Co-hosts Jason and Marina are joined by Mike Castiglione, ex-CIA analyst, to explore the role of blockchain analytics in helping us to stay informed during times of global conflict. 

Episode 7 of Blockchain Unpacked features Martin Moloney, Secretary General of IOSCO. Listen to the full episode to find out more about;

Blockchain Unpacked is back and this time we’re joined by Sabih Behzad, Managing Director, Head of Digital Assets & Currencies Transformation from Deutsche Bank. Listen to Episode 6: “TradFi Talks” now to find out why Deutsche Bank see value in exploring projects in the Web3 space. Listen to Sabih talk about;

The tokenised economy and how it is real and growing

How Asset tokenisation of financial instruments leads to efficiency, settlements and cost benefits

Why Cash-on-ledger is increasingly an area of focus for the commercial bank

Why managing private keys is a fundamental building block of the custody service

How controls are a key part of the Deutsche Bank web3 program

In this month’s episode, Jason and Marina were joined by Harm Aarts, a keen technologist with more than 15 years experience as a software engineer. His latest venture, 21 Analytics, is focussed on Travel Rule compliance for virtual assets.

In this month’s episode, Jason and Marina were joined by Rob Moore, former communications specialist in the British Army turned private investigator, with a particular focus on crypto-related hacks.

Web-3 related cyberattacks and financial crime have been a common topic of conversation amongst institutions, regulators and the general public in recent years. Such crimes have catastrophic impacts on those involved, but it’s thanks to people like Rob that we are able to trace, identify, and ultimately prosecute bad actors. 

In this episode, Rob shares valuable insight into how investigators are able to leverage blockchain analytics technology to trace illicit funds across the blockchain. Most importantly though, Rob leaves us with an important message, explaining what you can do if you think you have (or are) being hacked.

In this episode, Natasha Powell (Chief Compliance Officer at BCB Group) and Kym Routledge (Head of Financial Crime at BCB Group) offered valuable insights into the opportunities and challenges of making the transition to Crypto compliance roles, explaining how best to leverage people, processes and technology to make sure the move is as productive as possible. The pair were also great advocates for RegTech solutions and the newfound capabilities that they bring within transaction monitoring and customer screening in particular.

“Crypto isn’t going away… the underlying technology is a game changer for law enforcement in being able to track transactional activity” - Welcome to the first episode of Blockchain Unpacked, a video cast series produced in partnership with Crystal Blockchain offering expert insights and cutting-edge analytics on illicit blockchain activity, exploring the real-world impact of criminal activity beyond the Web3 ecosystem. This episode saw Jason and Marina joined by Carol, CEO of Luminous Group to shed light on some of the recent market activity. What does the collapse of SVB bank mean for the digital asset industry? How are regulators reacting differently in the case of SVB compared to FTX? And, as US regulators began to crack down on the crypto market throughout Feb, what can we expect from the remainder of 2023? All this and MUCH more in episode 1 available now.

Join us every month for a dynamic video cast series that looks beyond the numbers to explore the real-world risks and opportunities of blockchain technology. Through a combination of expert insight and cutting-edge analytics, we will uncover the latest trends in regulation, crime and innovation, providing invaluable insights into the future of Web3.