Webinar: Quarterly Crypto Policy Roundtable US/EMEA by TRM Labs

About This Webinar

Step into the dynamic world of cryptoasset policy and compliance with TRM's Policy and Compliance Advisory teams our quarterly webinar. In this engaging discussion we'll unravel the lingering questions from 2023, dissecting the progress made in cryptoasset policy and shedding light on the ongoing efforts to establish international standards and domestic frameworks. As we navigate through these developments, we'll probe into the implications for enforcement trends and provide insights on how businesses should navigate compliance in this evolving space.

Get ready to uncover the pulse of 2024 in cryptoasset policy with us. Here's what we'll explore:

- What groundbreaking events are set to define crypto asset policy in 2024?
- How will enforcement trends evolve throughout the year, and what this means for crypto crime.
- What should be top of mind for compliance professionals as they navigate 2024.

Ari Redbord

Global Head of Policy, TRM Labs

Ari Redbord is the Global Head of Policy at TRM Labs, a blockchain analytics company. Prior to joining TRM Labs, he served as a Senior Advisor to the Deputy Secretary and the Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence at the United States Department of Treasury. In this capacity, he worked with teams from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), and other Treasury and interagency components on issues related to sanctions, the Bank Secrecy Act, cryptocurrency, and anti-money laundering strategies.

Previously, Mr. Redbord served as a Senior Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, where he investigated and prosecuted cases related to cryptocurrency, terrorist financing, sanctions evasion, export control, child exploitation and human trafficking. He has received numerous awards from FinCEN, the FBI, and the United States Attorney's Office, including the Attorney General's Award for leading an interagency task force dedicated to prosecuting those who abuse and exploit children.

Angela Ang

Senior Policy Advisor, APAC, TRM Labs

Angela leads Asia Pacific public policy and government affairs for TRM Labs. Prior to TRM, Angela spent over a decade at the Monetary Authority of Singapore, where she held a diverse range of roles in regulatory policy, financial supervision, business development and consumer education, giving her deep insight into the full gamut of policymaking considerations for global financial regulators. Angela was recently recognised as a LinkedIn Top Voice for Finance in Asia for her thought leadership on digital asset developments in the region. She holds an MBA from INSEAD.

Tom Armstrong

Compliance Advisor at TRM Labs

Prior to joining TRM Labs, Tom served as the Head of Financial Crime Compliance Digital Assets at Goldman Sachs. In this capacity, he led the strategic efforts to build the bank’s first dedicated financial crime compliance team covering blockchain-based assets, and served in an advisory capacity across a number of business verticals including investment banking, private wealth, asset management, global markets and additional digital asset projects.

With a decade of experience working on anti-money laundering and related compliance issues at Goldman Sachs, he also led Transaction Surveillance teams, and served as Head of the Financial
Intelligence Unit and Forensics Group teams.

Isabella Chase

Senior Policy Advisor, EMEA, TRM Labs

Prior to joining TRM Labs, Ms. Chase led a research cluster on Financial Crime Futures at Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), which was tasked with assessing the role of technology in compliance, evolving AML and CFT policy frameworks and how inclusive financial integrity can be achieved.

Having dedicated her career thus far to researching innovative policy responses to financial crime, Ms. Chase brings with her to TRM an intricate understanding of the UK and EU regulatory frameworks around financial crime.