The Digital Asset Compliance & Market Integrity Summit
DACOM 2020 is a series of virtual events tackling the foremost challenges - and huge opportunities - of regulated crypto growth.
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Dan M. Berkovitz
Futures Trading Commission
"We are working diligently with all the applicants to get their products on the market. But we need to ensure that a crypto product, just like any other product that’s traded on our markets, meets all the standards." - Interview, BlockTV, March 2019
The CFTC is currently the chief U.S. Federal Agency actively regulating crypto trading. Commissioner Berkovitz will join us for a fireside chat, share his insights on the state of crypto regulation, and answer pre-sourced questions from the crowd.
Asaf Meir
Asaf Meir
Meir is a leading expert and sought-after speaker and advisor on digital asset compliance. Meir spent a decade leading complex technological projects for startups and large corporations, most recently at Goldman Sachs’ equities trading desk.
Alissa Ostrove
Alissa Ostrove
Alissa is the Chief Of Staff at CryptoCompare, the leading provider of digital asset market data. She has a Master’s of Science from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Case Western Reserve University. A passionate advocate of the potential of cryptocurrencies to transform global financial markets, she leverages her background in international development to propel CryptoCompare’s mission to promote greater transparency and provide trusted data on digital assets.
Lawrence Wintermeyer
Lawrence Wintermeyer
Lawrence is a Co-Chair of GDF. He is a globally recognised digital finance advocate, advisor, and investment manager, over a career spanning more than 25 years.
He is the principal of Elipses, an advisory and investment firm focused on digital disruption in the finance sector. He is the former CEO of Innovation Finance, a not-for-profit FinTech members association, which helped establish the UK as the premier FinTech Hub globally.
Matt Homer
James Harris
Executive Deputy Superintendent, Research & Innovation, NYDFS
Daniel Gorfine
Lawrence Wintermeyer
Lawrence is a Co-Chair of GDF. He is a globally recognised digital finance advocate, advisor, and investment manager, over a career spanning more than 25 years.
He is the principal of Elipses, an advisory and investment firm focused on digital disruption in the finance sector. He is the former CEO of Innovation Finance, a not-for-profit FinTech members association, which helped establish the UK as the premier FinTech Hub globally.
Teana Baker-Taylor
Teana Bakr-Taylor
Teana is Director and General Manager, UK for Binance, the leading global cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, with users from over 180 countries and regions. Teana champions Binance’s presence in the U.K. and leads expansion across the European region. She oversees new business opportunities and partnerships, market strategy, operations and marketing, and leads government relations and regulatory affairs in the region. Teana is passionate about the opportunities emerging from digital assets - as a global formation of capital, through the tokenisation of products and services and as a burgeoning asset class. She possesses 20+ years’ experience in commercial strategy, proposition development, and policy and communications, with a depth of expertise in fintech, crypto, transaction banking and payments and capital markets. She leverages her experience within both the traditional finance and digital asset industries to bridge two ecosystems with shared commercial, regulatory and reputational challenges. Previously, Teana was the Executive Director and board member of Global Digital Finance, a not-forprofit initiative fostering discussion on global policy and governance for blockchain and digital assets with policymakers, regulators and industry participants, conducting outreach to build a shared understanding of the risks and opportunities presented by tokens and digital currencies. Teana has held senior strategy, communications and marketing positions at Coinfloor, HSBC, Citi, Fiserv, Royal Bank of Scotland and Hilton Hotels. Teana is a frequent editorial contributor and speaker at industry events. She was recognised as one of the Standout 35 of the most influential women in Fintech globally within the Innovate Finance 2018 Women in Fintech Powerlist and won the Blockchain Leaders category in the Women In Tech Awards 2019.
Shari Noonan
Shari Noonan
Shari Noonan is Rialto Markets CEO and has more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. Shari has extensive experience in building and scaling operations and products with Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, and Instinet and was directly involved in the electronification of the Equities market. She worked to develop many of the initial products in equities electronic trading, including the first ATS’s, advanced algorithms, and electronic negotiations. She received a BS in Accounting from Marquette University and MBA from Columbia University and holds Series 3,7,24,55,63 registrations.
Amy Davine Kim
Amy Davine Kim
Amy Davine Kim is the Chief Policy Officer for the Chamber of Digital Commerce. Prior to joining the Chamber, she advised financial institutions, blockchain-based companies, marketplace lenders, investors and innovators regarding compliance obligations under financial services laws. In particular, she has advised on the Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering requirements, the regulations and sanctions programs administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control. She has also advised on state money transmitter laws implemented by state banking departments, and related consumer financial protection laws. She is a regular speaker on these issues, particularly as they relate to blockchain-based businesses and technologies.During her career, Amy has also advised companies on cross-border anti-bribery and trade-related compliance matters, and advised investors in their investments in hedge, private equity and real estate funds. She has also assisted companies in advocating before the U.S. Congress and other U.S. government agencies. Amy holds a bachelor’s degree from Pepperdine University and her law degree from University of Notre Dame Law School.
Chen Arad
Chen Arad
Chen Arad is the Chief Operating Officer of Solidus Labs, a team of Goldman Sachs veterans on a mission to enable safe and regulated crypto markets through tailored compliance and risk monitoring solutions. Solidus Labs offers the first crypto-native market surveillance and risk monitoring hub tailored for digital assets, which helps crypto businesses globally apply for licensing, attract institutional investors, protect their users and grow faster - and safer. As COO, Arad leads Solidus’ market engagement and communications strategy, working closely with the firm’s regulatory and strategic partners to proactively promote integrity standards in the digital asset industry. This includes Solidus Labs’ role as Founding Advisory Council Member and Market Integrity Chair of Global Digital Finance and the Solidus-initiated Annual Digital Asset Compliance and Market Integrity Summit.
Deborah Fuhr
Alexander Royle
Alex has extensive practical experience of capital markets, regulation and policy, acquired through roles at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) UK regulator and the European Securities and Market Authority (ESMA).
Alex started his career as a listed derivatives broker, before transitioning into trading and market-making roles across both fixed income and commodity futures and options. Following this Alex moved to the FCA and leveraged his functional experience and operational knowledge of trading firms to directly supervise the UK’s biggest capital markets trading venues. Alex was subsequently seconded to ESMA’s Markets Policy team as a National Expert where his focus was across all MiFID II legislative and implementation issues.
Prior to joining Archax, Alex worked at the FCA focussing on the supervision of the UK’s most innovative trading infrastructure firms.
Alex has recently completed his M.Sc in Financial Regulation from Henley Business School, University of Reading.
Gabor Gurbacs
Gabor Gurbacs
Gabor Gurbacs is an entrepreneur, digital asset / cryptocurrency investment strategist, former archaeology CEO, and discrete mathematician residing in New York City. He is currently the Director of Digital Asset Strategy at VanEck, an investment management firm.
James Harris
James Harris
Previously Head of Custody and Head of Sales for Diginex and MetaVault respectively after 15 years in Investment Banking and Trading for Institutions such as Citi and Standard Chartered Bank.
Simon Karaban
Simon Karaban
Vice President, Singapore Exchange
Antonio Brasse
Antonio Brasse
Antonio is one of the founders and CEO of BlockQuake™. He has nearly two decades of regulatory, financial, operational and technology audit experience within the financial services industry. Antonio spent much of his career at AIG, Citi and New York Life prior to co-founding BlockQuake, a regulatory-driven digital asset trading platform. His personal trading experience included stocks, options, and forex before delving into cryptocurrency trading.
Martin Liebi
Martin Liebi
Martin has more than 18 years of practical experience in the areas of private banking, investment banking, asset management
and capital markets. He has worked for leading US and Swiss law firms.He advises banks, securities dealers, financial market infrastructures and other financial market participants regarding financial
market regulation, financial products, agreements and other documentation with a focus on capital market topics. Martin plans
and manages large scale regulatory change projects in the areas such as MiFID II, FMIA, SFTR, MAR, PSD, etc. Martin is also
active in the areas of M&A, restructurings, IPO, share and bond placements. He is also very active in the area of FinTech,
Digital Banking and crypto trading.Martin holds a Master in General Management (Harvard University, MSc.), a Master in Law from Stanford University (LL.M.), a
PhD in Law from the University in Zurich, and a Master in Law from the University of Fribourg. Martin is also a
CAIA-charterholder and admitted as attorney-at-law in Switzerland and New York.Martin publishes regularly about current financial market topics, asset management, capital markets, restructurings and
company law, as well as M&A. He is a regular speaker at conferences of leading industry associations and Universities
(Universität St. Gallen, Universität Zürich und Swiss Finance Institute), in particular in the areas of banking and capital markets.Martin is a lecturer at the University of Zurich in its LL.M. in Banking and Finance in the area of capital markets law and is a
judge at the commercial court in Zurich (Banks/M&A/capital markets).
Alexander Royle
Alexander Royle
Alex has extensive practical experience of capital markets, regulation and policy, acquired through roles at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) UK regulator and the European Securities and Market Authority (ESMA).
Alex started his career as a listed derivatives broker, before transitioning into trading and market-making roles across both fixed income and commodity futures and options. Following this Alex moved to the FCA and leveraged his functional experience and operational knowledge of trading firms to directly supervise the UK’s biggest capital markets trading venues. Alex was subsequently seconded to ESMA’s Markets Policy team as a National Expert where his focus was across all MiFID II legislative and implementation issues.
Prior to joining Archax, Alex worked at the FCA focussing on the supervision of the UK’s most innovative trading infrastructure firms.
Alex has recently completed his M.Sc in Financial Regulation from Henley Business School, University of Reading.
A new forum wholly dedicated to the professional development of digital asset compliance professionals, and the advancement of crypto market integrity standards
Compliance and market integrity are two of the biggest hurdles facing further institutional adoption and regulatory approval of digital assets. There are currently no uniquely dedicated forums for crypto compliance professionals
The DACOM Summit is a professional development series, enabling crypto compliance personnel and regulators to gather, discuss challenges, share knowledge, exchange ideas and promote better industry standards
DACOM will be series of dialogue-centric digital events taking place during October and November 2020, featuring a keynote fireside chat with CFTC Commissioner Dan Berkovitz and expert panels covering key topics and round-table discussions
DACOM is a not-for-profit endeavor advancing the field of digital asset compliance. All revenue will be allocated to covering costs.
Solidus Labs is a team of finance veterans on a mission to enable safe and regulated crypto markets through tailored compliance and risk monitoring solutions.
Solidus Labs offers the first crypto-native, comprehensive, automated and testable market surveillance and risk monitoring hub tailored for digital assets.
Crypto businesses globally rely on Solidus' solutions in order to apply for licensing, attract institutional investors, protect their users and grow faster - and safer.
CryptoCompare is the global leader in digital asset data. Institutional and retail investors rely on the company for real-time, high quality data spanning 4,200+ coins and 195,000+ currency pairs.
By aggregating and analysing tick data from globally recognised exchanges and seamlessly integrating multiple datasets, CryptoCompare provides a comprehensive, granular overview of the market across trade, order book, historical, social and blockchain data. For more information, please visit our website.