal bank entity. Erica led the cross-functional efforts for Block, Inc. to obtain a de novo ILC charter – building it from the first line of code to a thriving institution. While at Block, Erica led the cross functional counsel team charged with oversight of the Square Capital program and Square’s banking and financial services products. Before joining Block, Erica was a member of the Banking and Finance practices at Mayer Brown LLP and Baker McKenzie LLP, counseling clients on structured products, bank regulatory issues, and fintech issues.

Erica holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Illinois and a JD from Chicago-Kent College of Law. She is licensed to practice law in Illinois and New York.

Jonathan Levin is Cofounder and Chief Executive Officer of Chainalysis, the blockchain data platform, where he is responsible for leading all facets of the business and its work to help government agencies, cryptocurrency businesses, and financial institutions leverage blockchain data to solve their most important problems.

Over the course of his 10 years at Chainalysis, Jonathan has led numerous functions and business units as the company has grown to have a presence in over 50 countries globally. He is regularly called upon to testify to the U.S. Congress and other government hearings on the emerging risks and opportunities in cryptocurrencies.

Prior to Chainalysis, he was the CEO of Coinometrics, which provided the first dashboard of blockchain intelligence. He was also a postgraduate economist at the University of Oxford, where he researched cryptocurrencies. Jonathan also holds a BSC in Economics from Bristol University. He lives in New York.

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.

James (Jim) Lee joined Chainalysis in April 2024 as the Global Head of Capacity Building where he will continue to work with law enforcement, tax agencies, financial institutions and regulators around the world to help build their capacity to fight financial crime utilizing Chainalysis data and solutions a company which has firmly placed itself on the side of justice. Jim served as a Federal Law Enforcement Officer with IRS Criminal Investigation for more than 29 years.  Jim served as the Chief of IRS Criminal Investigation from October 2020 to April 2024.  In this position, Jim oversaw a worldwide staff of approximately 3,400 employees, including 2,300 special agents in 20 Field Offices and 11 foreign countries. He led and oversaw some of the most significant investigations of financial crimes involving tax, money laundering, public corruption, cyber, ID theft, narcotics and terrorist-financing in the history of the division.  Prior to this assignment, Jim’s executive positions included serving as the Deputy Chief of CI, Director of Field Operations-North, Director of Field Operations- South, Director of Strategy, Executive Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Field Office and Special Agent in Charge of the New Orleans Field Office.   

Jim was honored with the 2023 Presidential Rank Award as a Distinguished Executive (SES) Recipient by President Joe Biden. This prestigious award – and Distinguished Rank – is among the most esteemed recognitions in career civil service and is a testament to the exceptional leadership and contributions of Chief Lee to federal law enforcement.

Jeff Billingham is a Director in Strategy and Corporate Development at Chainalysis. Prior to joining Chainalysis, Jeff led blockchain and cryptocurrency partnerships at IHS Markit.

Niv is the co-founder and CTO of Hexagate, providing real-time threat detection and prevention solutions to anyone building or operating onchain. Prior to co-founding Hexagate, Niv was the first employee and led R&D teams in the cybersecurity company Medigate, which was then acquired by Claroty for $400 million. Prior to Medigate, Niv served in the Israel Intelligence Unit at unit 8200 as an officer managing research and operations teams. Niv is celebrated in the Ledger Hall of Fame for his work securing Ledger products through their bug bounty program. He also published research that identified a consensus bypass vulnerability, putting billions of dollars at risk on the Polygon to Ethereum PoS bridge.

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Scott is the Director of Global Public Sector and has been with Chainalysis for 5 1/2 years. Scott served with HM Royal Marines for 5 years before transitioning to UK Policing. He spent 18 years in the Metropolitan Police investigating all aspects of Serious Organised Crime. He finished as a Detective Inspector – leading their Proactive Money Laundering Taskforce and implemented their strategy for dealing with the emerging threat of Crypto currency as a vehicle to launder the proceeds of crime. He has participated in several communities of interest and workshops throughout Europe covering Crypto currency within the Economic Crime landscape – including the illicit use of cryptocurrency to support wider ranging intellectual property crime.

With 20 years of experience as a CEO, founder, business development executive, and engineer in cybersecurity companies and national defense agencies, Yaniv Nissenboim brings a wealth of commercial and operational expertise to Hexagate. Prior to co-founding Hexagate, he served as the VP of Business Development and Strategy at Vdoo, an end-to-end product security platform that was acquired by JFrog for $300 million. Yaniv holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Computer Science.

JP is the Director of Blockchain Intelligence and has been with Chainalysis for over five years. JP leads the go-to-market strategy for Data Solutions, Chainalysis’ flagship data product line, and manages a global team of specialist solution architects who help customers integrate and build with Chainalysis data.

JP works across both public and private sector accounts and is the lead developer for Ecosystem Monitoring, a solution enabling stablecoin issuers to gain deep insights into their asset usage. He also is a key contributor to the Signals dataset, advancing blockchain intelligence with cutting-edge insights and monitoring capabilities.”

Caleb Vineyard is a Manager, Data Science on the Global Services team at Chainalysis. In this role, Caleb is responsible for leading and managing a team of data scientists and analysts to deliver data-driven insights and solutions to our customers. Additionally, he is focused on developing strategy and communicating customer priorities regarding how to continue to build our data offering that best aligns with customer needs.

Emmanuel is an aspiring polymath whose experience spans from finance, graphic and UX design, marketing, quantitative investing, to machine learning engineering. He has launched and grown multiple technology ventures, and previously led product management within Google Search. As VP of Products at Chainalysis, Emmanuel oversees product management, marketing, and design initiatives.

Roger Brown, Global Head of Tax Strategy for Chainalysis, is an experienced international tax and financial institutions & products tax lawyer who currently focuses on the crypto ecosystem.

Among Roger’s previous roles, Roger was global head of tax for a blockchain data company focused on tax and accounting solutions. Roger also worked for nearly a decade in the national office of the IRS writing regulations, rulings, and other international tax guidance, while also assisting field agents in their audits. Roger spent a similar period as a technical partner in Ernst & Young’s financial services & institutions practice, serving some of the largest banks, insurance, and asset management companies in EY’s client base. Roger designed some of the firm’s most innovative structures that blended tax, regulatory, and capital efficiencies for financial services clients. Roger was also among the first EY partners to engage with FinTech and blockchain clients — 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).

Noy Moshe is a Lead Investigator at Chainalysis. Before joining Chainalysis, Noy spent 8 years in the public sector, investigating cybercriminal networks, conducting open-source intelligence analysis, and leading communication strategies.

In her various roles, Noy served as a Senior Officer at the Embassy of Israel in London, as well as an Analyst at the Prime Minister’s Office and the Israel Defense Forces.

Noy specializes in counter-terrorism and is a certified cryptocurrency investigations specialist.

Andy Granowitz is Director of Product Management at Chainalysis. In his role at Chainalysis, Andy works on product development for Hexagate and Alterya, the company’s newly acquired security and fraud offerings. Prior to the Hexagate & Alterya acquisition, Andy spent 5+ years leading product development for 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.

Matthew Wilson is the Director of Product Management, Investigations, at Chainalysis, where he leads the delivery of the company’s investigation software and solutions. He oversees key products including Reactor, Reactor On-Premises, and Wallet Scan.

Before joining Chainalysis, Matthew led financial compliance engagements at Palantir Technologies and served as a U.S. Navy Submarine Officer.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Jason Phan is a Director of Product at Chainalysis, where he leads the development of Chainalysis’ suite of Compliance products. Prior to joining Chainalysis in 2022, Jason has had nearly two decades of experience across various product, strategy, and finance roles at Atlassian, LinkedIn, and Credit Suisse.

Yusuf Roso is a Sr. Director of Product at Chainalysis responsible for Data Products and Blockchain Onboarding & Indexing domains. Before joining Chainalysis in 2019, Yusuf was at JW Player for a year focusing on recommendation and ad targeting products, and at Amazon for three years focusing on building cross-border payment systems for Amazon Marketplace and creating content discovery models and SaaS tools for Kindle. Before Amazon, Yusuf worked at J.P. Morgan for six years where he was a Vice President with a focus on fixed income and cross-asset derivative structuring.

Jason Somensatto is the 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 analysis and insight on the developing regulatory landscape applicable to crypto networks and blockchain intelligence. Prior to joining Chainalysis, Jason worked at the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission as Director of the agency’s fintech innovation office and as an adviser on crypto policy to Chairman Rostin Behnam. Before entering public service, Jason spent 11 years as a lawyer at private law firms and in-house focused on financial regulatory matters. He has been writing and commenting about the intersection of the crypto ecosystem and financial regulation since 2015.

Danielle is VP of Strategy, working cross-functionally to evaluate and execute on strategic growth opportunities. In this role, Danielle oversees Corporate Development and Partnerships and Business Development. Prior to Chainalysis, Danielle served as Chief M&A Counsel at IHS Markit, assisting with the firm’s global mergers and acquisitions strategy and execution. Prior to IHS Markit, Danielle served as M&A counsel at Nielsen and spent several years in private practice at Morgan Lewis & Bockius.

Shannon leads global partnerships and strategic alliances at Chainalysis. Prior to joining Chainalysis, Shannon was Head of Business Development at Centre Consortium, a joint venture between Coinbase and Circle, and was focused on driving adoption for USDC and developing governance standards for the stablecoin ecosystem. Prior to Centre, Shannon was on the Business Development team at Microsoft, leading strategic alliances in financial services across Microsoft’s Cloud and AI businesses.

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.