Upcoming Sessions

On-Demand Sessions

The Women to Know in Investigation

Speakers: Beth Bisbee, Head of US Investigations, Chainalysis | Kalin Matechik, Cybersecurity Intelligence Group, J.P. Morgan | Kelsey Dean, Global Intelligence Manager, Coinbase | Yasmine Ibrahim, AML & Regulatory Compliance Consultant, Tether

About This Session:

With the rise of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology, the demand for investigators who understand blockchain technology and cryptocurrency has skyrocketed. In short, there are too many job openings and not enough qualified investigators.

In this session of “Women In Crypto”, world-class crypto investigator and Chainalysis’s Head Manager of U.S. Investigations Beth Bisbee will be talking with three of the best crypto investigators from institutions across the crypto ecosystem.

The panel will feature Kalin Matechik from J.P. Morgan’s Cybersecurity Intelligence Group, Kelsey Dean, Senior Investigator at Coinbase, and Yasmine Ibrahim, AML & Regulatory Compliance Consultant at Tether.

These four incredible women will discuss how they became crypto investigators, what crypto tracking and tracing is, and how crypto investigative skills can exponentially increase your career marketability. This is a conversation you won’t want to miss!

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The Women to Know in Venture Capital

Speakers: Sigal Mandelker, General Partner, Ribbit Capital | Lucy Gazmararian, Founder and Managing Partner, Token Bay Capital | Alana Palmedo, Partner and COO, Paradigm

About This Session:

In our May edition of Women in Crypto, Chief of Legal Affairs Amanda Wick will speak with three must-know subject matter experts from the investment world: Sigal Mandelker, General Partner at Ribbit Capital, Lucy Gazmararian, Founder and Managing Partner at Token Bay Capital, and Alana Palmedo, Partner and Chief Operating Officer at Paradigm.

In this hour-long panel, they will discuss:

• How they got into the field of venture capital, as well as crypto
• What venture capitalists actually "do" (you know you've wanted to ask!)
• Exciting areas in crypto investment and interesting upcoming projects
• Issues related to women-founded businesses and how crypto is affecting women around the world
• And more!

We’ll leave time for audience questions at the end. And join us after in Gathertown for an unforgettable virtual networking experience! You won’t want to miss it.

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Who is Sigal Mandelker?

Sigal Mandelker joined Ribbit Capital as a General Partner in April 2020. Ribbit is an investment firm focused on financial services and technology. Prior to Ribbit, she served as Under Secretary of Treasury 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). Before serving as Under Secretary of Treasury, Sigal was a partner at Proskauer in New York. Sigal also previously served in a number of senior positions in the U.S. government, including as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Criminal Division of the Justice Department, an AUSA in the 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 to both US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and Judge Edith Jones of the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Sigal is also an Advisor to Chainalysis, serves on the advisory group to the Digital Dollar Project, and is Member of the US Holocaust Memorial Council.

Who is Lucy Gazmararian?

Lucy is the founder and managing partner of Token Bay Capital, a Hong Kong based early-stage venture fund that invests in digital assets and blockchain companies. She is also the FinTech Association of Hong Kong’s Blockchain Committee co-chair and founder of Women in Crypto, Hong Kong. Prior to founding Token Bay Capital, Lucy was a senior leader of PwC’s Global Crypto team where she advised entrepreneurs, start-ups and financial institutions on their crypto and blockchain projects. She also worked with many of the world’s central banks and other regulatory bodies to help formulate their crypto asset policies.

Lucy co-authored PwC reports on Crypto Hedge Funds, Crypto M&A and Fundraising, Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), Crypto Exchanges and the Blockchain Economy and was named a Top 10 Rising Women in Crypto in 2020 (FinTech Times and Wirex) and #22 Top 100 Women in FinTech in 2021 (FinTech Magazine).

Prior to working in fintech and crypto, Lucy spent 16 years in banking and asset management with Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, Schroders and Kleinwort Benson managing the wealth of institutional and private clients in Asia, Europe and the Middle East.

She holds a Type 9 (asset management) license with the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong and became a Chartered Wealth Manager in the UK in 2015. Born and raised in Hong Kong and educated in the UK, she graduated from the University of Oxford with a degree in Modern History.

Who is Alana Palmedo?

Alana Palmedo is a Partner and COO at Paradigm leading all business functions including operations, finance, legal, business development and investor relations. Alana began her career in asset management in 2008 at Cascade Investment, LLC, the investment office for Bill & Melinda Gates. She later joined the investment team at the Boston University Investment Office. Alana earned her MBA from MIT Sloan and BBA from Pacific Lutheran University

A Discussion with U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis

Speakers: U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming

About This Session:

Cynthia Lummis is the junior senator from Wyoming, the first female Senator ever elected to represent the Equality State, and the first sitting senator known to hold cryptocurrency. She serves on the Senate Banking, Housing, & Urban Affairs Committee; the Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committee; and the Environment & Public Works Committee, where she is focused on everything from lands, energy and natural resources issues, to finance and technology issues like cryptocurrency and the future of the American financial system.

In this session, Senator Lummis will sit down with Chainalysis Chief of Legal Affairs Amanda Wick to discuss:

• How she got involved with cryptocurrency and where she sees it going as an asset and payment mechanism;
  
• Her creation of the Financial Innovation Caucus and what its goals are for 2021;
  
• Cryptocurrency & banks;
  
• Why Senator Lummis wants to make Wyoming a go-to place for cryptocurrency businesses and financial innovation;
  
• How women are shaping the cryptocurrency industry and why it’s important to lead the charge.

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Who is Cynthia Lummis?

Cynthia Lummis is the junior senator from Wyoming, and the first female Senator ever elected to represent the Equality State. Born and raised on a ranch outside of Cheyenne, Senator Lummis has dedicated her career to defending Wyoming’s agriculture, mineral and energy resources. She first served the state in the state House and Senate, as the state treasurer, and as the at-large member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2008 to 2016, where she was an original member of the House Freedom Caucus. Now in the “upper chamber” of Congress, Senator Lummis serves on the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, the Commerce, Science, Transportation and Committee; and the Environment and Public Works Committee, where she is focused on everything from lands, energy and natural resources issues, to finance and technology issues like cryptocurrency. Senator Lummis and her late husband have one daughter, and two grandsons.

Women in Crypto Kickoff: The Women to Know in DOJ, FinCEN, and OFAC

Speakers: Carole House, Senior Cyber and Emerging Technology Policy Officer, U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) | Katherine Bradbury, Senior Sanctions Policy Advisor, U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control | Michele Korver, Digital Currency Counsel, Department of Justice’s Criminal Division

About This Session:

In our first Women in Crypto event, Chief of Legal Affairs Amanda Wick will speak with three must-know subject matter experts from the government: Michele Korver, Digital Currency Counsel for the Department of Justice (DOJ), Carole House, Senior Cyber and Emerging Technology Policy Officer at the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); and Katherine Bradbury, Senior Sanctions Policy Advisor, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).

They’ll discuss the "hot topics" and priorities for their agencies in 2021, ramifications of the AML Act of 2020, other legislation impacting cryptocurrency, and more. This is a timely discussion you won’t want to miss!

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Who is Carole House?

Carole House is a Senior Cyber and Emerging Technology Policy Officer at the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). She is a former Army Captain who served in chemical defense and military intelligence until November 2014, including a deployment to Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, from 2012 to 2013 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Carole previously worked as a Presidential Management Fellow supporting the White House Office of Management and Budget, Cyber and National Security Unit and the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on cybersecurity, supply chain risk management, and critical infrastructure protection policy issues. Carole holds a BA in international affairs from the University of Georgia and an MA in security studies from Georgetown University.

Who is Katherine Bradbury?

Katherine Bradbury is a Senior Sanctions Policy Advisor at the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control. She has also served as a defense and foreign policy advisor in the U.S. Senate and worked for the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Katherine holds a MSc from the London School of Economics and a BA from the University of Connecticut.

Who is Michele Korver?

Michele Korver is the Digital Currency Counsel in the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division. With more than twenty five years of law enforcement and federal trial experience, Michele previously served as an Assistant United States Attorney in Miami, Florida and Denver, Colorado. In her current role, she is a subject matter expert on prosecutions and forfeitures involving cryptocurrency, advising federal prosecutors and government agencies nationwide on complex legal issues in criminal and civil cases and working on regulatory and policy matters affecting DOJ interests. Michele also served as a member of the U.S. delegation to the FATF, advising on the recently adopted virtual asset recommendations and guidance. Michele started her career as a financial investigator with the United States Secret Service and a law clerk to a United States District Court Judge in the Southern District of Florida.