Maggje Sklar is the Principal and Founder of Sklar Strategies LLC and Managing Director at SEDA Experts.  Her work includes advising on a range of financial regulatory, compliance, enforcement, and policy matters involving financial markets, financial institutions, regulated entities, investment firms, and fintech and start-up companies, involving derivatives, commodities, securities, cryptocurrency, DeFi, and digital assets.  Ms. Sklar is also the Chair of the Global Digital Asset and Cryptocurrency Association’s (Global DCA) Public Policy and Regulation Committee, and a founding member of the Association of Women in Cryptocurrency.  

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Ms. Sklar was previously a Banking and Financial Services Partner at Davis Wright Tremaine.  Before that, she was the Senior Policy Advisor and Director of International Engagement, Financial Markets Group, at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.  Before joining the Federal Reserve, Ms. Sklar served in various roles at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission in Washington, DC, including as the Senior Counsel to the Chairman, Senior Counsel to a Commissioner, Deputy to the Financial Stability Oversight Council, an Associate Director in the Office of International Affairs, the Senior Counsel to LabCFTC, and a Special Counsel in the Division of Market Oversight.  Ms. Sklar was previously a complex civil litigator and government enforcement defense attorney at international law firms for financial services institutions, banks, payment processors, hedge funds, energy companies, and their executives.

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She is a cum laude graduate of Georgetown University Law Center and Georgetown University.

Malka Levitin is an associate in the Financial Services practice group at Morrison & Foerster LLP. Her practice focuses on advising banks, fintechs, and other financial services companies on regulatory and transactional matters. This includes providing counsel on the Bank Holding Company Act, money transmission, lending, ACH processing, card processing, and other money movement models.Her financial services expertise includes a multi-year review of a bank's sanctions compliance program, counseling foreign banks on branch, agency, and representative office activity, and obtaining a trust company charter for a cryptocurrency company. She has advised generally on the regulation of crypto-assets, ACH and deposit account agreements, and Banking as a Service models and the use of an FBO account. On behalf of clients, Malka has also managed inquiries, investigations, and audits from financial services regulators.Malka further has significant experience with anti-money laundering and counter-financing of terrorism issues under the Bank Secrecy Act. In addition to providing general regulatory advice in this area, she has assisted clients with drafting BSA/AML policies and procedures, including for clients in the crypto-asset and cannabis spaces.

Margaret Rosenfeld is the Chief Legal Officer of Cube Group, Inc., the global holding company for Cube Exchange, a hybrid DEX/CEX crypto exchange. Prior to joining Cube, Margaret was the Chief Strategy and Legal Officer of Deltec International Group, a global financial platform serving innovative and disruptive businesses and private individuals for their fiat banking, digital asset and insurance needs. She also served on the board of directors of Gryphon Digital Mining, a Bitcoin mining operation with a net carbon-negative footprint and board of advisors of Caturiant, a DLT-based carbon credit registry and validator. 

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Prior to Deltec, Margaret was a partner of K&L Gates, where she co-founded and chaired its global Digital Assets, Blockchain and Cryptocurrency practice. Margaret has more than 26 years of corporate, financing, strategic and securities experience focused on large private and public technology companies both in the United States and internationally, having practiced law with Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in Tokyo, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London and Frankfurt and Smith Anderson in the Research Triangle Park region. Margaret has been actively involved in the cryptocurrency industry since 2015, advising FinTechs, exchanges, OTC Desks, crypto mining and hosting companies, DeFi platforms, banks, DAOs, NFT issuers and platforms, stable coin companies and many others. Margaret has engaged in service activities including serving on the NY Bar’s Committee on Securities Regulation, the NC Board of Science, Technology and Innovation, and the advisory board of the North Carolina Technology Association. Margaret served as the Honorary German Consul for North Carolina (while maintaining her law practice) from January 2014 to December 2021, which was a joint diplomatic appointment by the U.S. State Department and the German government. She is a 1997 graduate of the George Washington University law school and received a B.A. from Rutgers University in 1992.

Sol Cinosi is a distinguished lawyer and an honored graduate of both the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina) and the International University of La Rioja (Spain). Currently, she holds the role of Judicial Secretary at a Public Prosecutor's Office in the Province of Buenos Aires and serves as a Specialized Investigator for the Virtual Assets Task Force within the Cybercrime Department at the Criminal Policy Secretariat of the Attorney General's Office of Buenos Aires.In addition to her primary roles, Sol provides consultancy to the Secretariat for Legal Affairs of the Organization of American States (OAS) and is an active member of the Argentine Association of Women Judges (AMJA).Her academic background includes the Ibero-American Postgraduate Diploma in Cybercrime and Digital Innovation from Hartmann University, the International Diploma in Cybercrime and Technologies Applied to Investigation from Austral and Abat Oliba universities, and the Postgraduate Program in Cryptoassets in Criminal Investigations from the University of Buenos Aires. Sol also holds a range of certifications, including TRM Certified Investigator (TRM-CI), TRM Advanced Crypto Investigator (TRM-ACI), TRM Crypto Compliance Specialist (TRM-CCS), Chainalysis Cryptocurrency Fundamentals (CCF), Chainalysis Reactor Certification (CRC), and Chainalysis Investigation Specialist Certification (CISC). She is currently furthering her expertise with a Master of Science in Blockchain and Digital Currency from the University of Nicosia.In 2024, Sol authored the chapter "Fraud and its Relationship with Virtual Assets: Investigation, Seizure, and Forfeiture of Cryptoassets" in the book "Cyberfraud, Cryptoassets and Blockchain" published by Hammurabi in Buenos Aires.A recognized voice in her field, her presentations frequently cover topics such as distributed ledger technology (DLT)/blockchain, blockchain analytics, cybersecurity and asset recovery. In recent years, she has spoken at prominent national and international conferences, including:- The Cybercrimes in the Fintech Ecosystem Conference (May 2024), organized by the Cybercrime Department of the Criminal Policy Secretariat of the Public Prosecutor's Office of Buenos Aires and the Argentine Fintech Chamber.- The Webinar on Crypto Assets in Transnational Organized Crime (March 2024), hosted by the OAS and the U.S. Department of State.- The Training Course on Tracing and Seizure of Cryptocurrencies Webinar (December 2023), organized by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) with support from the U.S. International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL).- The First International Conference on Cryptocrime Prevention (October 2023), presented by the Argentine Federal Police.- The 55th GELAVEX Meeting (May 2023), held by the OAS in Washington, D.C., focusing on international cooperation and anti-money laundering controls.- The TRM Labs Law Enforcement Task Force Working Group Webinar (April 2023), featuring a special session on LeoLabs regarding cryptoassets investigation and seizure.

After 20+ years driving changes in Fixed Income markets through a variety of client facing roles, Marina joined 21Shares, the world’s largest Crypto ETP issuer 100% collateralised in 2022. Through her career, Marina has always been driven by providing clients best in-class solutions that combine finance and technology to successfully embrace financial innovation. She held multiple speaking engagements over the years and more recently at NFT Paris 2024 on Tokenisation and on Crypto investments in upcoming European flagship events.

As Senior Counsel for Blockchain Association, Marisa helps develop and advocate for policy positions on behalf of the crypto industry as well as manages long-term legal projects and strategic litigation. Prior to joining the Association, Marisa represented corporate clients in regulatory enforcement actions, internal investigations, and civil litigation matters at Covington & Burling LLP and at O'Melveny & Myers LLP. Marisa earned her B.A. from Brandeis University, her J.D. from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, and completed a federal clerkship in the Central District of California.

Mark Dempsey is a Principal Consultant at Aspect Advisors bringing more than 10 years of experience in the financial services industry, holding various leadership roles in compliance. As a compliance professional and former regulator, Mark has a deep understanding of issues facing investment advisors and those in the digital assets space. Mark has specifically focused on private fund adviser compliance at Aspect Advisors.

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Prior to joining Aspect, Mark was the Director, Investment Adviser Compliance at MissionSquare Retirement, where he oversaw the compliance program for its robo-advisor ($6B in AUM). Additionally, Mark previously served as the Chief Compliance Officer at Navy Federal Brokerage Services (over 2B in AUM), where he focused on developing and implementing a compliance program for its retail broker-dealer and registered investment adviser that included oversight of financial advisors and a digital fractional share investing program. Prior to this, Mark was a regulatory analyst at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) where he focused on reviews of fixed income trading.

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Mark earned his Bachelor of Arts in Economics at the University of Delaware and a Masters of Security Analysis and Portfolio Management at Creighton University. Mark holds or has held various securities licenses including Series 4, 6, 7, 24, 27, 31, 52, 53, and 66 as well as a DC insurance license. Mark also holds or has held the Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), Certified Regulatory Compliance Professional (CRCP) and Investment Adviser Certified Compliance Professional (IACCP) certifications. Mark served in the United States Marine Corps, including a deployment overseas. Mark lives in Washington DC with his wife and two children.

Mary Hall is a seasoned marketing executive with a focus on blockchain technology and Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC.)  As an independent consultant,  Mary works closely with partners and customers to develop case studies, videos, blogs & more for blockchain projects CBDCs and Stablecoins. Mary has been voted one of the “Top Women in Blockchain. “ Her work experience includes marketing positions at IBM, Oracle, Accenture and most recently Ripple. She has won many awards for marketing hardware & software products, as well as social media and digital marketing.   Mary holds a JD from the Univ. of Toledo College of Law and a BA in English from Miami Univ. Oxford, Ohio.  She has spoken at industry conferences such as the Hyperledger Global Forum, One World Identity and Internet World.

Mayukha has several years of experience working on the XRP Ledger. A graduate of MIT, she leads the developer experience effort for interoperability, empowering seamless integration with the XRP Ledger for all interoperability usecases. She has expertise working on all parts of the blockchain stack, from writing features for the L1 blockchain itself to significantly contributing to developer tooling.

McCall earned her B.A. from Duke University and J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. Prior to law school, McCall gained global work experience as a Fulbright Scholar in Madrid, Spain and an International Arbitration Paralegal in Paris, France. During law school, McCall was a Global Law Scholar and research assistant to Professor Chris Brummer. Her work and studies have inspired a passion for solving cross-border technological challenges.McCall is currently a Law/Policy Fellow at the global trade association, Crypto Council for Innovation, where she works to shape responsible policy that unlocks the promises of web3. McCall will join the law firm Covington & Burling as an associate in the fall of 2024.

Meagan is an Of Counsel min the Global Fintech & Payments Group at Paul Hastings. She focuses her practice on the representation of bank and non-bank financial institutions, financial services and financial technology companies, digital asset platforms, payment networks, and investment firms on transactional and regulatory issues in all areas related to the provision of payments.

Meagan has advised clients on issues related to global product development, enforcement actions, and regulatory compliance, as well as acquisitions, investments, and commercial arrangements between parties in the global payments space.

Meagan regularly counsels clients on compliance with federal and state law applicable to electronic payments, mobile payments, digital assets (including cryptocurrency, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), in-game currencies, stablecoins, and central bank digital currencies), and prepaid access, including state and federal money transmission laws and licensing regimes, state and federal gift card laws, Regulation E, and the Bank Secrecy Act.

Melina Giubilaro is a passionate advocate for financial inclusion and a leading voice in the cryptocurrency and Web3 space. As the founder of Girl In the Verse, she empowers individuals, particularly women, to navigate the evolving digital landscape and leverage blockchain technology to unlock new opportunities.Melina leverages her extensive experience as a former TV journalist, content creator, and public speaker to translate complex concepts into clear and engaging presentations. She is a sought-after speaker at industry conferences, including:Miami's Web3 Summit: Women in Web3NFT NYCVeeConTopics:Bitcoin and its impact on finance and technologyDemystifying NFTs and Web3 for wider audiencesWomen's empowerment in the crypto spaceThe future of finance and the role of blockchain technologyBuilding a more inclusive financial systemContent creation strategies in the digital ageThe rise of AI and its potential impact on the creative landscapeUnderstanding the world of avatars and the metaverseMelina is also open to speaking on other related topics within the blockchain, fintech, and digital content creation space.By combining her passion for education with her engaging communication style, Melina inspires individuals to explore the potential of emerging technologies and build a more inclusive future.

Meredith joined FRA’s Washington, DC office after seven years as a Special Agent at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). She is a subject matter expert in the investigation of cryptocurrency enabled money laundering and computer intrusion incidents, including Russian state sponsored computer intrusions, non-compliant cryptocurrency exchanges, theft of Personally Identifiable Information and Intellectual Property, ransomware, dark-web marketplaces, and Business Email Compromise (BEC) schemes. Meredith has extensive experience working multinational investigations and collaborating with foreign intelligence services and law enforcement agencies to solve complex investigative issues.

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As a member of the FBI’s Virtual Currency Response Team, she provided subject matter expertise for the FBI’s largest cryptocurrency money laundering cases and hands-on tracing training to FBI agents, prosecutors, and law enforcement partners. Meredith led investigations into non-compliant cryptocurrency exchanges and liaised with numerous blockchain analysis companies, cryptocurrency exchanges, and mining pools.

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Meredith has deep experience tracing complex cryptocurrency money laundering typologies using open source and commercial blockchain analysis tools including Chainalysis, TRM, and CipherTrace. She holds multiple certifications for blockchain analysis tools including Chainalysis Reactor Certification (CRC), Chainalysis Ethereum Investigations Certification (CEIC), TRM Crypto Fundamentals Certification (TRM-CFC), TRM Certified Investigator (TRM-CI), TRM Advanced Crypto Investigator (TRM-ACI), and TRM Crypto Compliance Specialist (TRM-CSS). She also holds the GIAC Security Essentials Certification (GSEC), GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH), and GIAC Certified Forensic Examiner (GCFE) certifications from the SANS Institute.

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At FRA, Meredith uses her investigative experience and deep ties in the crypto and blockchain intelligence industries to develop solutions that support organizations resolving issues associated with cryptocurrency and emerging financial technology. Meredith has used her blockchain expertise to investigate cryptocurrency enabled money laundering, wash-trading allegations, and high-value cryptocurrency thefts.

Michelle Ann Gitlitz, Esq. is a leading expert on cryptocurrencies, digital payments, blockchain, and related technologies. Michelle provides strategic legal and advisory services to nascent and established blockchain, cryptocurrency, and financial services companies. She frequently meets with policymakers, legislators, and industry leaders to facilitate intelligent adoption and regulation. Michelle is a partner at Arktouros PLLC. Michelle holds degrees from Cornell University and Brooklyn Law School. She is the author of Reimagining Payments: The Business Case for Digital Currencies.

Michelle Kallen is a partner at Jenner & Block LLP.  She served as the seventh Solicitor General of the Commonwealth of Virginia.  During her time in the Office of the Attorney General, Michelle represented the Commonwealth in litigation involving constitutional and other high-profile and novel areas of law.  In 2022, Michelle served as Special Litigation Counsel in the United States House of Representatives Office of the General Counsel representing the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol in litigation.

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Michelle has represented clients filing amicus briefs in some of the highest-profile litigation involving the crypto industry.  Her clients include Senator Cytnhia Lummis (in SEC v. Coinbase), the Blockchain Association and payment scholars (in Custodia v. Federal Reserve), and the Crypto Council for Innovation (in In re Coinbase).  She regularly presents about separation of powers issues (including the major questions doctrine) and uncharted areas of law.

A seasoned technology and financial services executive, Michelle is the Vice President of Global Brand and Market Expansion at TaxBit. In this role, she drives the global brand presence for the leading tax and compliance unicorn while spearheading market expansion efforts and acting as a brand ambassador and thought leader. Her team promotes an inclusive culture, encouraging engagement through leadership and collaboration.

With over ten years in the digital asset space, Michelle is recognized as a preeminent thought leader, voted among the top 5 Women in Blockchain, and a finalist in the Diversity in Tech Awards in the Tech Leader category. In addition to her role at TaxBit, Michelle is a well-known FinTech leader, voted among the top 30 FinTech marketers, and a leading Web3 executive. She is passionate about improving access to financial services for the unbanked. She has a proven track record of leading brand management, marketing communications, and community building in the FinTech space.

Before joining TaxBit, she was the VP of Marketing and Community at Uphold, a digital money platform. In that role, she developed and implemented the brand’s marketing strategy, brought cohesion and intention to the brand voice, and facilitated Uphold’s online community. She also managed public relations, content marketing and development, and social media strategy.

Michelle also serves as the Expansion Chair of NYC FinTech Women, Chief Strategy Officer and Board Chairwoman for The Association of Women in Crypto, and as an advisor for The Financial Club and the Blockchain Steering Committee of WTIA.