This week, the U.S. Treasury Department released a much anticipated Risk Assessment For Decentralized Finance. TRM's Ari Redbord sits down with US Treasury's Caroline Horres to discuss the risk assessment and how Treasury views the emerging technology.
Ari Redbord (moderator)
Head of Legal and Government Affairs, TRM Labs
Ari Redbord is Head of Legal and Government Affairs 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.
Caroline Horres
Senior Policy Advisor, US Treasury’s Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes
Caroline Horres is a senior policy advisor with Treasury’s Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes where she covers virtual asset issues. Previously at Treasury, she covered terrorist financing in as an analyst. Before joining Treasury, Ms. Horres worked on Middle East and oversight issues for the Senate Armed Services Committee and as an analyst for a strategic advisory firm covering security in the Middle East and Latin America. Ms. Horres holds a Masters in International Affairs and International Economics from the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies and a BA in Political Science from the College of Charleston.