Johanna Collins-Wood is General Counsel and Head of Compliance for the U.S. asset management business at Bitwise Asset Management and serves as Chief Compliance Officer of Bitwise Investment Manager, an SEC-registered investment adviser. She previously served as Deputy General Counsel at Bitwise and, prior to Bitwise, advised cryptocurrency and digital asset companies as an associate […]
Brett Falk is a research assistant professor in the computer and information science department at the University of Pennsylvania. His work focuses on blockchains and cryptography.
Pat LaVecchia is an innovator, fintech builder and capital markets executive with more than 30 years of experience. He founded Oasis Pro and, following its acquisition by Ondo Finance, joined Ondo’s senior leadership team while continuing as CEO of Oasis Pro subsidiary. Under his leadership, Oasis Pro supported Project Guardian with Apollo and J.P. Morgan, […]
Ryan McKenney is the General Counsel of Compliance and the Director of Government Relations at Quantinuum (NASDAQ: QNT), a leading quantum computing company and a spinout from Honeywell. In these roles, he oversees compliance efforts and leads government relations and policy strategy. Previously, Ryan was an attorney at two large international law firms (Milbank and […]
Ari Redbord is the Head of Legal and Government Affairs at TRM Labs, the blockchain intelligence company. Prior to joining TRM, Ari was the Senior Advisor to the Deputy Secretary and the Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence at the United States Treasury. In that position, Ari worked with teams from the Office of Foreign […]
Lee Reiners is a lecturing fellow at the Duke Financial Economics Center and Duke Law. At Duke, Reiners has taught classes on FinTech Law and Policy, Cryptocurrency Law and Policy, Financial Regulatory Policy, Climate Change and Financial Markets, and Cybersecurity Law and Policy. Reiners is widely recognized for his unbiased commentary and analysis on cryptocurrency regulation, and […]
Trace Schmeltz is a partner in the Chicago office of Steptoe LLP, where he advises clients on securities and commodities regulatory issues, handles enforcement matters, and tries cases in court and arbitration. He represents futures commission merchants, exchanges, commodity trading advisors, commodity pool operators, hedge funds, investment advisers, and other financial market participants in investigations, […]
Daniel Spuller currently serves as Executive Vice President of Industry Affairs at the Blockchain Association, a leading nonprofit in Washington, DC, advocating for pro-innovation policies in the digital asset economy. He is also an appointee to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond’s Business and Payments Advisory Council, where he contributes to analyses of stablecoins, consumer […]
Matt Trudeau, President and Co-Founder, was previously Chief Executive Officer at Nori, leading the development of a carbon removal credit market and registry. Prior to that, he was COO at Cboe Digital (formerly known as ErisX). A serial exchange founder, Matt has more than 25 years of experience in electronic trading and financial markets and […]
Ryan VanGrack is Vice Chairman at Coinbase, where he guides the company’s corporate strategy and represents Coinbase before key clients, stakeholders, and policymakers around the world. He previously served as Vice President of Legal and Global Head of Litigation. Before joining Coinbase, Ryan was General Counsel at Citadel Securities, where he was responsible for managing […]
Anthony Vassallo is the Director of Crypto at First Citizens Innovation Banking. He has spent ten years at the bank, and eight years bridging traditional banking and digital assets. Anthony approaches crypto with optimism forged through skepticism, cutting through hype to support builders solving real problems. At heart, Anthony is a Bitcoiner. Prior to his […]
