Privacy-Enhancing Blockchains, Privacy Coins and Mixers — Fact and Fiction

Joby is a global subject matter expert on cryptoassets, illicit finance and emerging threats. Joby has 18 years of experience and expertise in strategic policy making, critical thinking, threat and risk analysis across the U.K. Government, intelligence and regulatory community. In his previous role Joby was responsible for the management of the Financial Conduct Authority’s Strategic Assessment Team, overseeing a team of analysts tasked with delivering high quality intelligence reporting on money laundering, fraud, market abuse, corruption and other forms of criminality across the regulated sector.

As part of his role Joby has undertaken extensive regulatory and threat analysis of cryptoassets and represented the U.K. on a variety of high-profile engagements. Recently Joby has produced a range of thought leadership papers covering cryptoassets, their regulatory framework, the threat environment and cryptoasset business models. Joby has also had articles published relating to the importance of threat analysis and intelligence sharing.

Caroline Horres is a senior policy advisor with Treasury’s Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes where she covers virtual asset issues. Previously at Treasury, she covered terrorist financing in as an analyst. Before joining Treasury, Ms. Horres worked on Middle East and oversight issues for the Senate Armed Services Committee and as an analyst for a strategic advisory firm covering security in the Middle East and Latin America. Ms. Horres holds a Masters in International Affairs and International Economics from the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies and a BA in Political Science from the College of Charleston.

Jane Khodarkovsky is a partner at Arktouros where she focuses on financial integrity and regulatory matters and litigation. She provides product counseling to companies in the emergent technology space, including on-chain AML and sanctions compliance. Prior to Arktouros, she was the General Counsel and Head of Risk and Compliance of a blockchain company focused on global financial inclusion and sustainability.  Jane spent over a decade as a federal and state prosecutor most recently as a trial attorney and human trafficking finance specialist in the Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section, Criminal Division, in the U.S. Department of Justice.

Ian is a seasoned AML professional with experience of leading large teams in the public and private sector. He started his career in government and law enforcement in the UK, undertaking AML/CTF roles at HM Treasury, Serious Organised Crime Agency and the National Crime Agency, which included a 3 year period as Head of the UK Financial Intelligence Unit. He then moved to the crypto industry where was Global Head of Compliance Investigations at Kraken Digital Asset Exchange for 3 years. His responsibilities included Kraken’s investigations, intelligence, transaction monitoring and global Travel Rule policy. Ian is currently working as a consultant, undertaking work with international regulators, law enforcement/FIUs and private sector entities.