Crypto & National Security Ep #66

<p>Welcome to a special episode of the Solana Podcast focusing on Crypto & National Security featuring Ari Redbord (Head of Legal and Government Affairs, TRM Labs) and Sigal Mandelker (former Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence). Amira Valliani (Policy Lead, Solana Foundation) guest hosts.</p><p>00:09 -  Intros<br />02:11 - Origin Story<br />05:53 - Correspondent Banks<br />07:37 - Why crypto resonates personally<br />09:54 - Use cases of Crypto in humanitarian applications<br />12:13 - Looking at the opportunity vs the risk<br />16:06 - Typical Day at Treasury<br />17:14 - What it takes to stop bad actors in Crypto<br />24:53 - BitFinex Hack and Large seizures<br />29:05 - Compliance and self-policing<br />31:13 - Advice to other people in regulation</p><p>DISCLAIMER</p><p>The information on this podcast is provided for educational, informational, and entertainment purposes only, without any express or implied warranty of any kind, including warranties of accuracy, completeness, or fitness for any particular purpose.</p><p>The information contained in or provided from or through this podcast is not intended to be and does not constitute financial advice, investment advice, trading advice, or any other advice.</p><p>The information on this podcast is general in nature and is not specific to you, the user or anyone else. You should not make any decision, financial, investment, trading or otherwise, based on any of the information presented on this podcast without undertaking independent due diligence and consultation with a professional broker or financial advisor.</p><p> </p><p>Amira (00:09):</p><p>Hello and welcome to the Solana podcast. My name is Amira Valliani and I run public policy at the Solana Foundation. Today we're talking about an issue that's really been at the forefront of a lot of people's minds since war broke out in Ukraine earlier this year. And that's the topic of crypto and national security. We've brought two of the world's foremost experts to talk about ho