Lauren Weymouth is a Director at Ripple, where she leads its University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI), a partnerships program that funds financial technology curriculum development, research, technical projects, entrepreneurship and student activities. Since the program's inception, she has activated more than 50 global university partnerships such that 1,000+ research projects have been engaged to tackle real-world issues in blockchain, cryptocurrency, cryptography and digital assets. Before joining Ripple, Lauren held leadership roles in education, private equity and at technology startups, pioneering ventures that grew record-setting profits.

Leah Dempsey, co-chair of the financial services practice, is a lawyer and advocate with a unique ability to lead efforts bridging policy, financial and telecommunications laws, regulations and politics. She advises several trade associations and helps a range of businesses in the financial services, housing, capital markets and fintech marketplaces navigate rulemaking and legislative processes.

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Leah advocates before the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, National Credit Union Administration, Federal Communications Commission, Federal Trade Commission, Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy, Department of Labor, the U.S. Treasury, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, as well as other regulators.  

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Leah also helps organizations understand their rights and options when facing regulatory supervision and enforcement activity. She has a deep understanding of the Administrative Procedure Act, the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act process and the Congressional oversight tools needed to ensure a fair and transparent process for businesses and industries. Leah has advocated for reforms to dozens of federal rulemakings and related legislation in Congress on her client's behalf. She also regularly works with colleagues to file amicus briefs in courts around the country including the U.S. Supreme Court.

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During her time in executive and leadership roles at financial trade associations in Washington, Leah fostered strong relationships on Capitol Hill and at federal agencies. She served as vice president and senior counsel for federal advocacy at ACA International, where she led efforts to develop and implement the industry agenda for third-party agencies, asset buyers, vendors, banks and other creditors. She also represented thousands of credit unions across the country as senior director of advocacy and counsel at Credit Union National Association (CUNA), leading its Consumer Protection Advocacy team. Prior, she worked on the legal team for several Republican candidates, including Sen. Mitt Romney’s (R-UT) presidential campaign.

Lee is a Special Counsel in Norton Rose Fulbright’s Melbourne Restructuring Group.  She has over 20 years experience in domestic and cross border insolvency and secured and unsecured recoveries having advised both insolvency professionals and financiers in relation to some of Australia’s largest corporate collapses across a diverse range of industries.  Lee has a particular interest in the impact of digital assets on the traditional banking sector and in the context of insolvency and restructuring. She is regularly invited to speak both locally and internationally on the legal issues associated with digital assets and insolvency including administration of digital currency exchanges and custodians in financial distress, asset tracing, realising and valuing crypto assets, the rights of customers of digital currency exchanges/custodians, cryptocurrency as security for lending and tokenisation for restructuring cryptocurrency businesses and creditors’ claims.  Lee is a Fellow of INSOL International and the founding officer of the ‘Virtual Assets’ section of the Insolvency Division of the International Bar Association.  She is also a participant at the World Bank Insolvency and Creditor/Debtor Regimes Taskforce and at UNCITRAL’s Working Group V meetings on International Insolvency where she has contributed to the asset tracing and recovery project.  Lee has also completed a Masters of Law thesis on “The Implementation of a Digital Euro into the European Union.’

Leila was an early enthusiast of Bitcoin and since then, has been exploring, advising and investing in systems built on blockchain technology. Day to day, she supports the onboarding of institutional platforms onto the use of blockchain and digital asset technologies to create new business models, access new communities and respond to the demand for digital-first identities and experiences. 

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She is a believer in the power of ‘blockchain for good’, working on developing programmes for blockchain-based Philanthropy with the UN and other organisations. 

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She is also an avid collector of art and artists deploying the technological tools that correspond to our time, in particular generative and AI tech. She supports a number of artists and platforms in the digital art space, and is a frequent speaker at art fairs highlighting on-chain art. 

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Leila is a graduate of Georgetown Law and sits on its European Advisory Board. She started her career at Willkie Farr & Gallagher in New York then moved in-house, at JPMorgan Asset Management in London, where she was appointed GC for Europe. She subsequently joined start-up Jabre Capital Partners as Partner & GC, supporting rapid growth of Swiss-based global investment platform. She is often consulted for advice on navigating uncertain and overlapping regulatory frameworks.

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Focus: International regulatory frameworks, digital assets and NFTs, Philanthropy in a digital world

Liat Shetret is Director of Global Policy and Regulation at Elliptic. For more than 15 years, she has led global capacity-building and technical assistance programs on anti–money laundering (AML), countering the financing of terrorism (CFT), financial inclusion, and countering violent extremism. She has formerly worked as the Director of Regulatory Affairs & Compliance Policy at Solidus Labs, at the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units, Citigroup Bank, the Global Center on Cooperative Security, and the US House of Representatives Committee for Homeland Security. Liat has extensive experience implementing technical assistance programs, particularly in emerging markets and developing countries across Africa, the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East. She is an Adjunct Instructor at New York University and holds a Master of International Affairs degree from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) and a BA in political science and psychology from the University of Illinois. Liat is also a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS).

Lili Infante is the CEO of CAT Labs - a tech startup building digital asset recovery and cyber defense tools to fight crypto crime. In her previous life, she was a DEA Special Agent with the U.S. Department of Justice Special who pioneered an early federal task force focusing exclusively on crypto and dark web crimes.  Lili has led numerous major crypto-related investigations to include the takedown of Hydra - the largest crypto-powered dark web criminal organization and money laundering platform in the world. She has spoken at countless conferences including Offshore Alert, ETH Denver, Parliamentary Intelligence Security Forum and others.

Lindsay is the General Counsel of Nillion Labs, an infrastructure tech company providingaugmented privacy and security for decentralized data transmission and computation in web3.  She is coming off an exciting journey as Associate General Counsel for Product at Coinbase, where she focused her efforts overseeing retail products including staking and wrapped tokens. Prior to joining Coinbase, Lindsay served as General Counsel for fintech companies Orchard Platform and Velocity Markets.  Under her oversight, both Orchard and Velocity were acquired in complex regulatory-heavy transactions.  At Velocity, she facilitated the licensure of a US-based spot exchange, and oversaw the process of obtaining Broker-Dealer and ATS licenses to facilitate the secondary sale of digital asset securities. Lindsay's additional prior experience includes serving as in-house legal counsel at Bloomberg and Assistant General Counsel at Kroll Bond Rating Agency.

Elizabeth N. Pendleton (Liz) is a Chief Trial Attorney in the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Enforcement. Based in the CFTC’s Chicago office, Liz supervises teams of trial attorneys, investigators and economists, and has represented the Commission in a broad range of matters including those involving cryptocurrency fraud and manipulation, failure to register, false reporting, trade practice violations, and Ponzi schemes. Liz recently concluded a three year tenure as a co-chair of the Division’s Digital Asset Task Force and currently serves on the Commission’s Digital Commodities Working Group where she advises on legal and policy issues in the digital asset space.

Liz Steininger is the CEO/Managing Director of Least Authority, a leading Web3 security consulting company and builder of privacy enhancing technology products, including Private.Storage and Winden.App. Least Authority specializes in securing Web3 products, capability-based security and implementing advanced cryptography, especially zero-knowledge proofs and multi-party computations. Beyond security audits for new technologies, Least Authority has also released the MoonMath Manual, a practical guide for developers to understand zero-knowledge proofs. The company focuses on cutting-edge security and empowering users to control their right to privacy.Liz is an experienced entrepreneur, growing Least Authority over the last 7 years. Prior, Liz was a Senior Program Manager at the Open Technology Fund, where she utilized public funds to support internet freedom projects and the community structures that support them. Liz has worked for local and federal US governments to adopt digital systems and foster innovation from within, including open source software implementations and local community partnerships. Liz has over 22 years of experience in the tech industry working on numerous projects at the edge of innovation. She holds an M.S. in Management & Technology and B.S. in Digital Media.

Liz Sweigart, PhD, MBA is a business leader with over 20 years of expertise in strategy, operations, and people management. Her career ranges from startups to Fortune 500 companies, with deep expertise in decentralized web technology, blockchain, SaaS, consumer goods, energy, and more. As CFO of Versatus Labs, Inc., she leads the financial strategy of an innovative blockchain technology startup redefining Web3 through full-stack decentralization.Previously, Liz served as Chief Product & Strategy Officer at Safe Kids AI and as a partner at PwC's Global Structuring practice, where she optimized global systems to improve cash flows. As co-founder of Verse Consulting and a former investment banker at Houlihan Lokey, she has demonstrated an aptitude for navigating complex business challenges. Her foundational roles at Arthur Andersen and The Episcopal Diocese of Texas reinforced her fiscal management skills and commitment to ethical business practices.Passionate about social impact, Liz is Vice Chair of the Board of Directors for Mental Health America of Greater Houston and mentors veterans through American Corporate Partners. She served on the board of Genesys Works Houston for six years.Academically, Liz is an adjunct professor at The Chicago School, teaching social and organizational psychology, and a postdoctoral fellow at Vanderbilt University's Computer Science department in the STIR Lab. Her work has appeared in leading journals, and she has presented globally on strategic planning, risk management, leadership development, and mental wellness. Her award-winning blog, recognized by InsideOut, reflects her advocacy for mental health, and she shares her journey through writing and speaking engagements.She holds a BA from Rice University, an MBA in Operations and Supply Chain Management from the University of St. Thomas (Houston), and a PhD in Organizational Leadership from The Chicago School. Liz is an active member of the American Psychological Association, International Coaching Federation, and Society of Consulting Psychology. As a credentialed coach, she empowers emerging and established leaders to unlock their potential.Liz is adept at addressing various topics, including Blockchain for Good, DAOs and Governance, ESG, Financial Inclusion, Leadership, Mentorship, Product, Strategy, Risk Management, Startup operations, Entrepreneurship, Taxation, Web3, Web2.5, and Work/Life balance.

Seasoned compliance professional and lawyer specializing in AML/CFT, digital assets, and financial crime prevention. With a career spanning over a decade in banking, fintech, and crypto, she has held key compliance roles at leading organizations such as Tether, Reserve, Airtm, and Blockchain.com. Her expertise ranges from complex investigations to daily KYC/KYB and transaction monitoring, as well as reporting and regulatory Compliance. She holds multiple industry certifications, including CEC and advanced blockchain monitoring credentials (CRC, CEIC, CKC).Passionate about fostering leadership and mentorship in the crypto and regulatory space, Macarena is committed to empowering professionals, promoting diversity, and advancing responsible innovation in the digital assets ecosystem.

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.