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.

Deena Kuko is the Acting Deputy Comptroller overseeing a portfolio of Complex Trust and Digital Asset centered banks. She is currently leading the development of the supervisory and regulatory framework to oversee the supervision of Digital Asset banks. In addition to creating and standing up the new supervisory unit, she was also engaged in the creation of the draft GENIUS Act Regulations. Previously she was the Assistant Deputy Comptroller in the San Francisco Office. In her previous role she oversaw the supervision of a portfolio of national banks with significant mergers and acquisitions as well as chartering activities. Ms. Kuko joined the OCC in 2012 from the private banking sector and holds a master’s degree in business administration with an emphasis on finance.

Maurice Mason is a Principal cybercrime investigator with Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit, where he assesses technological security threats to Microsoft and the impact of such threats on Microsoft’s business and customers. In his current role his expertise has significantly contributed to complex investigations and takedowns. Prior to his current role, he worked as a Senior Consultant on Microsoft’s Detection and Response Team “DART”, where he led and managed multiple incident response and threat-hunting engagements that focused on ransomware and cyber espionage. Prior to joining Microsoft, he held various positions, both in the private sector and in the government, where he performed digital forensics and incident response in support of high-profile investigations.

Sean Farrell is lead counsel for AI and National Security Strategy 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 managed the Cyber Law Unit. Sean is a graduate of the College of William and Mary and Penn State- Dickinson School of Law.

Haider Rafique is Global Managing Partner at OKX, where he leads Corporate Affairs and Strategy, including government affairs and investor relations. He works closely with executive leadership on governance, regulatory engagement, stakeholder alignment, and long-term strategic positioning across global markets as digital asset infrastructure increasingly converges with traditional financial systems.Rafique brings an operator’s perspective to the future of finance, grounded in experience with market infrastructure, risk management, and cross-border regulatory frameworks.His work focuses on how digital asset and derivatives markets can evolve responsibly, with an emphasis on market integrity, transparency, and customer protection.In his role, Rafique engages with policymakers, regulators, and institutional stakeholders on the evolving market structure for digital assets. His experience spans cross-border operating models, disclosure and governance expectations, and the practical challenges of implementing compliant financial infrastructure in rapidly changing regulatory environments.Rafique is a frequent speaker at major global finance and policy forums, including Abu Dhabi Finance Week and Token2049, where he contributes to discussions on financial market evolution and the integration of emerging technologies into established market frameworks. He is one of the primary public representatives of OKX, alongside founder and CEO Star Xu.Earlier in his career, Rafique held senior roles at Okcoin, Blockchain.com, and Microsoft.

Adrian qualified as a barrister and joined the CPS as a legal trainee in 1993. He has held several senior roles across the organisation including Head of Operations for the CPS nationally, Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS London, Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS Thames and Chiltern; and in 2018 became Head of the CPS Proceeds of Crime Division, which deals with all organisation’s criminal and civil asset recovery.

Nik Adams was appointed as Deputy Commissioner for the City of London Police in December 2024, performing the role of National Coordinator for Economic and Cyber Crime. He transferred as a Commander to the City of London Police in March 2022 from his previous role as National Coordinator for Prevent and Safeguarding Lead within Counter Terrorism Policing. As Deputy Commissioner, Nik is focussed on overseeing national delivery of a number of functions including Report Fraud, the new national reporting service for fraud and cyber crime. He is responsible for the national Economic and Cyber Crime Academy and a diverse range of operational units within the City of London Police. These units tackle complex and specialist aspects of economic and cyber crime, and include partnership units specialising in intellectual property crime, insurance fraud and payment crime. He oversees the National Cyber Crime portfolio and is also the NPCC lead for the Financial Investigation, including money laundering asset recovery, and the NPCC lead for Electoral Malpractice.

Nik’s vision is to work with partners to disrupt the activity of criminals across the UK, and to improve the effectiveness of the policing response at a local, regional and national level, underpinned by good communication, a shared understanding of threats, risks, knowledge, information, skills and resources to develop innovative solutions. He is currently exploring some bold new approaches to our partnership response to tackling economic crime within the City of London.

Nik has been a police officer for 25 years and spent most of his service with West Yorkshire Police, working in Leeds, where he was the City Centre Commander and Neighbourhood Policing lead for South Leeds before his move into Counter Terrorism Policing.

Michael Lieberman serves as Assistant Director for Enforcement at the Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the Treasury. At Treasury he previously served as Director for Iran, Europe/Russia, and the Western Hemisphere and as Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary in Treasury’s Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes. Prior to Treasury, Michael was an associate at an international law firm, where he specialized in sanctions, anti-corruption, export controls, and trade. Michael received his J.D. from Berkeley Law, a M.A.L.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, and a B.A. and B.S. from the University of Texas at Austin.

Noah joined Binance in 2023 as its Global Chief Compliance Officer. Before Binance, he worked at Gemini, first as CCO and then as Chief Operating Officer. He 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 he 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.

Dr. Oliver Völkel, LL.M., is a partner at CERHA HEMPEL attorneys at law (Austria), specializing in banking and capital markets law as well as crypto asset regulation. He is widely regarded as a pioneer in this field. Dr. Völkel is the editor of leading publications, including Blockchain Rules (MANZ) and Crypto Assets (C.H. Beck), and regularly publishes and lectures at Austrian universities. His client base includes prominent layer-1 protocols, DeFi projects, and operators of mining and validator infrastructures. He advises international crypto companies, investment firms, and exchanges, with a focus on supporting regulated businesses in their entry into the European market.

Shakthi Ganesan is a Director of Crypto Compliance at Robinhood Markets, Inc., and the AML Compliance Officer for Robinhood Crypto, LLC. Prior to this role, Shakthi founded and led the Crypto Investigations team at Robinhood Markets, Inc. Earlier in his career, Shakthi led compliance operations and risk assessments for Fortune 100 technology clients and a variety of global financial institutions as part of PwC’s Financial Crimes Unit, and also held multiple roles within Standard Chartered Bank’s Financial Crimes Intelligence Unit. Shakthi obtained his bachelor’s degree in finance, management, and social entrepreneurship from New York University’s Stern School of Business.

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 previously served as a Police Officer with the Fairfax County Police Department.

Gabriel Campa is the Head of Digital Assets at Towerbank International Inc. and the strategist behind the bank’s move to become Latin America’s first Crypto Friendly bank. Since 2022, he has been leading the work to bring traditional banking and the Web3 world together, proving that a bank can be innovative without sacrificing security.

Gabriel runs the Ikigii division, leading the team that built the bank’s main product: a financial platform that connects a crypto wallet directly to a regular bank account. His focus is on making this system work at scale, ensuring that his development and compliance teams deliver a safe, seamless experience for clients who want to manage both dollars and digital assets in one place.

Detective Daniel Alessandrino has over 23 years of experience in law enforcement with the New York City Police Department. He has dedicated 18 of those years to investigating financial crimes. For the past several years, his focus has been on major financial crimes perpetrated by organized groups and prolific serial fraudsters. As a subject matter expert, he travels across the country to speak on topics related to gangs and financial crimes, sharing insights on investigative techniques and strategies. Detective Alessandrino is also currently a Task Force Officer with the United States Secret Service Cyber Fraud Task Force, where he collaborates on cutting-edge investigations in cyber-related financial crimes.

Matthew (Matt) Perfect has a policing career that spans 30 years, he has served in various policing units including the criminal justice department, murder investigation unit and specialist crime units. In 2005, Matt took a secondment to the UK National Crime Squad leading a number of high profile covert operations in the role of Senior Investigating Officer.

In 2013, Matt transferred to the National Crime Agency (NCA) taking up the role of an International Liaison Officer. He led the UK response under Operation INVIGOR (Organised Immigration Crime), managing the European Union Regional Taskforce in Italy whilst on secondment to Europol.

In 2016, Matt moved to Afghanistan as a mentor and capacity builder to the National Directorate of Security (NDS) whereby he remained as a critical member of staff following the reduction of UK resources, post the bomb attack of the 31st May 2017.

Recognised as an expert in International law enforcement collaboration and strategy, Matt transferred to the UK National Economic Crime Centre (NECC) whereby he now leads the UK response to fraud and scams enabled from foreign jurisdictions.

Xiancheng is a seasoned risk management leader with over 15 years of experience driving innovation at the intersection of finance and technology. Currently serving as Global Head of Risk at OKX, he oversees a comprehensive risk ecosystem spanning Payment, Identity, Account, Growth, and Content risk domains. Throughout his career — including a decade-long tenure at PayPal as Senior Director — he specialized in building and scaling high-performing global Risk and Operations functions. His expertise centers on leveraging machine learning techniques, data-driven strategies, and AI solutions to balance business growth with strong risk management controls.

Biswarup Chatterjee is a Managing Director and the Head of Partnerships and Innovation for Citigroup’s Services organization. In his current role, Mr. Chatterjee is responsible for developing applications for Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology across Digital Asset products for tokenized deposits, coins and crypto assets. He also oversees the business activity
of partnering with and investing in fintech and financial infrastructure providers. His responsibilities include new product and business development in coordination with the various business lines of Payments, Liquidity, Trade Finance, Issuer Services and Investor Services.

Mr. Chatterjee joined Citi in 1998 and has held various trading and business leadership responsibilities. Specifically, he played a key role in leading the development of electronic trading, digitization, marketplace development and data framework based business initiatives at Citi. He has also held Board of Director positions in global financial market industry associations, financial market infrastructure providers and fintechs.

As the lead cryptocurrency specialist for the Dutch Police – East-Netherlands, he oversees complex cryptocurrency cases. He also chairs the Dutch cryptocurrency working group, that focusses on improving cryptocurrency knowledge, policy and network across all Dutch government agencies related to cryptocurrency.

Brian Steele is Managing Director, President, Clearing & Securities Services at DTCC where he is responsible for leading the firm’s Equity Clearing and Settlement, Fixed Income Clearing, Wealth & Investment Solutions, Asset Services, Institutional Trade Processing (ITP) and Repository & Derivatives Services (RDS). He is a member of the DTCC Executive Committee,

Management Risk Committee and the Investment Management Committee. In addition, he serves as Chair of the ITP Board of Managers, Chair of the Deriv Serv Board, is a board member of the International Securities Services Association (ISSA) and participates as a member of the World Economic Forum Steering Committee.

Brian has nearly 20 years of experience in financial services, serving in a wide range of senior-level roles including Goldman Sachs, where he most recently served as Managing Director of Americas Client Coverage Group and Global Head of Client & Market Solutions. Prior to that, he served as a senior leader in several key global markets and operations-related roles, including Global Head of Market Structure Solutions; Global Head of Equities Execution Services and Settlements; Global Head of Digital Transformation for the Operations Division, and Global Head of Market Solutions for Operations Division.

Brian previously served as a board member for Acadia, Traiana, Access Fintech and Droit. He earned his bachelor of science degree in Marketing and E-commerce from Ithaca College.

Justin Mendelsohn is the Head of AML and Sanctions Compliance for Fidelity Digital Assets, NA, an OCC chartered Limited Purpose Trust Bank servicing institutional and retail investors. In this role, Mr. Mendelsohn is responsible for the design and implementation of the firm’s AML and Sanctions compliance programs in the United States, UK and Europe. Mr. Mendelsohn previously served as the Global Head of Financial Crimes Compliance and BSA Officer for Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., a privately-held bank that provides financial services to institutional and individual investors around the world. Before joining Brown Brothers, Justin was an attorney for the law firm Schulte Roth & Zabel with a practice focused on white-collar criminal defense, securities regulatory matters and internal investigations.  In that role, he represented public and privately held companies and individuals as subjects, victims and witnesses in federal criminal and regulatory matters, including matters related to potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the Bank Secrecy Act and the insider trading laws.  Mr. Mendelsohn is a former co-chair of SIFMA’s Financial Crimes Compliance Committee and has served as an industry representative at Bank Secrecy Act Advisory Group.

Simon is responsible for institutional distribution of crypto at SoFi and the head of SoFiUSD – the first stablecoin issued from a national US Bank. Prior to SoFi he served as the Chief Product Officer at BVNK (a stablecoin payments and infrastructure company) and previously spent 5 years at Silvergate where he was the Chief Business Development Officer leading on a number of initiates including their stablecoin launch with Meta/Diem and bitcoin-backed lending initiatives to the institutional fintech community.

Chris DePow is the Executive Director leading digital asset financial crimes compliance for JPMorgan Chase & Company. He is a subject matter expert on financial crime risks at the intersection of digital assets and traditional finance and has spent much of his career working to develop policies, procedures, and controls to mitigate these risks. Prior to joining J.P. Morgan, Chris was the Head of Compliance Advisory and KYC at a New York-based crypto exchange and the Head of Risk Management at a UK Reg Tech firm.

Blaire Waller is a Global Investigations Blockchain Investigator at PayPal. Beginning her career in the fiat world investigating narcotics trafficking, money laundering, and elder financial exploitation, she transitioned to specialize in complex blockchain analysis and real-time threat detection. Blaire focuses on fraud, scams, and money laundering typologies that utilize cryptocurrency to facilitate the movement of illicit proceeds. She also monitors PayPal’s stablecoin PYUSD across supported blockchains and coordinates cross-sector partnerships to combat sophisticated financial crime.

Vytautas Fabiano Silva Zumas is a Police Chief in the State of Goiás and Manager of the Signals Intelligence and Anti-Money Laundering Technology Laboratory (SIPC/PCGO). He previously established the Cryptocurrency Operations Center at the Brazilian Ministry of Justice. Holding an MSc in Blockchain and Digital Currency from the University of Nicosia and a specialization in Ethical Hacking, he serves on the U.S. DOJ’s LATAM Working Group on Cryptoassets and as a Counsellor to the National Institute of Studies on Cryptoassets (Inecripto).

Jane Khodarkovsky is a partner at Arktouros pllc, where she focuses on financial integrity and regulatory matters and litigation. She also provides product counseling to companies in the emergent technology space, including on-chain risk management and digital identity. Prior to Arktouros, she was the General Counsel and Head of Risk and Compliance of a blockchain company focused on global financial inclusion and sustainability. Jane spent over a decade as a federal and state prosecutor most recently as a trial attorney and human trafficking finance specialist in the now Money Laundering, Narcotics and Forfeiture Section, Criminal Division, in the U.S. Department of Justice.

As Chief and Deputy Chief of IRS Criminal Investigation from 2022 through
2026, Guy directed one of America’s largest federal law enforcement organizations, overseeing operations with an annual budget exceeding $1 billion and leading a global workforce of approximately 3,500 personnel. This included managing over 2,300 special agents deployed across 20 domestic field offices and operations in 14 international locations.

David Y. Lee is the Global Head of Sanctions and Interdictions Strategy and Anti-Bribery and Corruption at Western Union where he is responsible for the design, implementation, and oversight of the Global Sanctions Compliance Program and management of Western Union’s internal compliance block list. Until December 2025, David was the Global Head of Sanctions and Screening at Payoneer to transform its screening architecture. From 2022 to 2024, David was at Circle Internet Financial as Global Head of Sanctions to design and implement a hybrid fiat-crypto sanctions program and run its Risk, Regulatory & Compliance Committee.

Prior to Circle, David served nearly two decades at the U.S. State Department, the White House, and the U.S. Commerce Department as a national security and Asia expert. From 2018 to 2021, David was the Deputy Political Counselor at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations managing all UN Security Council sanctions, counterterrorism, and nonproliferation issues. Before that, David was lead U.S. negotiator for North Korea sanctions (2016 to 2018) and ISIS/AQ/Taliban sanctions and global counterterrorism efforts (2014 to 2016). Prior to the UN, David spent six years at the White House where he served in the National Security Council as Director for Nonproliferation Policy and the Office of Management and Budget as a senior political-military analyst after starting his career at the Commerce Department to review U.S. export controls and trade promotion to China and Brazil.

Angelo Aratan is an Executive Director on the Kinexys Digital Assets team at Kinexys by J.P. Morgan. He focuses on developing new applications, networks and shared technology to deliver blockchain-based solutions while also leading the team’s internal research and analysis function covering a wide breadth of ecosystem topics.

Prior to Kinexys, Angelo held roles in J.P. Morgan within the firm’s Blockchain Center of Excellence and Digital Assets Product and Strategy teams. Prior to J.P. Morgan, Angelo was a corporate attorney at a large international law firm in Silicon Valley, focusing on blockchain & cryptocurrency, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, and startup matters for institutional finance, venture capital, and emerging technology companies.

Angelo has also worked at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission within the Division of Trading and Markets in Washington, D.C., focusing on derivatives policy, as part of the agency’s Honors Law Program. Angelo joined J.P. Morgan in December 2018. He holds a J.D. with honors from Northwestern University, Pritzker School of Law with a concentration in Business Enterprise, and a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.

AJ joined Kodex in July 2024 after spending over three years building the Law Enforcement Outreach program at TikTok.

Before TikTok, AJ enjoyed a decorated career in law enforcement. After seven years as a Sergeant, AJ was promoted to his agency’s Investigations Unit, where he quickly became the lead investigator in many high-profile cases led by his team.
He was also responsible for drafting any legal process used to support criminal investigations, which gave him great insight into how many companies interact with law enforcement.

AJ is passionate about keeping children safe online. He sits on the board of directors of the Ontario Child Sexual Exploitation Investigators Association and was the inaugural chair of the Technology Coalition’s Law Enforcement Outreach and Response Committee, where he led the development of an industry-wide approach to how tech platforms interact with law enforcement.

In his spare time, AJ is an avid coach, athlete, and writer. He recently published his first novel, which became an Amazon bestseller. He earned a degree in psychology at Wilfrid Laurier University and lives in the Toronto area with his wife and three daughters.

Philip Macey is a Crypto Manager at the National Crime Agency, where he leads a team of advanced crypto track‑and‑trace specialists. He plays a key role in shaping the agency’s digital‑asset capability, driving policy development, and building expertise within one of the UK’s most forward‑leaning crypto investigation teams.A major milestone in Philip’s career has been building a dedicated crypto unit within the agency—establishing the structures, skills, and strategic direction required for tackling complex blockchain‑enabled crime. During his time with the NCA, he has also served as Deputy Senior Investigating Officer on Operation Fangtooth, contributing to the international takedown of the LockBit ransomware group and supporting the associated crypto‑based sanctions effort.Before joining the National Crime Agency, Philip spent a decade in local policing, developing strong investigative instincts, frontline leadership experience, and an ability to work under pressure—skills he now applies to the fast‑moving world of digital‑asset crime.Approachable, energetic, and grounded, Philip brings a blend of operational policing experience and technical crypto expertise to his role. He is passionate about building capability, mentoring his team, and driving innovation in how law‑enforcement responds to emerging digital‑asset threats.

Tiffany Patrick is a distinguished banking and innovation leader, renowned for her multifaceted expertise in compliance, financial crime, and business expansion. She thrives in both the traditional and evolving digital financial ecosystems. With a career spanning from financial crime investigator to business innovation leadership, Tiffany excels at developing strategic plans that uphold global compliance standards while fostering business growth in the dynamic Payments sector.

In her current role as Director of Digital Asset Payments at Citi she is instrumental in empowering existing clients to broaden their payment optionality into digital assets and expanding the reach of traditional finance products to VASP and digital-native clients. She is a leader committed to innovation, knowledge sharing, and fostering collective growth.

Sam Vicary has spent more than 15 years building and leading financial crime compliance capabilities in global banking, with experience across sanctions, AML, and anti-bribery & corruption in both first and second line roles. His core strength is translating regulatory expectations and risk appetite into effective, end-to-end control frameworks that enable growth without compromising safety. As Global Head of Screening & Digital Assets Surveillance at Standard Chartered, Sam is focused on strengthening trust in the bank’s digital assets ecosystem by embedding resilient, risk-based surveillance and governance at scale, supporting the convergence of traditional finance with digital assets as this new operating model becomes increasingly mainstream.

Sigal Mandelker joined Ribbit Capital in April 2020. Ribbit is an investment firm focused on financial services and technology. Prior to Ribbit, Sigal served as Acting Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Treasury Department and as Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence. As Under Secretary, Sigal supervised four main components of Treasury (OFAC, FinCEN, the Office of Intelligence and Analysis, and the Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes).

Sigal previously served in a number of senior positions in the U.S. government, including as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Justice Department, an AUSA in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, Counselor to Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General, and as a law clerk on the U.S.

Supreme Court. Sigal is also an Advisor to Chainalysis, sits on the Boards of the Financial Technology Association, the Crypto-ISAC, and the Blockchain Security Standards Council. She also served as Co-Chair of the Center for a New American Security’s (CNAS) task force on FinTech, Crypto, and National Security, and is also a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She served as a Member of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum Council, served on the Museum’s Executive Committee, as well as Chair of the Museum’s Collections &

Acquisitions Committee.

Blake Cohen is a Senior Blockchain Investigator at OKX, where he has worked since 2021. In 2022, Blake caught the largest crypto fraud of all time (FTX Collapse), leading to his team freezing and returning over $150 Million of the stolen funds. The Special Investigations and Intelligence unit in which Blake is the founding member, frequently collaborates with industry partners on complex money laundering cases. These successful collaborations have led to recovering over $500 Million in stolen crypto for scam victims worldwide.

Rolf van Wegberg is Associate Professor of Cybercrime Governance at the Delft University of Technology. Trained as a criminologist, he earned his MSc (cum laude) from Leiden Law School with a thesis on anti-money laundering policy effectiveness. He completed his PhD at TU Delft with the dissertation Outsourcing Cybercrime, examining how criminal actors leverage outsourced services—such as money laundering capabilities—within cybercrime value chains and how governance and law enforcement strategies can disrupt them.

His research sits at the intersection of cybercrime, financial systems, and governance, with a strong focus on illicit service providers and intervention strategies. He collaborates closely with Dutch law enforcement, serves as an embedded scientific advisor within a specialized cybercrime unit, and frequently acts as an expert witness.

Rolf has held visiting positions at the Carnegie Mellon University CyLab Security and Privacy Institute and the Yokohama National University. He also participated in the International Visitor Leadership Program of the U.S. Department of State.

Originally trained in software engineering and AI, Kelvin has worked in and with law enforcement since 2017 and as as a researcher at Delft University of Technology works on improving and assessing (forensic) methods used in digital currencies.

Alona Katz is chief of the Virtual Currency Unit at the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office. Ms. Katz has been working in the field of criminal justice for over 20 years, starting her career as a criminal investigator at the New York State Office of the Attorney General before attending Rutgers School of Law in Newark. After law school graduation, Ms. Katz joined the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor where she worked as a prosecutor from 2011 – 2015. She joined the Cybercrime and Identity Theft Unit at the Manhattan District Attorney’s office in 2015 where she was later promoted to deputy bureau chief and oversaw an array of investigations involving cryptocurrency, technology, and money laundering.

Michael Sikorski is a cybersecurity expert with 20+ years of experience in malware analysis, threat intelligence, and incident response. He authored Practical Malware Analysis, with over 100,000 copies distributed. At Palo Alto Networks, he leads threat intelligence and engineering teams at Unit 42. He previously led Mandiant’s FLARE team and worked at the NSA. Notably, he helped discover the SolarWinds backdoor and contributed to the APT1 report. He also teaches cybersecurity at Columbia University.

Brandon joined the FBI in 2016 as a Forensic Accountant, specializing in cryptocurrency investigations from the outset. While his early casework focused on White Collar crime and ransomware, his portfolio has since expanded to include murder-for-hire, exchange compromises, crimes against children, and much more. Brandon is one of the FBI’s cryptocurrency experts and the first National Asset hired into the FBI’s Virtual Assets Unit. Since 2022, Brandon dedicates the majority of his time to cases involving child predators and helping the FBI and DOJ develop new and impactful strategies to disrupt the cryptocurrency CSAM ecosystem.

Timo Schefold is a cryptocurrency investigator at a German state-level law enforcement agency, where he helped build and operate a dedicated crypto investigation unit. He has served in law enforcement since 2012 and joined the State Criminal Police Office in 2022, focusing on complex cryptocurrency and blockchain-based investigations.

With a technical background in software development, he combines hands-on investigative work with the development of custom analytical tooling and automation workflows that support operational casework. His experience includes international cooperation and the practical application of AI-assisted analysis to reduce analyst workload and improve investigative decision-making.

In addition to casework, he develops investigator-driven tools that have been shared with and used by selected international partner teams. His current focus is on building future-ready crypto investigation workflows that integrate commercial analytics platforms, targeted automation, and human-driven expertise.

Gabby Lewis is the Head of Fraud and Financial Crime at Swyftx, where she serves as a pivotal advocate for the blockchain industry representing the community on both the national and international stage. With over 12 years of experience spanning criminology, investigations, intelligence, and anti-fraud operations across both traditional finance and emerging digital asset ecosystems, Gabby is a leading voice in the fight against crypto-enabled harm.

At the forefront of Australia’s crypto evolution, Gabby has been instrumental in bridging the gap between exchanges, major banks, regulators, and law enforcement. Her leadership has directly accelerated case escalations and facilitated complex multi-jurisdictional investigations, significantly enhancing the industry’s capacity to disrupt serious cyber-enabled crime. By fostering trusted partnerships across the public and private sectors, she has helped define the standards for credibility and transparency, setting the benchmark for what good looks like in a rapidly maturing market. Under her leadership, Swyftx launched a world-first “Learn and Earn” scam prevention trial, an initiative that has garnered international interest and sparked global leading university research into consumer protection.

Beyond her leadership role, Gabby contributes to policy and cybercrime disruption as a member of the Australasian ACAMS Taskforce. She is a frequent speaker at fraud and financial crime forums, as well as major industry events such as AusCryptoCon. She is widely recognised for her operational insight, grounded communication style, and her tireless commitment to safeguarding consumers from evolving financial crime threats while supporting innovative technology.

Brian oversees MoonPay’s global financial crimes operations and compliance technologies. Since joining in 2023, he has scaled AML, sanctions, and fraud programs in support of the company’s growth and regulatory engagement.

Brian brings extensive experience across digital assets, financial services, and traditional banking. His crypto career began in 2018 at Circle Internet Financial, where he led AML operations during the launch of one of the industry’s first stablecoins. Prior to MoonPay, he served as Chief Compliance Officer of digital bank Envel and U.S. BSA Officer for the entire Wells Fargo Asset Management line of business. Earlier in his career, he held leadership roles at Deloitte Consulting and JPMorgan Chase & Co. Brian holds a degree in Government from Georgetown University and served as a Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II.

Deepthi Machavaram is a global financial crimes executive shaping how traditional financial institutions safely scale digital asset innovation. As Global Head of Digital Financial Crimes Advisory at Morgan Stanley, she leads enterprise strategy for AML, sanctions, and on-chain risk governance across brokerage, trading, custody-adjacent services, and tokenized products. Previously, she helped design and operationalize financial crimes framework for BNY Mellon’s NY DFS regulated digital assets custody platform and led financial crimes strategy at MUFG Bank.

With more than 20 years of experience, Deepthi has been at the forefront of integrating blockchain analytics, model governance, and regulatory engagement into institutional digital asset frameworks. She is a leading voice on bridging regulatory rigor with blockchain innovation in the evolving financial ecosystem.

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, Mike serves as First Line of Defense (FLOD) AML Compliance Officer for PayPal’s cryptocurrency, Global Know-Your-Customer (KYC) Program, and Enterprise-Wide AML/Sanctions Risk Assessment programs.

Darren B. McCormack currently serves as a Deputy Special Agent in Charge of the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York Field Office. In this executive-level position, Mr. McCormack provides operational oversight of all investigative and administrative functions of the HSI personnel operating within the El Dorado Task Force (EDTF). The EDTF is an HSI NY led elite, multinational law enforcement coalition dedicated to combating complex financial crimes, high-value fraud, and the illicit financial networks of narcotics cartels and other transnational criminal organizations (TCOs). By harnessing cutting-edge artificial intelligence, blockchain analytics, and cyber forensic capabilities, the EDTF systematically disrupts illicit financial ecosystems and ensures justice for victims through asset recovery and repatriation. Prior to this assignment, Mr. McCormack served as Deputy Special Agent in Charge of HSI New York’s National Security Division (NSD). The NSD consists of over 240 members from more than 20 federal, state and local law enforcement agencies throughout the New York area of responsibility. In addition to the operational aspects of the NSD, Mr. McCormack oversaw the HSI New York Intelligence program as well as all operational functions of the Special Response Team (SRT) and Tactics Program. Mr. McCormack was the Assistant Attaché for HSI Attaché Vienna, Austria from 2014-2018. He was the lead diplomatic and law enforcement representative for the U.S. Government on all DHS equities related to multi-lateral international cooperation, criminal investigations, and U.S. national security in over twenty European countries. Mr. McCormack served as a Subject Matter Expert for HSI’s $800M case management modernization initiative at HSI headquarters in Washington, D.C., where he led multiple integrated project teams for software/interface design, development, and implementation. Mr. McCormack has been presented with multiple DHS Director’s Awards and has received numerous foreign and domestic awards and commendations. Additionally, Mr. McCormack sits on the advisory board for Wonder Girls USA, a not-for-profit empowerment program for middle, high school, and college girls with a mission to build confidence, leadership, community, and business skills.

Johnny “John” Amin is a CPA and financial crime professional serving as Senior Vice President for Law Enforcement & Partner Intelligence Engagement within Citi’s Fraud Fusion Center. He oversees intelligence‑focused collaborations with government and peer institutions to identify emerging fraud and scam related threats. Previously, as a Financial Investigator with the U.S. Department of State, he led the financial side of federal criminal investigations, tracing illicit funds and uncovering financial networks tied to synthetic identities, human trafficking, illicit finance, and cryptocurrency‑enabled crime. John has also held roles at KPMG, Guidehouse, and the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR).

In July 2025, David Olesky was named the Special Agent in Charge for DEA’s Rocky Mountain Field Division, where he overseas more than 300 employees and Task Force Officers operating throughout the states of Colorado, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming. The DEA Rocky Mountain Field Division includes 13 offices and covers 434,000 square miles of territory. Mr. Olesky reported to the Rocky Mountain Field Division in April 2020 as an Assistant Special Agent in Charge and since his arrival had also served in the extended role of interim Special Agent in Charge on multiple occasions. Throughout his 25 years of service with DEA, Mr. Olesky has been involved in significant enforcement actions, specialized in money laundering operations, and gained valuable leadership experience in both the domestic and foreign arenas. While assigned to DEA Headquarters, Mr. Olesky provided significant contributions to the organization as an Executive Assistant and Section Chief. Mr. Olesky began his career with DEA in 2000 when he was hired out of DEA’s New Jersey Field Division. His first post of duty was as a Special Agent in the Los Angeles Field Division, assigned to the division’s Southwest Border Initiative focused on Mexican Drug Trafficking Organizations impacting the greater Los Angeles area. In 2007, he was assigned to the Panama City, Panama Country Office. At the conclusion of his tour in Panama, he returned to Los Angeles as a Group Supervisor for the division’s Financial Investigations Team. In 2014, Mr. Olesky returned to the foreign arena as a Group Supervisor in DEA’s Bogota, Colombia Country Office. In 2018, he was assigned to DEA’s Headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, where he worked as an Executive Assistant and then became the Section Chief responsible for overseeing DEA’s domestic and international money laundering investigations and operations. Mr. Olesky graduated from Trenton State College in New Jersey with a bachelor’s degree in accounting. Prior to joining DEA, he worked at a public accounting firm, ultimately receiving his license as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).

Rod is the Product Security Lead at Ondo Finance, where he works at the intersection of product security and on-chain defense, building detection and response systems to secure protocols at scale. He previously held security roles at major fintech and crypto organizations, including Robinhood, OpenZeppelin, and Coinbase.

Denyette DePierro leads US Financial Services Public Policy at Amazon Web Services, where she oversees advocacy to support financial services customers and regulatory engagement for the banking, securities, and insurance sectors. She also serves as the technical expert to International Standards Organization’s (ISO) drafting committee on operational resilience and cloud computing. Before joining Amazon Web Services, she was Vice President and Senior Counsel for Cybersecurity and Digital Risk at the American Bankers Association, a founding board member of the Cyber Risk Institute, and co-chair of the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council’s (FSSCC) International Policy Working Group. Denyette received her law degree and masters in dispute resolution from the Pepperdine University Cardozo School of Law, where she was a fellow at the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution and a European Union Fellow in Developmental Economics at the University of Padua in Padua, Italy.

Harry Chavis is the Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation’s (CI) New York Field Office located in New York, New York, covering New York State – from the 5 Boroughs and Long Island to the New York-Canadian border. He was named to this position in August 2025, having previously served as the Acting Special Agent in Charge since December 2024. Mr. Chavis is responsible for planning, directing, and evaluating the activities of Criminal Investigation employees located throughout the state of New York. The CI mission is to serve the American public by investigating potential criminal violations of the Internal Revenue Code and related financial crimes in a manner that fosters confidence in the tax system and compliance with the law. He has over 24 years of experience in law enforcement, where he worked and managed significant CI cases involving income tax evasion, employment tax and refund fraud, cybercrime, narcotics related financial crimes, terrorism financing, abusive tax schemes, Bank Secrecy Act, and money laundering violations. As Special Agent in Charge, Mr. Chavis leads CI Special Agents and professional staff throughout New York, IRS CI’s largest Field Office, to ensure delivery of CI’s critical mission through significant investigations and prosecutions of impactful tax and financial crimes in partnership with the U.S. Attorney’s Offices to generate the maximum deterrent effect while enhancing voluntary compliance and greater public confidence in the tax system.

Mr. Chavis began his IRS career in 2001 as a Special Agent in the Atlanta Field Office. He held management positions that included Senior Analyst, Financial Crimes in Washington, D.C., Supervisory Special Agent, IRS Commissioner’s Protection Unit in Washington, D.C.; Supervisory Special Agent in Staten Island, New York; Acting Director, Security and Technical Operations in Washington, D.C., Assistant Special Agent in Charge in Washington, D.C., Acting Director, Financial Crimes in Washington, D.C., Special Agent in Charge in Boston, MA.; and Acting Special Agent in Charge in New York, NY. Mr. Chavis is a native of Virginia and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in Accounting from Radford University in Radford, VA.

Tom Ryan is an onchain security engineer at Coinbase, where he leads efforts to protect Coinbase, Base, and the broader EVM ecosystem through real-time monitoring, intelligent detection, and automated security systems. He bridges security assessment and operations, turning audit insights into intelligent defenses that strengthen transparency and resilience across the onchain stack.

Jeremy Glickman is the Bureau Chief of the Cyber Crime Bureau at the New York County District Attorney’s Office. Jeremy joined the Office in 2002 and was assigned to a Trial Bureau where he prosecuted and tried numerous cases, including those involving domestic violence, assault, drug sales, burglary, robbery and murder. Jeremy was an original member of the Identity Theft Unit when it was first formed in 2006, and in 2010 was appointed as Deputy Bureau Chief of the newly formed Cybercrime and Identity Theft Bureau. In 2018, Jeremy was also appointed as Counsel to the Investigation Division and named Bureau Chief in July 2022. During his tenure at the Office, Jeremy has investigated, prosecuted and supervised hundreds of identity theft and fraud-related cases, including those involving credit card skimming, forgery, cyber-stalking, bank fraud, money-laundering, and computer crimes. Prior to joining the Office, Jeremy was a private investigator with Kroll Associates, working in New York and Mexico City. Jeremy received his undergraduate degree from Earlham College and his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School.

Captain Mirko Guarriello is the Commanding Officer of the Carabinieri Cryptocurrencies Unit within the Italian Carabinieri Corps, where he leads a team of advanced blockchain and digital investigation specialists. He is responsible for the direction, planning, and conduct of complex criminal investigations regarding cybercrimes, blockchain-enabled crimes, and advanced money laundering schemes. The Unit is also responsible for the organization and delivery of training sessions on cyber and blockchain investigations, aimed at advancing crypto-asset capabilities for both military and civilian institutions in Italy and abroad. Throughout his career, among other roles, he led the Cyber Investigation Section within the Carabinieri Criminal Investigation Department of Rome, where he gained progressive experience in digital forensics and the use of new technologies for criminal investigations.

Jonathan oversees OKX’s global regulatory strategy and compliance infrastructure. With nearly two decades of legal experience, he specializes in navigating the complex intersection of law, fintech, and international finance. Prior to joining OKX, Jonathan spent 12 years shaping compliance frameworks for high-growth fintechs and cross-border payment platforms in the UK and Singapore. He has served as General Counsel and CCO for multiple global financial services firms, guiding them through rapid expansion in regulated markets. Jonathan holds a J.D. from Georgetown Law, an MBA from the University of Houston, and is a member of the D.C. Bar.

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 OperationsSouth, 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.

Andrew Fierman is currently the Head of National Security Intelligence for Chainalysis, where he oversees intelligence collection and complex investigations into sanctions and nation state activity on the blockchain. Prior to joining Chainalysis, Andrew spent almost a decade developing proactive sanctions investigations programs for global financial institutions, including JPMorgan Chase, Societe Generale and most recently, as the Head of Sanctions, Americas for Barclays.

Evie Glover is a Senior Investigator at Chainalysis Government Solutions. Before joining CGS in 2022, she worked as an analyst for a U.S. federal law enforcement agency. In her current role, Evie supports cryptocurrency investigations for the U.S. government, working on cases ranging from money laundering to drug trafficking and everything in between. She is passionate about making complex crypto concepts approachable for investigators so they can make the blockchain and the world a safer place. Evie lives in Chicago, IL.

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.

Christina King brings a unique “badge-to-blockchain” perspective to Chainalysis, where she manages the Department of Justice portfolio. Driven by multiple generations of law enforcement roots within her family, Christina’s career is built on a lifelong commitment to the mission. She began her public service as an Intelligence Analyst for the Washington/Baltimore HIDTA supporting the DEA, later serving as a Police Officer in Arlington County, Virginia. Since 2012, Christina has translated that front-line experience into the private sector, specializing in mission-critical software for the U.S. Federal Government.

Outside of her professional life, Christina is a dedicated host who loves entertaining at home and a persistent golfer—still tirelessly chasing her first hole-in-one.

Beth Bisbee is currently the Director of Product Strategy at Chainalysis Government Solutions (CGS). Beth has been designated as an expert witness in cryptocurrency and blockchain analysis in multiple US district courts. Prior to that, Beth established the foremost cryptocurrency investigative program within Chainalysis in support of the public sector. Before Chainalysis, she was an Intelligence Research Specialist at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) where she served as a nationally-recognized subject matter expert (SME) on cryptocurrencies, tracing the flow of illicit funds in criminal cases, and identifying transactional behavior occurring on the blockchain. She has been researching cryptocurrencies and their illicit use, and actively working cases in that area, since 2014.

Pierce Vaughn is a trusted resource and investigator with over six years of professional services experience across cyber threat and financial intelligence, asset issuance, and strategic enablement services.

Pierce currently serves as a Senior Investigator at Chainalysis, where he leads cross-sector cryptocurrency investigations and advises institutions on mitigating financial crime risk. As a trusted partner to financial institutions, regulators, and law enforcement, he works with asset issuers on the launch and oversight of stablecoins, the design of crypto risk management frameworks, and ecosystem monitoring.

Valerie Kennedy is the Director of Services for the Americas at Chainalysis, where she leads investigative, advisory, and data-science teams supporting banks, fintechs, and government agencies. Her work helps these organizations adopt blockchain technology and strengthen cyber resilience, spanning tokenized-deposit initiatives, stablecoin risk frameworks, and national-security investigations.

Valerie specializes in the intersection of emerging technology and geopolitical risk. A recognized voice on hybrid threats, she has briefed the UN Security Council on the convergence of cyber warfare and artificial intelligence. Her deep background in cybered conflict includes research as a Fulbright Scholar at Tel Aviv University’s Blavatnik Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center, as well as operational roles focused on disinformation and sanctions evasion at the German Marshall Fund’s Alliance for Securing Democracy.

Prior to Chainalysis, she served in compliance and investigative roles at Bittrex and supported humanitarian crisis response at UNICEF Ukraine.

Matthias Bauer-Langgartner serves as the Head of Policy for Europe at Chainalysis where he leads digital assets policy, regulatory strategy, and stakeholder engagement across the region. He serves as a strategic advisor to Chainalysis leadership on the rapidly evolving regulation of digital assets. Matthias is also a Board member of Blockchain4Europe, a Brussels based membership organization for companies driving innovation, integrity and empowerment through blockchain.

Prior to Chainalysis, Matthias served as a Senior Supervisor at the European Central Bank, focused on emerging technologies, particularly distributed ledger technologies. He also held the role of Managing Director at Bitpanda, one of Europe’s leading digital asset exchanges. Additionally, Matthias spent over six years at the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority, where he played a pivotal role in shaping digital assets and innovation policy, and was instrumental in establishing the world’s first regulatory sandbox through FCA Innovate.

Simon Johansson is an accomplished cybercrime and cryptocurrency investigator, recognized for his deep expertise in blockchain obfuscation and privacy-enhancing technologies. With a decade of distinguished service in law enforcement, he specialized in dismantling sophisticated criminal operations that exploited the perceived anonymity of the digital economy.

He built his reputation by tackling the toughest challenges in cryptocurrency investigations: piercing through layers of on-chain anonymity to trace illicit funds. This advanced skill set proved instrumental in cracking high-stakes cases and setting new investigative standards.

Today, Simon Johansson channels this rare, frontline expertise to empower public sector partners across Europe. He is a trusted advisor to law enforcement and regulatory agencies, working to elevate their capabilities and strategic response to emerging threats. By demystifying complex obfuscation methods, Simon Johansson is not just building trust in blockchains—he is building the resilience needed to secure the future of the digital financial ecosystem.

Sarah Ward is Chief Legal and Administrative Officer at Chainalysis. In this role, Sarah has oversight of the company’s Legal, Security/IT, Compliance, People, Corporate Communications and Policy teams. Sarah also sits on the Board of Chainalysis Government Solutions and NY DFS’ Virtual Currency Advisory Board. Sarah has also previously sat on the board of the Blockchain Association, a leading industry association.

Prior to joining Chainalysis, Sarah held leadership roles at several other high-growth tech companies, including Sisense, MongoDB and Criteo. At MongoDB she advised the company through its hyper-growth phase and successful IPO and led the creation and adoption of the SSPL, a new open source license. Sarah started her legal career at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in New York.

Craig Gillespie is a veteran investigator with deep expertise in tackling cyber crime and illicit finance. He previously had a 15 year career in law enforcement, spending the last eight years as a specialist investigator and Senior Investigating Officer within UK Law Enforcement. During this time, he focused on complex cases involving Organised Crime and Illicit Finance, building an extensive background in cryptocurrency investigations and serving as an expert witness in legal proceedings.

For the last four years, Craig has brought this frontline experience to Chainalysis. Driven by a mission to build trust in blockchains, he is responsible for working closely with public and private sector partners to support their priorities and accelerate their capability growth within the cryptocurrency arena. Craig leverages his unique blend of public service and private sector expertise to empower organisations, making the digital economy safer for everyone.

Liana Rizzi is a former attorney who has built her career at the intersection of law, technology, and financial crime. She became interested in crypto early, purchasing Bitcoin in 2013 using Western Union on LocalBitcoins.com—an experience that sparked her curiosity about the evolving digital asset landscape. Now at Chainalysis, she helps top financial institutions navigate crypto-related risks, leveraging her legal background and real-world expertise in financial crime investigations.

Brian is a Solution Architect at Chainalysis who has been at Chainalysis for over 5 years. He’s worked on compliance, investigative, data and security solutions across all of Chainalysis’ customer segments.

Joe is a Senior Solutions Architect with Chainalysis Government Solutions. Prior to joining Chainalysis, Joe was a Detective, and an FBI Task Force Officer in the Costa Mesa Police Department’s (CMPD) Special Investigations Unit. His assignments included investigations into Hi-Tech crimes, human trafficking, major narcotics / money-laundering, and violent crimes. In addition to his primary duties as a Detective, Joe was a firearms instructor, and a member of the CMPD’s SWAT Team. Joe still serves as a Reserve Detective with the CMPD.

Prior to joining the CMPD, Joe served as an Infantry Officer in the United States Marine Corps.
Joe holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Government and Politics from St. John’s University in Queens, New York, and a Master’s Degree in Business (MBV) from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California.

Ekim is a Senior Product Manager at Chainalysis focused on building Data Solutions (DS), our new data platform for analyzing blockchain threat intelligence at scale. Before joining Chainalysis in 2022, Ekim was a data analyst at Squarespace, helping surface data insights to guide the strategic direction of the company and prior to that, she worked as an equity derivatives analyst on the capital markets floor at Morgan Stanley.

Manager of Data Science on the Global Services team at Chainalysis. In this role, he is responsible for helping customers leverage Chainalysis data and capabilities to support for complex investigations and research. Prior to working at Chainalysis, Caleb worked as a Data Scientist at Booz Allen Hamilton.

Trenton Kennedy’s work at Chainalysis Government Solutions is focused on maximizing the impact of the CGS team and its customers, leveraging his deep understanding of our products, customers, and global regluation. Prior to Chainalysis Government Solutions, Trenton was Chief of Staff to the CEO at Chainalysis and held policy communications roles at Chainalysis, Twitter, and the US Senate.

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.