TRM Talks
Every other week, TRM’s Global Head of Policy, Ari Redbord, sits down with business leaders, policy makers, and investigators from across the globe to talk about the key crypto policy, regulatory and enforcement issues of the day. Subscribe to our channel for the latest developments from the world of blockchain and cryptocurrency.
About TRM Labs
TRM provides blockchain intelligence to help financial institutions, cryptocurrency businesses and public sector agencies detect and investigate crypto-related fraud and financial crime. www.trmlabs.com.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 34 minutes
- Episodes
- 109
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
EP. 93 | Threat Intelligence at Match Point: Disrupting Malicious Actors with Flashpoint CEO (and Tennis Champion) Josh Lefkowitz
How did a Wall Street-bound grad become a pioneer in counterterrorism and threat intelligence? In this episode, Josh Lefkowitz, CEO of Flashpoint, joins Ari to unpack that journey — and share critica…
EP 92 | From HSI to IP House: Steve Francis on Leadership, Enforcement, and Innovation
Former Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Director Steve Francis dedicated his life to public service from a young age, rising to the pinnacle of US federal law enforcement.On this episode of TRM…
EP 91 | Building the Crypto-Native Banking Blueprint with Bitcoin Pioneer Joey Garcia
Can a crypto-native company become a fully licensed bank? Joey Garcia not only believes it, he has done it.
In this episode, Bitcoin pioneer and Xapo Bank’s Executive Director Joey Garcia joins Ari, t…
EP. 90 | Inside the White House Crypto Report with Treasury Digital Assets Lead Tyler Williams
In this special episode of TRM Talks, Ari sits down with Tyler Williams, Counselor to the Secretary of the US Treasury for digital assets and one of the lead architects of last week’s landmark White …
EP. 89 | From Privacy to Policy: Building the Compliance Layer for DeFi with Nikhil Raghuveera
This week on TRM Talks, Ari Redbord, Global Head of Policy, TRM Labs, sits down with Nikhil Raghuveera, CEO of Predicate, to talk about the future of compliance in decentralized finance — and why the…
EP. 88 | CJ Rinaldi on Building Scalable, Risk-Driven Compliance at Kraken
What happens when a veteran of traditional finance decides to help shape the future of crypto compliance? In this episode, Kraken Chief Compliance Officer CJ Rinaldi joins Ari Redbord, TRM's Global H…
EP. 87 | Inside Japan’s Crypto Framework: A Conversation with JFSA's Ryosuke Ushida
What does effective crypto regulation look like in practice? Ryosuke Ushida, Chief FinTech Officer, Financial Services Agency of Japan (JFSA) joins Ari Redbord, Global Head of Policy at TRM Lab to di…
EP. 86 | From Attaché to AWS: Forging Connections on the Future of Geoeconomics with Michael Greenwald
On this episode of TRM Talks, Ari Redbord sits down with Michael Greenwald — former US Treasury attaché to the Gulf and now Global Head of Financial Innovation and Digital Assets at AWS — to explore …
EP. 85 | The Road to CLARITY: Talking Crypto Legislation with Congressman Bryan Steil
On the eve of the most important legislative discussion in US crypto history, Congressman Bryan Steil, Chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology an…
EP. 84 | From Treasury to Tokens: A Blockchain Compliance Journey with Blockchain.com’s Kate Eyerman
In this episode, Ari Redbord, TRM's Global head of Policy, sits down with Kate Eyerman, Chief Compliance Officer at Blockchain.com, to unpack her unconventional path from the US State Department and …
EP. 83 | From Pilot to Crypto Compliance Pioneer: Building and Scaling Risk Management with Brandi Reynolds
Crypto compliance is a journey — and sometimes it feels like flying a plane while building it. Fortunately, this week’s TRM Talks guest knows how to do both.
Brandi Reynolds, licensed pilot and trailb…
EP. 82 | Inside Binance: Eleanor Hughes and Steven McWhirter on Regulation, Compliance, and Growth
Binance is the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange — and at its core are people working to shape the future of digital finance. In this episode of TRM Talks, Ari sits down with Eleanor Hughes (Ge…
EP. 81 | Covering Crypto in America: From Stablecoins to the SEC, Eleanor Terrett Tracks a Shifting Policy Landscape
What happens when a top financial journalist turns her lens on crypto policy? In this episode, Ari sits down with Eleanor Terrett — former Fox Business reporter and co-host of the "Crypto in America"…
EP. 80 | How the FBI Tracks and Seizes Illicit Crypto with the Virtual Assets Unit Chief Patrick Wyman
The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Virtual Assets Unit Chief Patrick Wyman, joins Ari on this episode of TRM Talks to explore the Bureau’s evolving strategy for combating crypto-related crim…
EP. 79 | North Korea’s Cyber Army: How Hackers Stole $1.5B and What Comes Next with Jean Lee and Nick Carlsen
North Korea just executed the biggest crypto heist in history, stealing USD 1.5 billion from Bybit. But how did they do it? And can they be stopped? On this episode of TRM Talks, Jean Lee (The Lazaru…
EP. 78 | A Big Week on the Road to Legal Clarity with Uniswap Chief Legal Officer Katherine Minarik
In this very timely episode of TRM Talks, Ari sits down with Katherine Minarik, Chief Legal Officer at Uniswap Labs, to discuss a truly extraordinary week in crypto legal history. Katherine, formerly…
EP. 77 | Deepfakes and the Rise of AI-Enabled Crime with Hany Farid
AI reshaping society — the way we live and work. However, it is also supercharging illicit activity from deepfakes to automated fraud, large-scale cyberattacks to child exploitation. In this episode …
EP. 76 | New Frontiers in Finance — A Journey from State Banking Supervisor to Compliance Leader
On this episode, Albert Forkner joins Ari as he explores the evolving frontier of finance, sharing his journey from Wyoming’s State Banking Commissioner to leading risk and compliance at Two Ocean Tr…
EP. 75 | A Former Treasury Official Talks Stablecoin Compliance, Policy and Regulation
In this episode, Ari speaks with Caroline Hill, Senior Director of Global Policy and Regulatory Strategy at Circle, about Circle's commitment to building with compliance at its core and the future of…
Future Money: How Crypto, AI, and the Technology Revolution are Changing Finance
In this episode Ari sits down with Ronit Ghose, Global Head, Future of Finance, Citi Institute, to discuss how financial institutions are leveraging the power of transformative technologies. In this …