Ari Redbord is the Head of Legal and Government Affairs at TRM Labs, the blockchain intelligence company. TRM provides next generation blockchain analytics software to governments, financial institutions and cryptocurrency businesses.
Prior to joining TRM, Ari was the Senior Advisor to the Deputy Secretary and the Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence at the United States Treasury where he worked with teams from the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), and other Treasury components to use sanctions and other regulatory tools effectively to safeguard the financial system from illicit use. Prior to Treasury, Ari was an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia for eleven years.
2021 was the year of the NFT and it looks like 2022 might be a repeat! From Bored Apes to CryptoPunks, Top Shot to SNL, non-fungible tokens have exploded into pop culture, sports, and finance. But like anything that allows for value transfer at the speed of the internet, NFTs present unique risks from illicit actors who want to use emerging technology for money laundering and other illicit activity. Ari Redbord of TRM Labs joins us to talk about the NFT regulatory landscape, illicit finance risks and ultimately the power and promise of NFTs to solve complex problems way beyond art and collectibles.