TRM Talks

Ari sits down with Circle’s Dante Disparte to discuss his journey from Libra to Circle, the power of digital assets for financial inclusion, and the future of stablecoin regulation. Today’s Guest Dante Disparte, Chief Strategy Officer and Global Head of Policy, Circle Host: Ari Rebord, Global Head of Policy, TRM Labs Resources About Dante Disparte About Circle TRM Insights: Stablecoin Summer: How...

Carole House , former US Treasury and White House National Security Council official, joins Ari to discuss the nexus between crypto and national security. Carole, the primary author of the White House Executive Order on Digital Assets and the recent CFTC report on DeFi, talks about these important reports, the process behind them, and how to mitigate North Korea, terrorist financing, ransomware an...

Ari sits down with WIRED magazine’s Andy Greenberg and TRM’s Chris Janczewski , a former IRS-CI agent and the protagonist of Andy’s book Tracer’s in the Dark , to discuss how Chris and other investigators track and trace crypto to build investigations and hunt illicit actors on the blockchain. Today’s Guests Andy Greenberg, Senior Writer, WIRED magazine Chris Janczewski, Head of Global Investigati...

In this episode, TRM's global policy team - Ari Redbord, Isabella Chase and Angela Ang - got together, in-person, to dissect the latest regulatory news of the quarter. The result was a 20-minute rapid fire, wide-ranging discussion of macro and micro digital assets policy across the globe. From the UK to the U.S., the EU to Australia and beyond, TRM's Policy Team discussed the U.S. Treasury's recen...

In this episode TRM's Ari Redbord sat down with Santa Clara Prosecutor Erin West of REACT Task Force at ACAMS in Las Vegas. Erin, the conference's keynote speaker, discussed her journey and why she has a laser focus on rooting out "pig butchering." In pig butchering, also-known-as "romance scams," scammers encounter victims on dating sites, social media websites, or even random texts masquerading...

It has been a busy 2023 in Australia with policymakers consulting on crypto licensing, AML/CTF reform, and more. Australia is home to a growing crypto ecosystem - crypto-assets are the second most popular investment after shares. With that growth has come regulatory scrutiny focused on consumer protection, combatting financial crime and creating a modern, risk-based regime for crypto-assets. In th...

In this TRM Talks, Ari Redbord is joined by Jean Lee, writer, commentator and expert on North Korea. She is co-host of the Peabody-nominated Lazarus Heist podcast on the BBC World Service. Lee led the Associated Press news agency’s coverage of the Korean Peninsula as bureau chief from 2008 to 2013. In 2011, she became the first American reporter granted extensive access on the ground in North Kore...

Despite the so-called "crypto winter," we have seen a flurry of institutional adoption. But, as the ecosystem grows so does the need to keep funds safe. In this TRM Talks Ari Redbord sits down with Fireblocks' Chief Legal Officer and Chief Compliance Officer Jason Allegrante to discuss protecting the crypto ecosystem from hacks and other exploits, how Fireblocks works with Blockchain...

The U.S. Justice Department set up the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET) in 2021 amid growing concerns about the use of cryptocurrency for illicit finance including national security threats from North Korea, sanctions evasion, terrorists and weapons proliferators. In 2023, DOJ announced that the the NCET has been merged into the Department's computer crimes section. In this episode...

The  European Banking Authority 's  Elisabeth Noble  joins TRM's  Isabella Chase  and  Ari Redbord  for an in-depth discussion of what's next for MiCA. Elisabeth, a Senior Policy Expert at the EBA, leads the EBA’s work on crypto-assets and innovation facilitators and coordinates the European Forum for Innovation Facilitators. She is contributing to the development of the new EU Digital...

In April, the U.S. Treasury Department issued its 42-page DeFi Risk Assessment laying out various money laundering risks for DeFi. The assessment, at the end, poses a series of discussion questions. On July 24  TRM Labs  is joined by three of the foremost experts on DeFi and regulation to answer these questions. TRM's  Ari Redbord  is joined by  Rebecca Rettig , Chief Policy Officer,  Polygon...

At the end of June 2023, the Financial Action Task Force released its fourth “ Targeted Update on Implementation of FATF’s Standards on VAs and VASPs .” The report surveyed 151 jurisdictions to find out what they have done to comply with the FATF Recommendations on virtual assets. According to FATF, 75% of jurisdictions that have made changes to their regimes have only done so to a partially or no...

In this Flash TRM Talks, TRM's Ari Redbord sits down for a few minutes with the Chief of IRS-Criminal Investigations Jim Lee.

For this Flash TRM Talks, TRM's Ari Redbord sits down for a few minutes with former Treasury Official Eric Lorber of PWC and Isabella Edmonds of GeoComply to talk sanctions compliance ahead of a TRM Talks with OFAC's Dallas Woodrum.

For this Flash TRM Talks, TRM's Ari Redbord sits down for a few minutes with Executive Associate Director of Homeland Security Investigations Steve Francis.

In this Flash TRM Talks, TRM's Ari Redbord sits down for a few minutes with former U.S. Treasury Official and Founder of Capitol Peak Strategies Alex Zerden.

In this Flash TRM Talks, TRM's Ari Redbord sits down for a few minutes with Olta Andoni, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Enclave Markets.

In this Flash TRM Talks, TRM's Ari Redbord sits down for a few minutes with Kathy Kraninger, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs at Solidus Labs and former Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

In this Flash TRM Talks, TRM's Ari Redbord welcomes former IRS-CI Agent Chris Janczewski to TRM as Head of Global Investigations.

Minakshi Yerra, VP and Global Head of Compliance at Ripple.

In this Flash TRM Talks Ari Redbord sits down for a few minutes with former FinCEN Deputy Director Annalou Tirol of O’Melveny & Myers, LLP.

In this Flash TRM Talks Ari Redbord sits down for a few minutes with ACAM's Joby Carpenter.

In this Flash TRM Talks Ari Redbord sits down for a few minutes with Crypto UK's Ian Taylor

In this TRM Talks, Ari Redbord is joined by Geoff White, journalist, author and co-host of the BBC's acclaimed " Lazarus Heist " to discuss the first and second seasons of the podcast which focus on North Korea's attack on Sony Pictures and the Bank of Bangladesh as well as the evolution and growing sophistication of North Korea's elite, state sponsored, cybercriminals. In addition, Mr. White disc...

In the last week of June, after a busy quarter of policy consultations, new legislative packages and ongoing debate, TRM’s Policy team held its latest edition of TRM Talks Policy. Ari Redbord and Isabella Chase were joined by Dr. Chris Brummer, TRM Labs special advisor and professor of Law and Financial Technology at Georgetown University Law Center, to unpack the latest regulatory and policy deve...